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Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Overview
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
www.samhsa.gov
WELCOME
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History and Intent of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
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History and Intent of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Public Law 97-35 (PL 97-35) created the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services (ADMS) Block Grant.
PL 97-35 became effective on October 1, 1981.
In addition to funding alcohol and drug services, the ADMS Block Grant included funds for mental health services.
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The ADAMHA Reorganization Act (Public Law 102-321, 102d Congress) of 1992 created several significant changes in the Block Grant, including the following:
It created a distinct block grant for mental health services and a distinct block grant for substance abuse services.
It changed the name of the portion of the Block Grant for alcohol and drug services to the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant.
History and Intent of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
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The current Block Grant regulations were released in the Federal Register in March 1993.
The official citation of the current regulations is Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 96 (45 CFR Part 96), Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants; Interim Final Rule.
The regulations authorize the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide Block Grants to States for the purpose of planning, carrying out, and evaluating activities to prevent and treat substance abuse.
History and Intent of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
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History and Intent of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
The SAPT Block Grant also incorporates provisions from each of the following:
The Tobacco Regulation for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants, otherwise known as the “Synar” regulations, published in the Federal Register in January 1996.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133.
The Charitable Choice final rules published in the Federal Register on September 30, 2003.
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The Children’s Health Act of 2000 altered the following SAPT Block Grant requirements:
States are no longer required to spend a minimum of 35 percent of their Block Grant funds specifically on drug-related activities and a minimum of 35 percent on alcohol-related activities.
States do not have to maintain a $100,000 revolving loan fund to support homes for persons recovering from substance abuse—this is now optional.
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States may allocate Block Grant funds to faith-based treatment programs that maintain their religious character and hire people of their same faith.
The Secretary may exempt from maintenance of effort requirements any one-time infusion of funds that are used for a single purpose.
The Children’s Health Act also required that by 2002 the Secretary submit to Congress a plan that outlines how the Block Grant program will become a performance-based system.
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Block Grant recipients must adhere to SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures (NOMs).
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§ 96.122 Application Content and Procedures and § 96.123 Assurances
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§ 96.122 Application Content and Procedures and § 96.123 Assurances
Block Grant recipients include each of the 50 States, each U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, and the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.
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§ 96.122 Application Content and Procedures and § 96.123 Assurances
The Block Grant application requires States to complete standard forms, tables, and narrative sections, including:An annual report that describes the amounts of
Block Grant expenditures and the activities funded by the grant
A State Plan outlining the intended use of SAPT Block Grant funds, including how the State will comply with the Block Grant requirements
Assurances that the State will comply with the Block Grant requirements as well as other applicable Federal requirements
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
States are required to submit an assessment of statewide and locality-specific need for authorized [Block Grant] activities.
The needs assessment must include the incidence and prevalence of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and alcoholism.
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
Incidence and prevalence data must be obtained using generally accepted research methods.
“Incidence” refers to the number of new cases that emerge with a given period of time.
“Prevalence” refers to the total number of cases at a given moment in time.
Social indicator studies and household surveys are examples of generally accepted research methods.
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
State and sub-State data have to be collected and reported by:
Age
Sex
Race/ethnicity
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
Data must include five substance abuse problems:
Marijuana (including hashish)
Cocaine (including crack)
Hallucinogens (including PCP)
Heroin
Alcohol
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
States should also use common diagnostic criteria (e.g., DSM criteria) to measure dependence.
States must provide detailed descriptions of:Current prevention and treatment activities
Intended use of prevention and treatment funds
Treatment capacity
Primary prevention activities must be broken down by strategies used and other characteristics outlined in the Block Grant regulations.
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
Primary prevention strategies should be appropriate for each target group and include, but not be limited to, approaches such as:
Information dissemination
Education
Alternatives
Problem identification and referral
Community-based processes
Environmental strategies
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
States must identify the entities that provide prevention and treatment services, and they must describe those services.
States must submit information on treatment utilization that describes the type of care and utilization by primary diagnoses of:
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse
A combination of alcohol and drug abuse
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§ 96.133 Submission to Secretary of Statewide Assessment of Needs
States must describe efforts to improve substance abuse treatment and prevention activities, including:
Strategies used to improve existing programs
New programs created
Actions taken to remove barriers
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§ 96.134 Maintenance of EffortRegarding State Expenditures
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§ 96.134 Maintenance of Effort Regarding State Expenditures
The Principal State Agency for substance abuse prevention and treatment must maintain aggregate State expenditures for authorized activities at a level that is not less than the average level of such expenditures for the preceding 2 State fiscal-year periods.
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' 96.124 Certain Allocations
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' 96.124 Certain Allocations
States were required to establish a base of expenditures for special treatment services for pregnant women and women with dependent children.
Women with dependent children include women who are attempting to regain custody of those children.
Special Services for Pregnant Women and Women with Dependent Children
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' 96.124 Certain AllocationsSpecial Services for Pregnant Women and Women with Dependent Children
States must ensure that programs that receive funds set aside for pregnant women and women with dependent children provide or arrange for:Primary medical care, including prenatal care
Primary pediatric care for the women=s children, including immunizations
Gender-specific substance abuse treatment
Other therapeutic interventions for women addressing issues such as relationships, sexual and physical abuse, and parenting
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' 96.124 Certain AllocationsSpecial Services for Pregnant Women and Women with Dependent Children
Therapeutic interventions for children in custody of women in treatment to address, among other things, developmental needs, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect
Child care while the women are receiving services
Sufficient case management and transportation to ensure that the women and their children have access to the above services
States must also require programs that receive this set-aside to treat the family as a unit and therefore admit both women and their children into treatment, when appropriate.
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' 96.124 Certain AllocationsSpecial Services for Pregnant Women and Women with Dependent Children
The Secretary also strongly encourages States to require programs that receive these set-aside funds to provide or arrange for the following additional services:
Case management to assist in establishing eligibility for public assistance programs provided by Federal, State, or local governments
Employment and training programs
Education and special education programs
Drug-free housing for women and their children
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' 96.124 Certain AllocationsSpecial Services for Pregnant Women and Women with Dependent Children
Therapeutic day care, Head Start, and other early childhood programs for children
Block Grant-funded programs must use the Block Grant as the “payment of last resort” and only for those who have no other financial means for obtaining services for pregnant women and women with dependent children.
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' 96.124 Certain Allocations
By Federal fiscal year 1994 (October 1, 1993–September 30, 1994), States were required to establish base expenditure levels for services for pregnant women and women with dependent children.
Calculating the Required Expenditure Level for Services for Pregnant Women and Women with Dependent Children
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§ 96.131 Treatment Services for Pregnant Women
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§ 96.131 Treatment Services for Pregnant Women
States must require all Block Grant-funded programs to give pregnant women preference in admissions to treatment.
Programs that serve an injecting drug abuse population must give preference to treatment in the following order:
Pregnant injecting drug users first
Other pregnant substance abusers second
Other injecting drug users third
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§ 96.131 Treatment Services for Pregnant Women
States must also publicize the availability of services for pregnant women, including the fact that such women receive admissions preference.
States must require Block Grant-funded programs to refer pregnant women to the State when such women cannot be admitted due to insufficient capacity.
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§ 96.131 Treatment Services for Pregnant Women
For women referred to States because of lack of capacity, States must:
Refer the women to programs with the capacity to admit them or
Ensure that interim services, including prenatal care, are made available to the women within 48 hours after the women seek treatment
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§ 96.131 Treatment Services for Pregnant Women
Therefore, States must maintain:
A continually updated system for identifying treatment capacity for pregnant women who cannot be admitted
A mechanism for matching such women to treatment programs with sufficient capacity
States must also have effective strategies for monitoring programs= compliance with this section.
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§ 96.126 Capacity of Treatment for Intravenous Substance Abusers
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§ 96.126 Capacity of Treatment for Intravenous Substance Abusers
States must establish capacity management systems that enable and require programs that provide treatment for intravenous drug abuse to:
Readily report to the State when the programs reach 90 percent of their capacities
Make such reports within 7 days
Capacity Management System
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§ 96.126 Capacity of Treatment for Intravenous Substance AbusersCapacity Management System
The capacity management system should also ensure that the State:
Is capable of maintaining a continually updated record of reports of programs reaching 90 percent of their capacities
Makes excess capacity information available to Block Grant-funded programs that treat intravenous substance abuse
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§ 96.126 Capacity of Treatment for Intravenous Substance AbusersCapacity Management System
States must have a waiting list management system that systematically reports treatment demand and requires Block Grant-funded programs that treat intravenous drug abuse to:
Establish waiting lists with a unique client identifier for each waiting list client
Consult the State=s capacity management system to ensure that waiting list clients are transferred to programs within a reasonable geographic area at the earliest possible time
Allow waiting list clients to be removed from the lists only when they cannot be located or the clients refuse treatment
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§ 96.126 Capacity of Treatment for Intravenous Substance AbusersCapacity Management System
Block Grant-funded programs that treat individuals for intravenous substance abuse must admit each individual who requests and is in need of treatment for intravenous drug abuse not later than 14 days.
When programs cannot admit individuals for intravenous substance abuse within 14 days, the program must:Admit these individuals within 120 days
Have a mechanism for maintaining contact with individuals awaiting admission
Make interim services available within 48 hours
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§ 96.126 Capacity of Treatment for Intravenous Substance AbusersCapacity Management System
Interim services must include counseling and education about:
HIV and TB
The risks of needle sharing
The risks of transmission to sexual partners and infants
Steps that can be taken to ensure that HIV transmission does not occur
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§ 96.126 Capacity of Treatment for Intravenous Substance AbusersCapacity Management System
Interim services must also include referrals for HIV and TB services, if necessary.
For pregnant women, interim services should also include referrals for prenatal care and counseling on the effects of alcohol and drug use on the fetus.
Interim services may also include federally authorized methadone maintenance.
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Outreach
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Outreach
States must ensure that entities that receive Block Grant funds to treat intravenous substance abuse conduct outreach activities to encourage individuals in need of such services to undergo treatment.
States must use outreach models that are scientifically sound.
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Outreach
The regulations identify three examples of scientifically sound models:
The Standard Intervention model
The Health Education model
The Indigenous Leader model
If no models are applicable to the local situation, the State can use an approach which reasonably can be expected to be effective.
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Outreach
States must ensure that outreach efforts:
Consist of contacting, communicating with, and following up with high-risk substance abusers, their associates, and neighborhood residents
Adhere to Federal and State confidentiality requirements
Promote awareness about the relationship between injecting drug abuse and communicable diseases
Recommend steps that can be taken to prevent HIV transmission
Address the selection, training, and supervision of outreach workers
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§ 96.127 Requirements Regarding Tuberculosis
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§ 96.127 Requirements Regarding Tuberculosis
States must require programs receiving funds to treat substance abuse to routinely make TB services available to each individual receiving treatment for substance abuse.
Required TB services include:Counseling individuals with respect to TB
TB testing
Appropriate medical evaluation and treatment for individuals with TB
Tuberculosis Services
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§ 96.127 Requirements Regarding Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Services
Programs can provide the required TB services either directly or through arrangements with other public or nonprofit private entities.
The Principal State Agency must also establish linkages with other health providers to ensure that TB services are routinely made available.
The Principal State Agency in consultation with the primary State infectious disease authority must have written procedures and protocols to prevent the transmission of TB.
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§ 96.127 Requirements Regarding Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Services
States must also require Block Grant-funded treatment programs to implement infection control procedures that are consistent with those established by the Principal State Agency.
The infection control procedures must address how programs:Screen patients and identify individuals who are at high risk
of becoming infected
Meet all State reporting requirements while adhering to Federal and State confidentiality requirements, including 42 CFR part 2
Provide case management activities to ensure that individuals receive TB services
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§ 96.127 Requirements Regarding Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Services
When clients cannot be admitted to a program due to lack of capacity, the program must refer such clients to other providers of TB services.
States must develop effective strategies for monitoring compliance with these requirements, particularly to ensure that required services are being provided.
States must also:
Use SAPT Block Grant funds as the Apayor of last resort@ for TB services
Make reasonable efforts to determine eligibility and bill and collect payment for services
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§ 96.127 Requirements Regarding Tuberculosis
States were required to establish a base expenditure level for State-appropriated funds expended on TB services for individuals receiving substance abuse treatment.
The base expenditure calculation is the average of the 2 State fiscal years preceding SFY93.
TB Maintenance of Effort
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§ 96.127 Requirements Regarding Tuberculosis TB Maintenance of Effort
Once the base is established, the State must maintain this level of expenditures for each year thereafter.
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§ 96.128 Requirements Regarding Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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§ 96.128 Requirements Regarding Human Immunodeficiency Virus
States with 10 or more HIV cases per 100,000 people are considered HIV Designated States.
Designated States must provide one or more HIV early intervention projects at the sites at which individuals are undergoing treatment for substance abuse.
Your State is not currently an HIV Designated State.
HIV Services
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§ 96.135 Restrictions on Expenditureof the Grant
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§ 96.135 Restrictions on Expenditure of the Grant
States cannot expend the Block Grant to:Provide inpatient hospital services except under
those conditions outlined in the regulations
Make cash payments to intended recipients of health services
Purchase or improve land
Purchase, construct, or permanently improve buildings or other facilities
Purchase major medical equipment
Satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds
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§ 96.135 Restrictions on Expenditure of the Grant
Provide financial assistance to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity
Provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes
Expend more than the amount of Block Grant funds expended in FFY91 for treatment services provided in penal or correctional institutions of the State
States cannot expend more than 5 percent of SAPT Block Grant funds to administer the grant.
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§ 96.132 Additional Agreements
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§ 96.132 Additional Agreements
In their funding agreements with Block Grant-funded prevention and treatment programs, States must ensure that such programs make continuing education available to employees who provide those services.
Principal State Agency must coordinate with other appropriate services such as health, social, correctional and criminal justice, educational, vocational, and employment service systems.
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§ 96.132 Additional Agreements
States can use methods such as the following to demonstrate service coordination:Memoranda of agreement
Inclusion of service coordination requirements in grants and contracts
Principal State Agency and subrecipients of Block Grant funds must have a system to protect patient records from inappropriate disclosure.
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§ 96.132 Additional Agreements
The systems that States and programs use to protect clients records must:
Comply with all applicable State and Federal laws and regulations, including 42 CFR part 2
Include provisions for employee education on the confidentiality requirements and the fact that disciplinary action may occur upon inappropriate disclosures
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§ 96.136 Independent Peer Review
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§ 96.136 Independent Peer Review
States must have independent peer review systems that assess the quality, appropriateness, and efficacy of Block Grant-funded treatment services.
The regulations define Quality as the provision of treatment services that meet accepted standards and practices that will improve patient/client health and safety in the context of recovery.
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§ 96.136 Independent Peer Review
The regulations define Appropriateness as the provision of treatment services consistent with each individual=s identified clinical needs and level of functioning.
To determine quality and appropriateness of treatment, reviews must include an examination of a representative sample of client/patient records.
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§ 96.136 Independent Peer Review
In reviewing client/patient records, reviewers will examine:
Admission criteria/intake processes
Assessments
Treatment planning
Documentation of implementation of treatment strategies
Discharge and continuing care planning
Indications of treatment outcomes
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§ 96.136 Independent Peer Review
Independent peer reviewers must consist of individuals who are:
Experts in the substance abuse field
Representative of the various disciplines used by the program being reviewed
Knowledgeable about the modality being reviewed and its underlying theoretical approach to addictions treatment
Sensitive to the cultural and environmental issues that may influence the quality of services being provided
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§ 96.136 Independent Peer Review
Not providers/practitioners of the program under review
Not individuals who have administrative oversight of or authority to make funding decisions about the program under review
The peer review system must review a minimum of 5 percent of the State’s Block Grant-funded treatment programs each year.
States must ensure that independent peer review is not conducted as a part of the program licensing/certification process.
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§ 96.129 Revolving Funds for Establishment of Homes in Which
Recovering Substance Abusers May Reside
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Before the Children’s Health Services Act of 2000 was passed, States were required to maintain a $100,000 revolving fund to support homes for persons recovering from substance abuse.
The Children’s Health Services Act makes this provision optional.
§ 96.129 Revolving Funds for Establishment of Homes in Which Recovering Substance Abusers May Reside
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Each loan:
Must be for homes of six or more people
Can only be made to private nonprofit entities
Cannot exceed $4,000
Must be repaid within 2 years
Has to be repaid in monthly installments
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Comes with the condition that alcohol or illegal drug use must be prohibited in the home, and residents who violate the conditions must be expelled
Must require that residents pay the costs of housing, including fees for rent and utilities
Must require the majority vote of residents to establish policies governing the house
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States must also:
Identify and define the purposes for which loan funds will be spent
Set reasonable criteria for determining eligibility of prospective borrowers
Establish procedures and a process for applying for a loan
Provide clear written instructions to applicants concerning what is expected of them
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Keep a written record of the number and amounts of loans as well as the identities of borrowers and their repayment history
Establish reasonable criteria for selecting a fund management group, if the State decides to delegate fund management to a separate organization
The State and any entity managing the revolving fund must abide by all Federal, State, and local laws and regulations in managing the revolving fund.
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Other Applicable Requirements
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Other Applicable Requirements
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133 prescribes the conditions under which non-Federal entities must have single State and program-specific audits.
According to OMB Circular A-133, a non-Federal entity that has $500,000 or more in Federal expenditures during the entity=s fiscal year must receive a single State audit.
Single State Audit
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A non-Federal entity with $500,000 or more in Federal expenditures may elect to have a program-specific audit if:
The expenditures are under only one Federal program and
The Federal program does not require an A-133 audit
Other Applicable RequirementsSingle State Audit
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A non-Federal entity that expends less than $500,000 in Federal awards during the entity=s fiscal year:
Is exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year
Must retain records to support expenditures and must make those records available for review or audit by appropriate officials of the Federal agency, the pass-through entity, and the General Accounting Office
Other Applicable RequirementsSingle State Audit
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The OMB A-133 Compliance Supplement identifies important compliance requirements that the Federal Government expects to be considered for each major program that is audited under the auspices of OMB A-133.
Other Applicable Requirements
OMB A-133 Compliance Supplement
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One section of the Supplement specifically addresses the audit requirements associated with the SAPT Block Grant program including:
Objectives and procedures for conducting an A-133 audit of the Block Grant program
Objectives and suggested audit procedures for determining compliance with SAPT Block Grant requirements
Other Applicable RequirementsOMB A-133 Compliance Supplement
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OMB A-133 defines recipients of Federal Awards as “Pass-through Entities” and “Subrecipients.”
A Pass-through Entity is a non-Federal entity that receives a Federal award and passes portions of it on to subrecipients to carry out a Federal program.
A Subrecipient is a non-Federal entity that expends Federal awards received from a pass-through entity to carry out a Federal program.
Other Applicable Requirements
Subrecipient Monitoring
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For example, when an Principal State Agency subcontracts with programs to provide Block Grant-funded prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services, the Principal State Agency is the pass-through entity and programs are subrecipients.
Other Applicable RequirementsSubrecipient Monitoring
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OMB A-133 requires pass-through entities to:
Inform each subrecipient of Federal awards, including the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance title and number, the award name and number, and the award year
Convey requirements from Federal laws and regulations, the provisions of contracts or grant agreements, and any supplemental requirements imposed by the pass-through entity
Other Applicable RequirementsSubrecipient Monitoring
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Monitor subrecipients to ensure that Federal awards are used for authorized purposes in compliance with laws, regulations, and the provisions of contracts or grant agreements and that performance goals are achieved
Ensure that subrecipients meet applicable OMB A-133 audit requirements
Issue management decisions on audit findings within 6 months after receiving subrecipients' audit reports
Ensure that the subrecipients take appropriate and timely corrective action to resolve any audit findings
Other Applicable RequirementsSubrecipient Monitoring
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Determine if the subrecipient audits call for adjustments in the pass-through entity's own records
Require each subrecipient to permit the pass-through entity and auditors to have access to the records and financial statements
Other Applicable RequirementsSubrecipient Monitoring
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States are exempt from the provisions of OMB cost principle circulars; therefore, State cost principle requirements apply to the SAPT Block Grant instead.
Other Applicable Requirements
Fiscal Controls
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Other Applicable Requirements
States and subrecipients cannot use the Block Grant to pay salaries in excess of Level I of the Federal Senior Executive Service pay scale (e.g., no more than $191,300 in 2008).
Salary Limitation
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SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures (NOMs)
All recipients of the following grants must now comply with and report on the NOMs:
SAPT Block Grant
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant
CSAT, CSAP, and CMHS discretionary grants
SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures
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SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures
States must have systems in place to avoid duplicated client counts.
At a minimum, such systems shall include the following:
Recording admission and discharge information for a client’s episode of care as a single record
Using a unique client identifier for each client
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Reduced Morbidity (Abstinence)
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Abstinence from alcohol and drug use
Reduction in/no change in frequency of use at date of last service compared to date of first service
1. 30-day substance use (non-use/reduction)
2. Perceived risk/harm of use
3. Age at first use
4. Perception of disapproval
SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures
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Employment/Education
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Increased/retained employment or return to/stay in school
Increased/no change in number of employed or in school at date of last service compared to first service
1. Perception of workplace policy
2. Alcohol, tobacco, and drug-related suspensions and expulsions
3. Attendance and enrollment
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Crime and Criminal Justice
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Decreased criminal justice involvement
Reduction in/no change in number of arrests in past 30 days from date of first service to date of last service
1. Alcohol-related car crashes and injuries
2. Drug-related crime
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Stability in Housing
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Increased stability in housing
Increase in/no change in number of clients in stable housing situation from date of first service to date of last service
Not applicable
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Access/Capacity
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Increased access to services (Service capacity)
Unduplicated count of persons served; penetration rate—numbers served compared to those in need
Number of persons served by age, gender, race, and ethnicity
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Retention
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Increased retention in substance abuse treatment
Length of stay from date of first service to date of last service and unduplicated count of persons served
1. Total number of evidence-based programs and strategies
2. Percentage of youth seeing, reading, watching, or listening to a prevention message
SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures
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Social Connectedness
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Increased social supports/connectedness
Under development Family communication around drug use
SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures
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Perception of Care
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Client perception of care
Under development Not applicable
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Cost Effectiveness
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Cost effectiveness (average cost)
Number of States providing substance abuse treatment within approved cost-per-person bands by the type of treatment
Services provided within cost bands
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Use of Evidence-Based Practices
Outcome Substance Abuse Treatment Measures
Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Use of evidence-based practices
Under development Total number of evidence-based programs and strategies
SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures
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Charitable Choice (45 CFR Part 54a)
According to Charitable Choice regulations, Federal, State, and local governments that receive funds under these programs cannot discriminate against an organization that is, or applies to be, a program participant on the basis of the organization’s religious character or affiliation.
Applicants for Block Grant funding must certify that they will comply with all the SAMHSA Charitable Choice requirements.
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Charitable Choice (45 CFR Part 54a)
Under Charitable Choice, Block Grant-funded faith-based organizations:Retain the authority over their internal governance
May retain religious terms in their organizations’ names
May select board members on a religious basis
May include religious references in the organizations’ mission statements and other governing documents
May use space in their facilities to offer Block Grant-funded activities without removing religious art, icons, scriptures, or other symbols
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Charitable Choice (45 CFR Part 54a)
Block Grant-funded faith-based organizations cannot use these funds for inherently religious activities such as the following:Worship
Religious instruction
Proselytization
Organizations can engage in such religious activities only if:The activities are offered separately, in time or
location, from Block Grant-funded activities
Participation in the activities is voluntary
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Charitable Choice (45 CFR Part 54a)
In delivering services, including outreach activities, SAMHSA-funded religious organizations cannot discriminate against current or prospective program participants based on:Religion
Religious belief
Refusal to hold a religious belief
Refusal to actively participate in a religious practice
If an otherwise eligible client objects to the religious character of a Block Grant-funded program, the program shall refer the client to an alternative provider within a reasonable period of time of the objection.
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Charitable Choice (45 CFR Part 54a)
Similar to all other nongovernmental organizations that receive Block Grant funds, religious organizations must use generally accepted auditing and accounting principles to account for Block Grant funds.
Religious organizations shall segregate Federal funds from non-Federal funds. Only the Federal funds shall be subject to audit by the government.
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Charitable Choice (45 CFR Part 54a)
State or local governments that contribute funds to supplement Block Grant-funded activities have the option of keeping the State/local funds separate from the Block Grant funds or commingling State/local funds with Block Grant funds.
When a State or local government commingles State/local funds with Block Grant funds, the Charitable Choice requirements will apply to all the commingled funds.
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Thank you for your participation!
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
www.samhsa.gov