The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SABG or SAPT) and the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG or CMHS) are

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s awarded by

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History

The Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant (ADMS block grant) was created in August 1981 with passage the

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. It replaced four earlier grant programs legislated by the

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, Mental Health Systems Act, Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Whereas those grants had been administered by the

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, supports and conducts biomedical and behavioural research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism ...

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, and

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, the ADMS grants were administered by the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. The 21st Century Cures Act replaced ADMS with the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant ( et seq) and the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant ( et seq). 21st Century Cures Actbr>§§ 8001
et seq.

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External links

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
(SABG) information from

Community Mental Health Services Block Grant
(MHBG) information from SAMHSA
Substance Abuse Treatment
account on USAspending.gov
Mental Health
account on USAspending.gov Federal assistance in the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services

History

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