Newswise — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for up to $26 million in grants to expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts.
The purpose of this program is to expand and enhance substance abuse treatment services in “problem solving” courts which use the juvenile drug court model in order to provide alcohol and drug treatment, recovery support services and program coordination to juvenile defendants/defenders. Problem-solving courts are used as an alternative to incarceration; they quickly identify substance-abusing offenders and place them under strict court monitoring and community supervision as well as provide the participant with effective treatment services. It is expected that up to 27 grants will be awarded for up to three years. The average annual award amount for each grantee is expected to be up to $325,000. The actual award amounts may vary, depending on the availability of funds and the progress made by the grantees. This grant will be awarded by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
WHO CAN APPLY: Eligibility is restricted to existing individual juvenile drug courts that have demonstrated relationships and agreements with existing domestic public and private nonprofit entities and community-based treatment providers and units of tribal, state and local governments that submit applications on behalf of an individual juvenile treatment drug court. .
HOW TO APPLY: Applications for No TI-10-004 are available by calling SAMHSA’s Health Information Network at 1-877-SAMHSA7, or by downloading from http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2010/TI-10-004aspx. Applications are encouraged to apply online using are encouraged to apply on line using http://www.grants.gov.
APPLICATION DUE DATE: Must be received by February 23, 2010
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Applicants with questions on program issues should contact Robert M. Vincent at 240-276-1582 or e-mail [email protected] . For questions on grants management issues, contact William Reyes at 240 276-1406 or e-mail [email protected].
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 service delivery systems.
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