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Department seeks fund shifts and clarifies federal compliance for substance use grants
Summary
The Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention program asked lawmakers to approve fund swaps to comply with federal administrative caps and described one-time and ongoing opioid and prevention grants; director said the department is a pass-through for some settlement funds.
BOISE — Lawmakers reviewed the Department of Health and Welfare’s substance abuse treatment and prevention budget and a request to reassign fund sources so Idaho complies with federal grant administrative limits.
Alex Williamson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, said the division spent about $22.7 million in fiscal 2024, with 76.4% going to trustee and benefit payments. Recent changes include an $8.3 million one-time COVID-relief appropriation in 2022, an $8 million appropriation for a state opioid response grant that was made ongoing in 2024, and one-time prevention funds of $2.5 million in 2024.
For fiscal 2026 the division requested fund swaps supported by…
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