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Please see the summary below and attached from SAAS/LAC on the President’s Budget and items specific to SAMHSA:
Summary of the FY 2014 SAMHSA Budget
Under the President’s proposed FY 2014 budget, overall funding for SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) would be increased by $3.5 million over FY 2012. The budget proposes a $19.5 million increase to the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant from FY 2012 levels but would cut other substance use prevention, treatment and recovery support programming through the Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment.
Under the President’s FY 2014 budget, specific drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery support programming would receive the following amounts:
· The SAPT Block Grant would receive $1,819.8 million, representing a $19.5 million increase over FY 2012. The FY 2014 SAMHSA budget does not propose to restructure the SAPT Block Grant, as the previous two budgets proposed to do. Congress maintained the structure of the SAPT Block Grant in FY 2012 and FY 2013.
The President’s budget proposes to require a new three-percent set-aside to the SAPT Block Grant. It would require states to set aside at least three percent of their SAPT Block Grant allocation to support providers in improving their enrollment, billing, and business practices, and to support enrollment into health insurance for eligible individuals.
The proposed budget also requests for the Public Health Service Evaluation set-aside to be increased from 1.25 percent in FY 2013 to 3 percent for FY 2014. The Senate included report language in its FY 2013 Committee Report that the SAPT Block Grant and CMHS Block Grant should be exempt from a “tap” or redirection of a portion of funds to other accounts.
- SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) would receive $175.6 million, a $10 million cut from FY 2012 levels. This includes the following program funding requests:
- $109.8 million for the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), funding level to FY 2012. In addition to SPF State Incentive Grants, the SPF funding would also include $36.7 million to implement a new cohort of Partnerships for Success (PFS) grants.
- $1 million for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder program, which represents a cut of $8.8 million from FY 2012
- $7 million for the STOP (Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking) Act, funding level to FY 2012
- $41.4 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative, funding level to FY 2012
- $7.5 million for the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPTs), a $548,000 cut
- SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) would receive $334.8 million, a $94 million cut from FY 2012 levels. This includes the following program funding requests:
- $30 million for Screening, Brief Interventions and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) services in medical and other community settings, a cut of $23.2 million from FY 2012
- $65 million for the Access to Recovery (ATR) grant program to States and tribal organizations for addiction treatment and recovery support services through a voucher-based system, a cut of $33.2 million from FY 2012
- $13.3 million for Targeted Capacity Expansion programming, a cut of $14.7 million from FY 2012
- $52.34 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative, a $13.5 million cut from FY 2012; SAMHSA budget documents indicate that this proposed decrease in funds is offset by a proposed increase of $13.5 million to Mental Health Minority AIDS programming in SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS).
- $8.7 million for the Opioid Treatment Programs/Regulatory Activities, a cut of $4.1 million
- $65.1 million for Criminal Justice programs, a cut of $1.7 million from FY 2012.
- $2.4 million for the Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP), which designs and delivers peer-to-peer recovery support services, a cut of $116,620
- $29.68 million for Children and Family programs, a cut of $942,000 from FY 2012
- $8.1 million for the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers, a cut of $983,000 from FY 2012
SAMHSA Proposals Included as Part of a Package Aimed at Reducing Gun Violence:
The FY 2014 President’s Budget Request includes $130 million in SAMHSA’s proposed budget to support the Obama Administration’s recommendations to reduce gun violence in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy last December in Newtown, Connecticut.
Proposals Aimed at Strengthening the Addiction and Mental Health Workforces:
Under the FY 2014 budget, Health Surveillance and Program Support programs would receive $202.6 million. The Health Surveillance and Program Support programming category includes a funding request for $50 million for Behavioral Health Workforce programming. This includes proposals for the following programs:
· Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training (MBHET) Grant Program: $35 million for a jointly administered activity with HRSA to increase the clinical service capacity of the behavioral health workforce by supporting training for Master’s level social workers, psychologists and marriage and family therapists as well as behavioral health paraprofessionals. According to SAMHSA, individuals enrolled in Master’s coursework would be eligible for these grant funds. Under the proposal, in FY 2014, the program would include an emphasis on training to address the needs of children, adolescents, and transition-age youth (ages 16-25) and their families.
· Peer Professionals Workforce Development Training Program: $10 million to strengthen the behavioral health workforce by increasing the number of trained peers, recovery coaches, mental health/addiction specialists, prevention specialists, and pre-Master’s level addiction counselors working with an emphasis on youth ages 16-25. These funds would provide tuition support and further establish the capacity of community colleges to develop and sustain behavioral health paraprofessional training and education.
· Minority Fellowship Program – Youth: $5 million for the expansion of the program, of which a portion is currently funded under CSAT. Funds would be used to provide stipends to graduate students to serve underserved minority populations.
In addition, SAMHSA’s FY 2014 budget proposal includes the following proposals through SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services:
o Project AWARE: $55 million to improve mental health awareness, increase referrals to behavioral health services and support systems, of which:
· $40 million for Project AWARE State Grants: According to SAMHSA’s Budget Justification, grants would build on the Safe Schools/Healthy Students State Planning and Community Pilot Program and be braided with funds from Dept. of Education and Dept. of Justice to support 20 grants to State Education Authorities (SEAs) with the goal of making schools safer and increasing access to mental health services. The SEAs will be required to partner with the State Mental Health and Law Enforcement agencies to establish Interagency State Management Teams, conduct environmental needs assessments, develop a state plan with an evaluation mechanism, and develop the mechanisms to coordinate funding, service delivery, systems improvement, and data collection.
· $15 million for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA): The Budget proposes that $10.0 million of Project AWARE – MHFA funds would be braided with Education and Justice funds to support competitive grants with the goal of safer schools and providing mental health literacy training. The additional $5 million proposed for MHFA would be braided with the 20 SEA grants to support MHFA training in those jurisdictions implementing Project AWARE.
o Healthy Transitions: $25 million to support youth ages 16 to 25 with mental health and substance abuse problems and their families. According to the Budget Justification, funds will be used for States to develop innovative approaches to provide support for transition-age youth with mental health and/or co-occurring substance abuse disorders and their families. States will take steps to expand services for these young individuals, develop family and youth networks for information sharing and peer support, and disseminate best practices for services. The $25 million would support 5-year grants to 19 states.
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