GAO: Web of programs for mentally ill need coordination

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Dozens of crisscrossing federal programs aimed at helping the mentally ill aren’t coordinating their efforts nearly enough, a new report finds.

More than 100 programs spread across eight federal agencies generally support those with serious mental illness, according to a Government Accountability Office report released by congressional Republicans Thursday. There are so many that officials had trouble identifying them all. And efforts by the programs to coordinate efforts “are lacking,” the GAO concluded.

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