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News
Release| Date: | October 8, 2003 | |
| Media Contact: | SAMHSA Press | |
| Phone: | 301-443-8956 |
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HHS Awards $12 Million To Fight Methamphetamine–Inhalant Abuse At Local Level |
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Charles G. Curie today announced awards to begin funding 12 methamphetamine and inhalant prevention programs sites in 11 states. The initial awards will total $4,029,528, and are expected to be renewed at that level for two additional years. The total for three years amounts to over $12 million. Seven out of ten abusers of inhalants - which can include such common substances as glue, gasoline, and household chemicals - are under the age of 18. Methamphetamine abuse has been spreading east from Hawaii and the West, and is a serious addiction problem on the West Coast, in the Mountain States and part of the Midwest. Both problems are increasingly found in small towns and rural areas. The SAMHSA awards will be renewable depending on outcomes and availability of funding. “These grants will fund local efforts to expand the capacity of public and private health care, educational, and community organizations to address the abuse of methamphetamine and inhalants, especially by young people,” Curie said. SAMHSA is determined to keep young people away from the serious health and addiction problems associated with methamphetamine and inhalants.” |
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Grantees include: Lucas City Community
Prevention Partnership (Toledo, Ohio) - $350,000 for the first year.
The program will develop support
services, and focus on prevention education training for court staff, police,
detention center staff, and others providing services to youth. The program is
expected to receive the same amount in both the second and third year. Luz Social Services (Tucson, Ariz.) - $296,755 for the first year. The program will focus on the danger posed by inhalant abuse among barrio children and their families, improve inhalant prevention services, and foster community mobilization on inhalant related issues. The program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and third year. YMCA of Honolulu (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- $350,000 for the first year. The
program will focus on community-based intervention to prevent inhalant and
methamphetamine use among Asian and Pacific Islander adolescents between the
ages of 11-14. The program is expected to receive the same amount in both the
second and third year. Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa) - $345,009 for the
first year. The program will
employ a school-based strategy designed around daily prevention classes which
focus on inhalant and methamphetamine use (which are rapidly becoming drugs of
choice among rural youth). The
project will also include a summer outreach program.
The program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and
third year. University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Mo.) -
$349,073 for the first year. The
program will strengthen the ability of a group of faith-based organizations in
Southeast Missouri to provide services designed to prevent abuse of
methamphetamine or inhalants among young rural adolescents.
The program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and
third year. University of Arizona (Guadalupe, Ariz.) - $296,756 for
the first year. The program
will develop an infrastructure to promote prevention of inhalants and
methamphetamine use among an American Indian community ranging in age from 13 to
52 years, but focusing on adolescents. The
program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and third
year. Oregon Partnership (Portland, Ore.) -
$349,857 for the first year. The
program will use filmmaking, community outreach, and other creative
interventions in a school-based project to reduce youth substance abuse.
The program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and
third year. New England Institute of Addiction Studies (Augusta,
Maine) - $349,997 for the first year. The
program will bring together efforts by five New England state prevention
authorities to strengthen the capacity of those states to prevent inhalant
abuse. The program is expected to
receive the same amount in both the second and third year. Bucks County Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence
(Doylestown, Pa.) - $350,000 for the first year. The project will work to enhance the ability of school,
juvenile justice, mental health personnel and parents to recognize signs of
youth inhalant and methamphetamine use and refer youth for intervention.
The program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and
third year. Center for Success and Independence (Houston, Texas) -
$350,000 for the first year – The program will bring together four local
service agencies to provide outreach services to youth ages 12-25 at risk for
methamphetamine and inhalant abuse. The
program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and third
year. Reno-Sparks Tribal Council (Reno, Nev.) - $310,225 for
the first year. The project
proposes to develop expanded methamphetamine and inhalant prevention services
for Native American youth between the ages of 6 and 18, young adults and
parents. The program is expected to
receive the same amount in both the second and third year. Border Area Mental Health Services (Silver City, N.M.) - $331,856 for the first year. The program will combine school-based prevention in elementary and middle schools, community-based services, and home-based family support services. . The program is expected to receive the same amount in both the second and third year. |
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SAMHSA is a public health agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation’s substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment and mental health service delivery systems. |
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