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State seeks fund-source swaps and oversight after federal cap on administrative spending
Summary
The Department of Health and Welfare and LSO discussed substance abuse block grants, opioid settlement funds, Millennium Fund allocations and a federal 5% administrative spending cap that prompted requests to move personnel costs to non-federal fund sources.
Alex Williamson and Director Alex Adams presented the substance abuse treatment and prevention program budget and explained a request to swap fund sources to meet federal administrative-spending limits.
Williamson reviewed recent appropriations: $8 million for the state opioid response grant (made ongoing in FY2024), one-time COVID relief funds in FY2022, and FY2025 ongoing funds for Millennium Fund grants to support community-based recovery centers and the Idaho Drug Free Youth program.
The department told the committee SAMHSA placed Idaho on a corrective action plan after the state exceeded the 5%…
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