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News
Release| Date: | October 22, 2003 | |
| Media Contact: | SAMHSA Press | |
| Phone: | 301-443-8956 |
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Substance Abuse Treatment Services: HHS Announces $156.5 Million Awards to Expand Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment for People with HIV |
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Targeted Capacity Expansion Initiatives for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAP) and HIV Prevention (HIVP) in Minority Communities: Planning Grants (SP02-004) |
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced
$156.5 million in 115 awards over five years to fund substance abuse prevention
and treatment services for people with or at risk of HIV.
The awards are targeted to African American, Hispanic/Latino and other
racial and ethnic minority communities that have been highly affected by the
twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS.
The prevention and treatment grants will be administered by HHS’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). These grants are designed to enhance and expand substance abuse treatment and outreach services, pretreatment, and prevention services in conjunction with HIV/AIDS services in the community. The total for prevention and treatment grants is $152 million, $37.4 million for prevention and $114.6 million for treatment. First year awards include $7,289,891 for prevention grants and $22,743,927 for treatment grants. Along with these five-year awards, SAMHSA also issued 44 one-year HIV prevention planning grants totaling an additional $4.5 million. “These grants will help a wide
range of providers become familiar with the various issues surrounding substance
abuse and HIV/AIDS, and should foster a comprehensive, community-based response
to the challenge,” Secretary Thompson said. SAMHSA Administrator Charles G. Curie said:
“The current trend in HIV/AIDS
shows that a disproportionate number of minorities who live in inner cities are
affected by or at risk for contracting HIV.
Often this population is poor, hard to reach through traditional public
health methods, and in need of a wide range of health and human services.
These grants will help community-based organizations build substance
abuse prevention and treatment services and establish networks among substance
abuse treatment centers, medical personnel, mental health personnel, and public
health professionals to prevent further spread of the disease and to provide
high-quality care to infected individuals.” The treatment grants are aimed at localities within states that have an annual AIDS rate of 10 per 100,000 or higher, or communities in metropolitan statistical areas that have an annual AIDS rate of 20 per 100,000 or higher among minority communities. The total for these grants over five years is expected to be $114,620,017. The 5-year prevention grants are designed to fund efforts by community-based organizations, faith communities, minority-serving colleges and universities, health care delivery organizations and others to provide effective, integrated substance abuse prevention and HIV services in high risk minority communities. The one-year planning grants are designed to help communities begin strategic planning efforts for HIV prevention in areas suffering from addiction problems. |
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One-year planning grantees, totaling $4.5 million, include:ARIZONA Arizona-Mexico Border Health Foundation, HIV/AIDS Promotoras: Drug Prevention Along The Border, Tucson - $102,272 for one year. CALIFORNIA La Clinica de la
Raza-Fruitvale Health Project Inc., Project
Substance and HIV Free,
“Project SAHF,” Oakland
- $102,272 for one year. Bienestar Human
Services, Inc., Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV
Education, Los
Angeles - $102,272
for one year. California
Prevention Education Project, Targeted Capacity
Expansion for Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV Prevention Among Sexual
Minorities, Oakland. - $102,272
for one year. Asian American
Drug Abuse Program, Inc.,
Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention (SAHAP) Case Management Project ,
Los Angeles - $102,272
for one year. Centerforce,
AIDS & Substance Abuse Prevention Project (ASAP) for Ex-offenders and
their Families,
San Rafael - $102,272
for one year. Tarzana Treatment
Centers, Inc., Antelope Valley Minority Youth SAP and
HIV Prevention,
Tarzana - $102,272
for one year. San Fernando Valley Partnership, FUERZA (Families United To Educate Raza), San Fernando - $102,272 for one year. COLORADO Mental Health
Corporation of Denver, Fortaleciendo La
Commuidad, Denver - $102,272
for one year. University of
Colorado Health Science Center, ARTS Integrated
Prevention Project for Substance Abuse and HIV,
Denver
- $102,272 for one year. FLORIDA AIDS Help, Inc., Substance Abuse
Prevention and HIV Prevention Project,
Key West - $102,272
for one year. Center for
Drug-Free Living Inc., Holden Heights
Empowerment, Orlando
- $102,272
for one year. HAWAII Drug Addiction
Services of Hawaii, Inc.,
Asian and Pacific Islander Mentoring Project, Honolulu
-
$102,272 for one year. ILLINOIS Governors State
University, Project SKIPP (Saving Kids Through
Integrated Prevention Programs),
University Park - $102,272
for one year. Renz Addiction Counseling Center, Dos Espiritus, Elgin - $102,272 for one year. KENTUCKY Heartland Cares, Inc., Integrated Substance Abuse, Paducah - $102,272 for one year. MASSACHUSETTS Roca, Inc., Roca Holistic
Prevention Project,
Chelsea - $102,272
for one year. Lowell Community
Health Center, Cambodian Youth Development, Lowell
- $102,272 for one year. Action for Boston
Community Development, Inc., Women
In Transition: Health And Hope,
Boston
- $102,272 for one year. Gandara Mental
Health Center, Springfield Youth in Action, Springfield
- $102,272 for one year. MICHIGAN Wayne State University, Detroit HIV Prevention Collaborative for Youth, Detroit - $102,272 for one year. MINNESOTA Indigenous
Peoples Task Force, Peer Education Program for American
Indian Youth and Women,
Minneapolis - $102,272
for one year. Upper Midwest American Indian Center, Mino-Ayaa (Being Well) Project, Minneapolis - $102,272 for one year. MISSISSIPPI The Nominal Group Inc.,
Reducing the Risk to West Jackson,
Jackson -
$102,272 for one year. NEW JERSEY Rutgers the State University, Rutgers-Paterson Substance Abuse/HIV
Prevention Initiative,
New Brunswick - $102,272
for one year. NEW YORK EAC, Inc.,
Targeted Capacity Expansion,
Bronx - $102,272
for one year. Housing Works, Inc., Housing Works Strengthening Families
Program for Minority Women and their Children,
New York City
- $102,272 for one year. Exponents, Inc.,
Family Leadership Initiative,
New York -
$102,272 for one year. PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania State University, A Cultural-Based Approach to HIV and
Substance Use Prevention for African American Girls,
University Park
- $102,272 for one year. Jewish Employment and Vocational
Services, Achievement
though Family Development,
Philadelphia - $102,272
for one year. TENNESSEE University of Tennessee-Knoxville, HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Primary
Prevention in Minority Adolescents,
Knoxville - $102,272
for one year. TEXAS Coastal Bend AIDS Foundation, Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV Prevention
Project,
Corpus Christi - $102,272
for one year. Drug Prevention Resources Inc., CHOICES - Investigating Prevention
Options in Substance Abuse and HIV,
Irving
- $102,272 for one year. Por Vida Academy Charter High
School, Project Reject: Integrated HIV and
Substance Abuse Prevention Project,
San Antonio - $102,272
for one year. Rio Grande Valley Council Inc., Parenting Adolescents Comprehensive Services (PACS), Edinburg - $102,272 for one year. UTAH University of Utah,
Nuevo Dia,
Salt=" " Lake City - $102,272
for one year. VIRGINIA Virginia Commonwealth University, Project Gumboyaya,
Richmond - $102,272
for one year. Virginia Commonwealth University, Culturally
Enriched Prevention Services,
Richmond - $102,272
for one year. Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry, Mobile Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV
Prevention Program,
Arlington. - $102,272
for one year. Boat People S O S, Inc., Partnership to Ameliorate the Life of
Minority Adolescents (PALMA),
Falls Church - $102,272
for one year. WASHINGTON Neighborhood House,
HIV/AIDS Network Development and Life Skills (HANDLE) Project, Seattle
- $102,272 for one year. WASHINGTON D.C. Washington Area Consortium on HIV
in Youth, DC Students
Making Proud Choices!
Washington, D.C. - $102,272
for one year. National Organization of Concerned
Black Men, HIV/Substance
Abuse Integration Project,
Washington, D.C. - $102,272 for
one year. |
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release on SAMHSA funding of HIV/AIDS Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
See news release on SAMHSA funding of HIV/AIDS Substance Abuse Prevention Programs |
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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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