Ten nonprofits, police groups and others have received a total of $11.8 million in grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to expand addiction treatment for adults involved in the criminal-justice system.

The grants of up to $400,000 annually will be used to expand and enhance efforts to provide comprehensive, integrated and community-based responses to treatment capacity problems, SAMHSA said. "The program will also help to improve the quality and intensity of substance abuse treatment services for adults who are in some form of judicial or community justice/corrections program, such as probation, parole, or community corrections," according to a press release.

"In addition to providing comprehensive substance abuse treatment, these grants will help individuals learn valuable skills that will help them get a job, take care of their families, and become productive members of the community," said acting SAMHSA administrator Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H. 

Recipients of grants administered by SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment included North County Serenity House, Inc., of Escondido, Calif.; Volunteers of America of Los Angeles; the Pinellas County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office; Specialized Treatment, Education, and Prevention Services, Inc., of Orlando, Fla.; STAND, Inc., of Decatur, Ga.; SPAN, Inc., of Boston, Mass.; Oakland Family Services of Pontiac, Mich.; EAC, Inc., of Hempstead, N.Y; New York's Center for Community Alternatives, Inc.; and the Centerstone Community Mental Health Center of Nashville, Tenn.

For more information, see the SAMHSA website.