Invitation for Public Comment on the Federal Fiscal Year 2009 Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application
DAODAS invites any and all interested persons and agencies to provide comments on the attached draft Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant application to the Division of Operations, DAODAS, Attn: Carolyn Chitwood by fax (803-896-5557) or e-mail ( cchitwood@daodas.state.sc.us ). Please include a telephone number where you can be reached between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in your e-mail, so that DAODAS staff may contact you if there are questions about your comments.
OverviewThe federal SAPT Block Grant provides considerable funds to all 50 states and territories to help them in their prevention, intervention and treatment efforts.
In South Carolina, DAODAS is the Single State Authority for such matters and is responsible for applying for the SAPT Block Grant each year. After the application is approved by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA]), DAODAS uses sub-grants and contracts to provide the bulk of the funds to the community level, primarily to the county alcohol and drug abuse authorities.
Basically, the application consists of three parts:
DAODAS submits the application online at a special Internet site, except for the legal forms, assurances and funding agreements, which are mailed directly to SAMHSA.
To view a PDF of the entire application, as submitted online, click here.
To view a copy of the compiled "Narratives Section" of the SAPT Block Grant application in PDF form, click here.
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For More Information
For more information about this project, contact Carl Kraeff at DAODAS, 101 Executive Center Dr., Ste. 215, Columbia, SC 29210; or by e-mail at: ckraeff@daodas.state.sc.us .