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PULSE ANNUAL No. 2
January 2003

Recent Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services in the US
March 2002

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October 2001

 

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HHS Announces $17.5 Million for Illinois 'Brief Interventions' To Help People at Risk of Dependence on Alcohol or Drugs
PR Newswire press release at Yahoo - "Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced a $17.5 million award to Illinois to fund early intervention services in hospitals and other general medical and community settings to reach people at risk of dependence on alcohol or drugs. Illinois is expected to receive $3,500,000 in each of the five years for a projected total of $17,500,000.  This cooperative agreement is designed to expand the continuum of care available to include screening, brief interventions, referrals and brief treatment..."  
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Grant will fund drug program for youth (North Carolina)
Salisbury Post story - "The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a three-year, $500,000 implementation grant for the Rowan County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., announced the grant to build on the pilot program initiated in May 2002 by Chief District Court Judge Charlie Brown. The grant proposes to serve 25 juveniles a year, who will receive intensive substance abuse and/or mental health treatment."  
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Pennsylvania Gets $3.9 Million Grant to Treat Substance Abuse, Mental Disorders
PR Newswire press release at Yahoo - "Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the Pennsylvania governor's office will receive $3.9 million over five years to increase the capacity of state treatment systems to provide "effective, coordinated and integrated" treatment services to persons with "co-occurring" substance abuse and mental health disorders. These grants are part of the State Incentive Grant program in HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)."  
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