SAMHSA Awards More Than $38.2 Million to Help Expand Adult Drug Treatment Courts

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Date: 10/2/2009
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SAMHSA Awards More Than $38.2 Million to Help Expand Adult Drug Treatment Courts

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the award of 44 new grants for $38.2 million over the next three years to expand the treatment capability of adult drug courts – special dockets designed to deal with the treatment needs of people who find themselves in the criminal justice system largely because of underlying substance abuse problems.

The grants will be used to expand and/or enhance substance abuse treatment services in “problem solving” courts, which use the treatment drug court model in order to provide alcohol and drug treatment, recovery support services supporting substance abuse treatment, screening, assessment, case management, and program coordination to adult defendants/offenders.

“Drug Treatment courts made a tremendous difference in helping steer people on the path of recovery and giving them the support needed to help break free from substance abuse,” said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H. “These new grants will expand the successes of the more than 2,200 treatment drug courts operating in communities across the nation.”

The selected drug court grantees can receive up to $300,000 each year, over the course of the next three years. The actual award amounts may vary and continuation awards are subject to availability of funds and progress achieved by awardees. The program will be administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

The grantees for this program (TI-09-003) include:

Grantee	Per Year Award
County of San Bernadino , Superior Court	$299,994
13th Judicial Circuit/Administration Office of the Courts	$300,000
Milwaukee County	$300,000
San Luis Obispo County Behavioral Health-Drug Alcohol	$300,000
St. Charles County	$272,911
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara	$300,000
Circuit Court of Cook County	$296,480
KY Drug Court- Hardin County	$300,000
KY Drug Court- Knox & Laurel Counties	$300,000
Benton County	$300,000
Webb County 406^th District Court	$300,000
Alabama Administrative Office of the Courts	$300,000
Forrest County Board of the Supervisors	$299,407
Criminal District Court	$300,000
Superior Court of California Riverside County	$300,000
Pierce County , Washington	$300,000
Clackamas County Community Health Division	$300,000
Drug Court Administration- St. Louis Drug Courts	$299,893
Madison County Government	$299,428
Town of Ayer	$300,000
Shelby County Government	$300,000
City and County of Denver	$284,933
Spokane County	$300,000
Maricopa County Adult Probation Department	$300,000
Miami-Dade County	$300,000
Brevard County Board of County Commission	$298,689
KY Administrative Office of the Courts	$300,000
Yamhill County Chemical Dependency	$141,101
Fourth Judicial District Court	$300,000
City of Jacksonville , Florida	$295,788
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony	$300,000
Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan	$231,447
Mescalero Apache Tribe	$294,203
Harris County	$272,312
Bexas County Commissioners Court	$300,000
Seminole County	$299,867
Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services	$180,000
Judicial Court of the State of Michigan DBA Macomb	$300,000
Marshall County Court Referral, Inc.	$299,896
Eighth Judicial District Court	$295,320
Billings Municipal Court	$292,902
OPC Area Program	$300,000
Vermont Office of the Court Administration	$298,920
Hocking County Municipal Court	$299,996

For additional information about SAMHSA grants go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/.

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the U.S. 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.

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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