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Substance abuse budget seeks fund swaps after federal guidance; department asks to reassign funding sources to comply with SAMHSA limits
Summary
The division of substance abuse treatment and prevention described recent federal grants, opioid settlement receipts and a proposed fund-source swap to meet a federal administrative-cost cap on a block grant while preserving staffing and program payments.
Alex Williamson, Legislative Services Office analyst, summarized the Division of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention’s budget and told the committee the program spent about $22.7 million in fiscal year 2024, with 76.4% of that going to trustee and benefit payments.
Williamson reported that the division received an $8.3 million one-time COVID-relief appropriation in FY2022, an $8 million state opioid response grant in FY2023 that was made ongoing in FY2024, and other ongoing…
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