The National Impact - 2/3/10

President Obama’s FY 2011 Budget Released

On February 1st, the Obama Administration released the FY 2011 federal budget. The President’s budget includes funding requests for federal drug and alcohol prevention, treatment, recovery and research programming and for programs serving people with criminal records.  Under the President’s FY 2011 budget, programs in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) would receive $3.7 billion, a $110 million increase over FY 2010 funding.  The 2011 fiscal year runs from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. 

Health Reform Update - 1/15/10

Passage of a final health care package may be imminent (see below for an update), so action today is critical!

Earlier this week, over 110 organizations from the addiction prevention, treatment and recovery, mental health, public health, children's advocacy, HIV/AIDS, criminal justice, civil rights and housing communities wrote to the leadership of the House and Senate, emphasizing the need to include key provisions for mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery support services in the final national healthcare reform package. Click here to read this letter to Senate Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Funding Update - 12/14/09

Recently both the House and the Senate approved an omnibus FY 2010 spending bill that includes funding amounts for a number of federal programs including those in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (Labor HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). On December 11th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the omnibus FY 2010 spending package by a 221 to 202 vote. Yesterday, the Senate approved the spending bill by a 57 to 35 vote.

President Obama is expected to soon sign the measure into law. The full text of the spending bill can be found at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app10.html.

Under the House- and Senate-approved FY 2010 omnibus spending bill, drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and research programming would receive the following funding amounts:

  • The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant would receive $1.7986 billions, a $20 million increase over FY 2009.