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State seeks fund shifts to meet federal limits on administrative spending for substance use grants
Summary
The Department asked the committee to approve fund-source shifts so personnel costs can be covered by non-federal sources while federal substance use funds are used primarily for trustee and benefit payments; the move is intended to bring Idaho into compliance with a federal 5% administrative cap for the block grant.
Alex Williamson presented the Division of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention budget and described recent federal grants, opioid settlement money and a compliance issue with the federal Substance Use Block Grant administrative cap.
Williamson said a federal change placed Idaho on a corrective action plan because state spending had exceeded the 5% cap for administrative or personnel spending under the substance use block grant. To resolve the compliance issue while retaining current staff levels, the division asked to shift $533,900 from liquor control funds to pay personnel costs and to move $673,900 from personnel to trustee-and-benefit payments on…
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