$10 Million Available to Fund Substance
Abuse Treatment Drug Courts
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMSHA) Press Release -
Originally Posted Here
Date: April 12, 2002
Contact: Ivette Torres/Leah Young
Phone: 301-443-5052
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing the availability of funds
for grants to expand or enhance substance abuse treatment services
provided by family, juvenile or adult treatment drug courts.
Approximately $10 million will be available
to fund some 25 awards. Each award is expected to range from $300,000
to $400,000 per year in total costs. Grants will be awarded for
a project period of up to three years. SAMHSA's Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment (CSAT) will administer the grants.
Family treatment drug courts are civil courts
designed to reunify families, improve child safety, reduce the
cost and trauma to children of long-term foster care, and meet
the requirements of the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act to
speed up decisions on child placement by providing substance abuse
treatment and other services to parents. Juvenile and adult treatment
drug courts are criminal courts that send offenders to alcohol
and drug treatment to eliminate or reduce time in jail.
WHO CAN APPLY: State and local governments,
Indian tribes and tribal organizations, courts, community-based
organizations and faith-based organizations are eligible.
HOW TO APPLY: This program announcement is
No. TI 02-008 . Guidance for Applicants (GFA No. TI 02-008) is
available from SAMHSA's web site at www.SAMHSA.gov
or by phone from SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.
APPLICATION DUE DATE: June 19, 2002
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Applicants with questions on program issues
should contact Bruce Fry, J.D., at (301) 443-0128 or
Bfry@SAMHSA.gov. Queries on grants management issues should
be directed to Steve Hudak at (301) 443-9666 or shudak@SAMHSA.gov.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
a public health agency within the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, is the lead federal agency for improving the quality
and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment
and mental health services in the United States. Information on
SAMHSA's programs is available on the Internet at www.samhsa.gov.
News media requests should be directed to
Media Services at (800) 487-4890.
