SAMHSA Awards more than $12.2 Million in Grants for Family Centered Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents and their Families

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Date: 10/1/2009
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SAMHSA Awards more than $12.2 Million in Grants for Family Centered Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents and their Families

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding more than $12.2 million in grants to support family centered substance abuse treatment programs for adolescents and their families. This program provides substance abuse treatment services to adolescents, older transition-age youth, their families, and other primary caregivers as a means of helping adolescents successfully transition back into their communities after completing treatment programs.

“These grants bolster programs helping young people with substance abuse issues work toward recovery and productive lives in the community,” said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S. M.P.H. “This family centered treatment approach offers youth the critical support they need from the caring adults in their lives to help them be successful and to build healthy and promising futures.”

Grantees will implement evidence-based practices, specifically the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) coupled with Assertive Continuing Care (ACC), that are context specific focusing on the interaction between youth and their environments, family centered and community-based. Families/primary caregivers and other identified and appropriate adults are an integral part of the treatment process and their inclusion increases the likelihood of successful treatment and reintegration of the adolescents and transition-age youth into their communities following the period of formalized treatment.

The annual award amount per grantee is up to $300,000 per year for up to three years. Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds and grantee progress in meeting project goals and objectives.

Grant recipients are:

Grantee	1st Year Award
Northern Ohio Recovery Association	$300,000
Institute for Health and Recovery Inc.	$300,000
Serving Children and Adolescents in Need	$300,000
King County	$300,000
Colorado Judicial Department	$299,694
The Center for Drug-Free Living Inc.	$300,000
Johnson County Mental HealthCenter	$300,000
The University of Tennessee	$299,928
Gateway Community Services	$300,000
Odyssey House Inc.	$298,057
The Village South Inc	$202,674
Southern California Alcohol & Drug Program	$300,000
SWLA Center for Health Services	$300,000
Child and Family Services of New Hampshire	$297,304

For more information on SAMHSA grants go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/.

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SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.

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