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Drug Abuse Treatment: Efforts Under Way to Determine Effectiveness of State Programs

HEHS-00-50 Published: Feb 15, 2000. Publicly Released: Feb 15, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the efforts by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and states to provide effective drug abuse treatment programs, focusing on: (1) activities supported by SAMHSA's Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) block grant and Knowledge Development and Application (KDA) grant funds for drug abuse treatment; (2) SAMHSA and state mechanisms for monitoring fund use; and (3) SAMHSA and state efforts to determine the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment supported with SAPT block grant funds.

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Block grantsDiscretionary grantsSubstance abuseSubstance abuse treatmentstate relationsFunds managementGrant monitoringMethadone maintenanceReporting requirementsState-administered programs