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SAMHSA News Bulletin

Date: 10/9/2009
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press
Telephone: 240-276-2130

SAMHSA Awards Nearly $2.4 Million in Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity for Juvenile Drug Courts

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding nearly $2.4 million in grants over the next four years to expand the substance abuse treatment capacity of juvenile drug courts.  This program is being implemented in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).  

Grantees will use the Juvenile Drug Court: Strategies in Practice and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reclaiming Futures program model to expand the capacity of the juvenile drug courts.

 

“Most juveniles admitted to treatment are referred from the criminal justice system,” said SAMHSA Acting Administrator, Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H.  “These grants will use practices proven to help young people get off drugs and back on track toward building fulfilling lives.”

 

SAMHSA funds will be used for screening, assessment and treatment components of the juvenile drug court program. 

 

Under SAMHSA’s grant program, it is anticipated that each of the three grantees will receive up to $200,000 per year for up to four years. The actual grant monies awarded are subject to the availability of funds and the performance of the grantees. The grants will be administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

 

The grantees and per year amounts are:

 

The Superior Court of California for VenturaCounty -- $200,000 for the ReclaimingFuturesVenturaCounty program.

 

Colorado Judicial Department -- $198,915 for the Denver Youth Development Court.

 

Cherokee Nation -- $200,000 for the Tso-Tsi-Ge-Yu-Hi Di-Ni-Yo-Tli “We Care Deeply for the Children” program.  

 

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

 

 

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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