Federal grants totaling $10 million have been awarded to public agencies in seven states to provide treatment for methamphetamine addiction in rural communities.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants target rural areas particularly hard-hit by meth addiction; the money supports comprehensive integrated treatment programs for adults.

"Methamphetamine abuse has leveled off or declined recently, but its effects continue to be seen primarily in smaller communities and rural areas across the country," said Assistant Surgeon General Eric Broderick, DDS, MPH, acting deputy administrator of SAMHSA.

The awards were made under SAMHSA's targeted capacity-expansion grants program. Grantees will receive up to $500,000 in the first year, renewable for up to three years; first-year funding totals $3.365 million.

Grantees included Yolo County, Calif., the Administrative Office of the Courts in Atlanta, Ga., the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, the City of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Development Department, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Yamhill County (Ore.) Chemical Dependency, and the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse.