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State requests fund swaps, reports corrective action over federal grant administrative cap for substance abuse funds
Summary
Officials said the substance abuse division is asking the Legislature to allow fund transfers that move some personnel costs to liquor control/dedicated funds and shift federal funds to trustee payments to comply with federal administrative caps and maintain staffing.
Alex Williamson, Legislative Services Office analyst, explained the Division of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention's recent budgets and federal grant history. The division received an $8.3 million one‑time COVID appropriation in FY2022 and an $8 million state opioid response grant in FY2023 that was made ongoing in FY2024. The agency reported $22.7 million in expenditures in FY2024, with about 70% of spending in trustee and benefit payments.
Williamson and Director Alex Adams told the committee that federal guidance limits…
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