14 awards for dealing with substance abuse

Juvenile Justice Digest, Apr 3, 2003

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration offers $2.5 million for up to 14 awards on improving access to treatment and retention of enrollees.

Strengthening Treatment Access and Retention grants aim to implement effective clinical and administrative practices to improve client access and retention in substance abuse treatment.

Inf.: Suzanne Cable, 301-443-9713, e-mail: scable@samhsa.gov. Steve Hudak, 301-443-9666; shudak@samhsa.gov.

For rural areas working with addiction to heroin or prescription opiates, Jacqueline Hendrickson, 301-443-1109; jhendri@samhsa.gov.

Get application kits from NCADI, 800-789-2647 or www.samhsa.gov (Click on "Grant Opportunities"). Specify Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistince Number: 93.243.