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SAMHSA Announces Over $19 Million for 16 Grants to Better Coordinate Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment; FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY TO RECEIVE $1.2 MILLION.
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August 3, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W., today announced grant awards to 16 states totaling more than $19 million over three years to build capacity to provide effective and affordable substance abuse treatment for youth and their families. In addition to increasing access to treatment services for young people, each state will create a staff position dedicated to ensuring resources available for substance abuse treatment are being used in the most efficient manner possible.
"Responsibility for adolescent treatment is often located in a number of state agencies and ...