Invitation for Public Review and Comment
FY2008 SAPT Treatment and Prevention Block Grant Application
Wyoming Department of Health
Substance Abuse Division

 

The Department of Health Wyoming Substance Abuse Division has applied for continued funding through a federal block grant for alcohol and other drug abuse/dependence. The SAPT Treatment and Prevention Block Grant is a significant source of funding for prevention and treatment programs throughout Wyoming. In compliance with Federal Regulation CFR Title 45, the public is invited to review and comment on the FY 08 SAPT Treatment and Prevention Block Grant Application Intended Use Goals during the week of September 10 through September 14, 2007.

  

Please submit written comments or questions on the application during the September 10 through September 14, 2007 review and comment period to:

 

Laura N. Griffith, MA
Block Grant Coordinator
Phone: 307 777-3364
Email: lgriff3@state.wy.us 

 

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State Plan

 

Planning

This item addresses compliance of the State's planning procedures with several statutory requirements. It requires completion of narratives and a checklist.

-- Section 1929 requires the State to submit a statewide assessment of need for both treatment and prevention.

-- Section 1941 requires the State to make the State plan public in such a manner as to facilitate public comment from any person during the development of the plan.

In a narrative of up to three pages, describe how your State carries out substate area planning and determines which areas have the highest incidence, prevalence and greatest need. Include a definition of your State's substate planning areas. Identify what data is collected, how it is collected, and how it is used in making these decisions. States are required to utilize data from CSAT or CSAP needs assessment contracts. If the State does not use this data explain why. If there are any State, regional, or local advisory councils, describe their composition and their role in the planning process. Describe the monitoring process the State will use to assure that funded programs serve communities with the highest prevalence and need.

In a narrative of up to two pages, describe the process your State used to facilitate public comment in developing the State's plan and its FFY 2004 application for SAPT Block Grant funds.

 

Prevention Narrative

 

GOAL # 2

-- An agreement to spend not less than 20 percent on primary prevention programs for individuals who do not require treatment for substance abuse, specifying the activities proposed for each of the six strategies (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-22(b)(1) and 45 C.F.R. 96.124(b)(1)).

 

Treatment Narratives

 

GOAL # 1

-- The State shall expend block grant funds to maintain a continuum of substance abuse treatment services that meet these needs for the services identified by the State.  Describe the continuum of block grant-funded treatment services available in the State (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-21(b) and 45 C.F.R. 96.122(f)(g)).

 

GOAL # 3

-- An agreement to expend not less than an amount equal to the amount expended by the State for FFY 1994 to establish new programs or expand the capacity of existing programs to make available treatment services designed for pregnant women and women with dependent children; and, directly or through arrangements with other public or nonprofit entities, to make available prenatal care to women receiving such treatment services, and, while the women are receiving services, child care (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-22(c)(1)(C) and 45 C.F.R. 96.124(c)(e)).

 

GOAL # 4

-- An agreement to provide treatment to intravenous drug abusers that fulfills the 90 percent capacity reporting, 14-120 day performance requirement, interim services, outreach activities and monitoring requirements (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-23 and 45 C.F.R. 96.126).

GOAL # 5

-- An agreement, directly or through arrangements with other public or nonprofit private entities, to routinely make available tuberculosis services to each individual receiving treatment for substance abuse and to monitor such service delivery (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-24(a) and 45 C.F.R. 96.127).

 

GOAL # 6

-- An agreement, by designated States, to provide treatment for persons with substance abuse problems with an emphasis on making available within existing programs early intervention services for HIV in areas of the State that have the greatest need for such services and to monitor such service delivery (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-24(b) and 45 C.F.R. 96.128).

 

GOAL # 7

-- An agreement to continue to provide for and encourage the development of group homes for recovering substance abusers through the operation of a revolving loan fund (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-25 and 45 C.F.R. 96.129).

 

GOAL # 9

-- An agreement to ensure that each pregnant woman be given preference in admission to treatment facilities; and, when the facility has insufficient capacity, to ensure that the pregnant woman be referred to the State, which will refer the woman to a facility that does have capacity to admit the woman, or if no such facility has the capacity to admit the woman, will make available interim services within 48 hours, including a referral for prenatal care (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-27 and 45 C.F.R. 96.131).

 

GOAL # 10

-- An agreement to improve the process in the State for referring individuals to the treatment modality that is most appropriate for the individual (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-28(a) and 45 C.F.R. 96.132(a)).

 

GOAL # 11

-- An agreement to provide continuing education for the employees of facilities which provide prevention activities and treatment services (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-28(b) and 45 C.F.R. 96.132(b)).

 

GOAL # 12

-- An agreement to coordinate prevention activities and treatment services with the provision of other appropriate services (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-28(c) and 45 C.F.R. 96.132(c)).

 

GOAL # 13

-- An agreement to submit an assessment of the need for both treatment and prevention in the State for authorized activities, both by locality and by the State in general (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-29 and 45 C.F.R. 96.133).

 

GOAL # 14

-- An agreement to ensure that no program funded through the block grant will use funds to provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes so that such individuals may use illegal drugs (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-31(a)(1)(F) and 45 C.F.R. 96.135(a)(6)).

 

GOAL # 15

-- An agreement to assess and improve, through independent peer review, the quality and appropriateness of treatment services delivered by providers that receive funds from the block grant (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-53(a) and 45 C.F.R. 96.136).

 

GOAL # 16

-- An agreement to ensure that the State has in effect a system to protect patient records from inappropriate disclosure (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-53(b) and 45 C.F.R. 96.132(e)).

 

GOAL # 17

-- Under Charitable Choice, States, local governments, and religious organizations, each as SAMHSA grant recipients, must: (1) provide notice of their right to alternative services to all potential and actual program beneficiaries (services recipients); (2) ensure that religious organizations that are providers refer program beneficiaries to alternative services; and (3) fund and/or provide alternative services.

Synar Narrative

 

GOAL # 8

-- An agreement to continue to have in effect a State law that makes it unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer, or distributor of tobacco products to sell or distribute any such product to any individual under the age of 18; and, to enforce such laws in a manner that can reasonably be expected to reduce the extent to which tobacco products are available to individuals under age 18 (See 42 U.S.C. 300x-26 and 45 C.F.R. 96.130).

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