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eNewsletter - May 18, 2009
President Obama's FY 2010 budget plan
The President has released his budget plan for FY 2010, calling for an overall increase in funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The proposed budget calls for $5.236 million in funding for the Recovery Community Services Program, which would provide funding for a new round of grants.
In addition, the Administration proposes a modest increase in funding for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
This chart includes information on past funding for key programs, President Obama’s proposal as well as the levels of funding that Faces & Voices and allied organizations are supporting for the FY 2010 budget, called “field request.”
When it submitted its proposal, the Administration said that the budget “continues federal support for state and local efforts to increase the availability of quality prevention and treatment services for substance abuse and mental illness ... [and] invests in evidence-based prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery services to respond to these preventable and treatable public-health problems." While most programs within SAMHSA are proposed for level funding compared to FY 2009, the Administration proposed the elimination of the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program state grants program at the Department of Education.
Now that the President has submitted his budget, the next steps are for the House and Senate to consider or “mark-up” the bills that will provide funding to these agencies.