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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Performance Partnership Grant Program Branch

Mission Statement

To administer the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant which is annually made available to the single State authority (SSA) for prevention activities and treatment services. The SSA is designated by the chief executive officer of each State.

To assist the SSA and its subrecipients in achieving full compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements of Title II, Subpart II of the Public Health Service Act.

To strengthen key components in publicly funded substance abuse treatment delivery systems, promote linkages among other ancillary health and human services, and ensure that each individual who requests and is in need of substance abuse treatment has reasonable access to such systems and linkages.

To identify opportunities for improvement, coordinate targeted technical assistance, and promote knowledge transfer among SSAs and their subrecipients.

Staff

Claudia Richards, M.S.W.	Acting Branch Chief
Lonn Aussicker, M.A.	Public Health Advisor
Barry Blandford	Public Health Advisor
Carol Coley	Public Health Advisor
Bruce Grant, Ph.D.	Public Health Advisor
Brenda Harding	Public Health Advisor
David Herman	Public Health Advisor
Eleanore McCoy	Public Health Advisor
Veronica Munson	Project Officer
Cathy Nugent	Public Health Advisor
Carol Rest-Mincberg, M.P.H.	Public Health Advisor
Hector Sanchez, M.S.W.	Public Health Advisor
Willard Saunders	Public Health Advisor

Last Updated November 21, 2001