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1992.10.16 :  Grants -- Community-Based Drug Abuse Treatment Programs

Contact:  Tony Sims (301) 443-5052
October 16, 1992

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced
grant awards totaling $8 million to expand the capacity of 23
community-based drug abuse treatment programs.
       "These awards will provide new treatment capacity in
jurisdictions where there is a documented gap between the need
for treatment and the availability of existing treatment
services," said Dr. Sullivan. "The awards are part of the
President's effort to target expansion where drug treatment is
needed most. The President has consistently asked the Congress to
expand this program to meet these treatment needs.  We will
continue to do so until we get sufficient levels of funding." 
       The awards were made by HHS' Office for Treatment
Improvement as part of the demand reduction activities called for
in the administration's National Drug Control Strategy.
       Governor Bob Martinez, director of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy, said of the grant announcement, "These
targeted dollars will go a long way in meeting the needs of
individuals and communities hardest hit by the devastation of
drug addiction.  Our most vulnerable citizens will finally find
the care and compassion necessary to get them off of drugs and
back on the road to a meaningful life."      
       By making more treatment "slots" available, the new grants
will help: 
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     o    decrease overall substance abuse within each community;
     o    decrease alcohol and other drug-related social
          dysfunction;
     o    improve patients' educational and vocational
          functioning; and
     o    reduce other health problems among patients in
          treatment.
       "Striving to meet these objectives will not only help
hundreds of individual substance abusers return to productive
lives, but also will improve the health and safety of the entire
community," said James Mason, M.D., assistant secretary for
health and head of the U.S. Public Health Service.
       "The programs receiving the new OTI funds will give
special emphasis to providing substance abuse treatment to
individuals in need from certain target populations, including
adolescents, pregnant and post-partum women and their children,
racial and ethnic minority groups, permanent residents of public
housing and homeless persons," Dr. Mason said.    
       These capacity expansion grants will enhance treatment
programs that foster the "OTI Treatment Model."  Elaine M.
Johnson, Ph.D., acting administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, said, "OTI recognizes addiction
as a chronic and complex bio-psycho-social disease.  Treatment is
most successful when providers offer a sustained continuum of
comprehensive substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, and
other health services, as well as related services provided
through linkages with social services and education."

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NOTE:  See attached.
             OTI CAPACITY EXPANSION GRANTS        SEPT. 30, 1992

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STATE  CITY              ORGANIZATION                         FY '92
FUNDING
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AK   ANCHORAGE           ALASKA WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER       $  500,000

AZ   PHOENIX             CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA, INC.             253,614
AZ   TUCSON              PASCUS YAQUI TRIBE                      236,492

CT   NEW HAVEN           APT FOUNDATION, INC.                    389,370

DE   WILMINGTON          NORTHEAST TREATMENT CENTERS             334,355

IL   BLOOMINGTON         CHESTNUT HEALTH SERVICE, INC.           316,666
IL   CHARLESTOWN         CENTRAL EAST ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG        387,410
                           COUNCIL

KS   WICHITA             NED/A REFERRA AND TRACKING              196,319
                           STATION, INC.
KS   TOPEKA              DCCA, INC.                              407,223

KY   LOUISVILLE          SEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES, INC.           260,609

ME   ALFRED              YORK COUNTY SHELTERS, INC.              297,640

MI   GRAND RAPIDS        PROJECT REHAB                           348,000
MI   DETROIT             SELF HELP ADDICTION REHABILITATION      677,223

MO   KANSAS CITY         THE GREATER KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION      410,702

NJ   PISCATAWAY          U. OF MED. AND DENTISTRY OF             408,852
                           NJ-PISCATAWAY

NV   LAS VEGAS           NEVADA TREATMENT CENTER                 248,218

NY   MT. KISCO           WEEK-END CENTER, INC.                   302,681
NY   NEW YORK            CONVENANT HOUSE/UNDER 21                330,400

OH   DAYTON              NOVA HOUSE ASSOCIATION, INC.            402,515

RI   PROVIDENCE          MINORITY ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB         372,486

SC   ORANGEBURG          TRI-COUNT                               351,576

TX   ALICE               ALICE COUNSELING CENTER                 214,247

WI   MILWAUKEE           OUR HOME FOUNDATION, INC.               353,402

TOTAL                                                         $8,000,000

 
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