Fifteen community groups were awarded a total of $13.5 million by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide addiction treatment services to adolescents.

The grants will support family-centric programs over a three-year period. "Families are an integral part of the treatment process and their inclusion increases the likelihood of successful treatment and recovery," noted Assistant Surgeon General Eric Broderick, SAMHSA's acting deputy administrator. "With effective community-based care and recovery support services, these young people are far more likely to experience success in school and far less likely to become tangled in the justice system."

The groups will use proven youth-oriented treatment approaches such as the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (ACRA) and Assertive Continuing Care (ACC). 

Grantees include the University of Arizona at Tucson; the Pima Prevention Partnership in Tucson; the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences; Asian Community Mental Health Board in Oakland, Calif.; Southern California Alcohol & Drug Programs, Inc.; Special Service for Groups, Inc., of Los Angeles; Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc., The Center for Drug-Free Living, Inc., in Orlando, Fla.; Operation PAR, Inc., of Pinellas Park, Fla.; the Institute for Health & Recovery, in Cambridge, Mass.; LUK Crisis Center, Inc., of Fitchburg, Mass.; Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc., of Nashville, Tenn.; the Center for Success and Independence in Houston; the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio; Serving Children & Adolescents in Need, Inc., in Laredo, Texas;  and the Prestera Center for Mental Health Services in Huntington, W.Va.