Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers

Federal Funding for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers

Because many people who are addicts have faced financial hardships due to their drug and alcohol addictions, they are unable to pay for their own treatment programs. Instead, they turn to local and state entities that provide low-cost or no-cost treatment.

The federal government provides worthy organizations with grants to help offset the cost of treating addicts. This money comes from a department in the United States Health and Human Services entirely devoted to mental health and substance abuse problems. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides grant money to worthy institutions and programs in the interest of off-setting the cost to states and local governments for treating individuals with substance abuse problems.

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Programs awards these grants to drug and alcohol treatment centers and programs:

• Access to Recovery
• Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT)
• Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW)
• Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE)
• Strengthening Access and Retention (STAR)
• Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP)
• Family Therapy Models
• Grants to Benefit Homeless Individuals
• Targeted Community Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services (TCE/HIV)
• Family and Juvenile Courts

Grant Information

With the exception of Access to Recovery and SBIRT, all grant applications must come from either a state or local domestic nonprofit public or private institution or organization. Several are limited to only local, community-based nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment centers. Access to Recovery and SBIRT grants must be applied for directly by the Office of the Governor or the Office of the Chief Executive Officer of Territories or Indian Tribes.

Each grant program has a different amount of funding available. The grant programs divide the money up into several grants and the money from each grant is reserved for different applications.

For example, money from Access to Recovery is used by states in a voucher system for addicts which gives them a choice of treatments. Access to Recovery recognizes that not all treatment centers or programs are the same. Access to Recovery has awarded grant money to 13 different states and 1 Indian Health Board. The TCE program awards 9-10 grants to nonprofits that address the gaps in treatment programs by supporting alcohol and drug treatment centers in communities with emerging substance abuse problems.

How to Apply for a Grant

If you would like to learn more about the different grants available for drug and alcohol treatment centers, visit the SAMHSA’s website. The website provides in-depth information regarding eligible organizations and centers for grants, as well as information on how to apply.

If you are not currently involved in the organization, contact local and state nonprofit organizations and find out if they know about these grant programs. Write to your state governor’s office and urge the office to apply for the Access to Recovery and SBIRT grants if they have not already done so.

Paying for alcohol and drug treatment is something many addicts cannot afford to do. Rather than letting them go into debt or forgo treatment all together, help put federal grant money to use in your local area.

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