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SAMHSA News Bulletin

Date: 10/13/2009
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press
Telephone: 240-276-2130

SAMHSA Awards More Than $8.2 Million in Community Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants to Help At-Risk Traditionally Underserved Populations

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the award of 5 new grants totaling up to $8.2 million for up to the next five years to community-based organizations providing integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to at-risk, traditionally underserved populations. 

 

Grantees will use SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework, a prevention process based on a community’s needs, to build substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention capacity for traditionally underserved communities.  Traditionally underserved communities include African-American, Latino, and other populations residing in geographic areas with high rates of substance abuse and HIV prevalence. 

 

“Substance abuse and HIV/AIDS are often interrelated problems and must be addressed in comprehensive ways,” said SAMHSA Acting Administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H.  “These grants will help communities pursue more effective approaches for reaching out to people at risk and providing those in need with appropriate health services.”  

 

The programs selected for these grants can receive up to $329,666 each year, for up to five years.  The actual award amounts may vary, depending on the availability of funds and the progress achieved by the awardees.  The funds are awarded and administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. 

 

The grant awardees and their projected yearly grant amounts are:

 

AIDS Services of Austin Inc.                                   $329,666

Austin , Tex.

 

Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach     $329,666

Palm Beach , Fla.

 

Johns Hopkins University                                         $329,666

Baltimore , Md.

 

Damien Center Inc.                                                 $329,666

Indianapolis , Ind.                 

 

California Recovery Clinics Inc.                              $329,666

Corona , Calif.            

 

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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