[Federal Register: March 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part M of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) Statement of Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health and Human
Services as amended most recently at 67 FR 57830, September 12, 2002 is
amended to: replace the functional statement of two divisions of the
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), the Division of State and
Community Systems Development and the Division of Knowledge Application
and Systems Improvement; replace the functional statement of the
Division of Prevention Education and Dissemination and rename the
Division as the Division of Prevention Education. There are no changes
to the Division of Workplace Programs. The changes are to update and
realign CSAP organizational structure to strengthen CSAP's programs and
allow CSAP to more effectively manage the mission of SAMHSA. The
changes are as follows:
Section M.20, Functions is amended as follows:
Under the heading, Division of State and Community Systems
Development (MPB), delete the functional statement and substitute the
following functional Statement:
The Division of State and Community Systems Development (DSCSD) is
responsible for carrying out the Center's responsibilities related to
development of States and communities capacity to provide and implement
effective substance abuse prevention. As such the Division (1) promotes
and establishes comprehensive, long-term State and community alcohol,
tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention/intervention strategies,
programs, and support activities; (2) plans, develops and administers
nationwide programs to enhance comprehensive and effective State and
community substance abuse prevention systems, drug prevention
coalitions and related health promotion systems; (3) administers the
primary prevention set-aside of the Substance Abuse Prevention and
Treatment (SAPT) block grant; (4) provides leadership in the transition
to and implementation of Performance Partnership Grants; (5) promotes
interagency collaboration with both the public and private sectors at
the Federal, State and local levels; (6)
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develops and integrates needs assessment and management information
system data into State and community prevention systems for the
improvement of planning efforts in substance abuse prevention
nationally; (7) administers the Synar regulations governing youth
access to tobacco products; and (8) provides overall support, training
and technical assistance in integrating effective substance abuse
prevention into health care systems.
Under the heading, Division of Knowledge Application and Systems
Improvement (MPC), delete the functional statement and substitute the
following functional statement:
The Division of Knowledge Application and Systems Improvement
(DKASI) is responsible for carrying out the Center's science-to-
services agenda. In this capacity, the Division (1) provides leadership
in the identification of effective substance abuse prevention programs,
practices, and strategies, and their dissemination, adoption and
adaptation, and evaluation at the State and community level; (2)
actively collaborates with other Federal and State and local
governments to promote the adoption of science-based prevention
programs and practices; (3) advances substance abuse prevention, HIV/
AIDS and emergent substance abuse issues agenda; and (4) represents
CSAP in the development of SAMHSA's extramural policy.
Under the heading, Division of Prevention Education and
Dissemination (MPF), delete the functional statement, rename the
Division as the Division of Prevention Education and substitute with
the following functional statement:
The Division of Prevention Education (DPE) is responsible for
carrying out the Center's health promotion and public education
activities. The Division carries this out through (1) leadership to the
Center in the development of health promotion and education
publication, products, and materials as well as through information
technologies such as PREVLine, and other CSAP Web-based and Internet
and Intranet venues; (2) builds upon and collaborates with the efforts
of other Federal or private sector prevention initiatives in developing
and disseminating targeted prevention materials, products, tool kits,
etc., tailored to the specific audiences and/or specific prevention
topics targeted by these prevention initiatives; (3) promotes public
education through the operation of the SAMHSA/CSAP National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, the Regional Alcohol
and Drug Awareness Resource Network, and the Prevention component
within the SAMHSA Conference Grant Program; (4) initiates, develops,
implements, and evaluates program efforts (which may include developing
materials and technologies) in support of workforce development, for
both internal (CSAP staff) and external substance abuse prevention
professionals; and (5) provides liaison and coordination with the
SAMHSA Office of Communications, other SAMHSA Centers and Offices, and
relevant DHHS components, as appropriate, on substance abuse prevention
and health communications issues.
Section M.40, Delegations of Authority: All delegations and
redelegations of authority to officers and employees of SAMHSA which
were in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this
reorganization shall continue in them.
These organizational changes are effective January 17, 2003.
Dated: February 21, 2003.
Charles G. Curie,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 03-6456 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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