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Article: SAMHSA Awards 30 Grants Totaling $59.5 Million to Provide Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services for Homeless People; WISCONSIN TO RECEIVE $400,000.
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- June 30, 2005
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WASHINGTON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced 30 grants totaling $59.5 million over five years to provide substance abuse and mental health services to homeless individuals. These grants will enable communities to expand and strengthen their treatment services for homeless individuals with substance abuse disorders, mental illness, or co-occurring substance abuse disorders and mental illness.
"There are 2-3 million Americans homeless at some point each year," SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie said. "Of these, an estimated 20 percent have a serious mental illness, and up to half of ...