American Indian/Alaska Native Community Substance
Abuse Treatment Plans
SAMHSA recently announced $1.5 million in grants to help
six rural American Indian and Alaska Native communities develop
local substance abuse treatment systems. Awards for each community
total $250,000 or less for the 18-month project period. Plans
covered by the grant include combining substance abuse and
related services into a comprehensive p rogram, strategic
planning for substance abuse training for youth up to age
25, community-based strategic planning of the delivery of
culturally appropriate treatment and related services, development
of a traditional substance abuse services model, assessment
of community needs and a strategic consensus-based system
of care, and identification of gaps in services and creation
of a tribal service plan.
Emergency Planning Grants
A total of 35 state governments are recipients of nearly
$3.5 million in grants from SAMHSA to develop effective mental
health and substance abuse response systems for use in response
to both natural and man-made emergencies. (See SAMHSA
News, Strengthening States
for more details.) |
