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  <title><![CDATA[Alaska Legislative Leader Wants All Alcohol Taxes Used to Fund Treatment, Prevention]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Alaska Senate Majority Leader Johnny Ellis has proposed directing all tax revenues from sales of alcoholic beverages to paying for addiction treatment and prevention programs.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:35:15 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cuts to Prop 36 Funding Hurt Calif. Treatment Programs]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[California lawmakers recently voted to slash funding for addiction treatment offered under the state's Proposition 36 program, forcing many programs to cut back services or shut down altogether.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:32:12 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[OSI-Baltimore 2010 Community Fellowships	]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Up to 10 fellowships will be awarded to individuals working to improve community life in Baltimore under the Open Society Institute's 2010 Community Fellowships program.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:28:39 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[MetLife Community-Police Partnership Awards]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Drug-market disruption and gang prevention are among the priority areas of the 2010 Community-Policy Partnership Awards.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:25:21 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[$199 Million in Recovery Act Prevention Funds Awarded to States]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Public-health programs to reduce smoking are among the targets of $119 million in awards made to the states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:21:49 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama Proposes Increased Funding for Treatment and Prevention, but 'Balance' Proves Elusive Goal]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration's first stab at crafting its own national drug-control budget priorities adds new funding for addiction treatment and prevention, but does little to close the huge gap between spending on drug supply- and demand-reduction efforts despite promises of a "balanced" strategy.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:17:30 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[$54 Million for HIV and Addiction Prevention from SAMHSA]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Up to $54 million in grants will be awarded to programs that provide integrated HIV/AIDS and substance-abuse prevention services.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:45:02 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Medications Development for Substance Related Disorders ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will award grants of up to $1 million each to support "a diverse array of preclinical and/or clinical research projects that accelerate the translational discovery/development of safe and effective medications for the treatment of substance-related disorders, with the ultimate goal of moving closer to, or gaining FDA approval of medications for the treatment of these disorders."]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:44:31 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Second Chance Mentoring Grants]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Grants of up to $300,000 will be awarded under the FY 2010 Second Chance Act Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations, administered by the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:43:17 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[TANF Emergency Funds Can Be Used to Pay for Addiction and Mental Health Treatment]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[States can use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding to pay for short-term addiction and mental health treatment for families, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:34:26 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[$18.75 Million in Drug Free Communities Grants Available]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Community anti-drug coalitions can apply for $18.75 million in new Drug Free Communities grants, SAMHSA and ONDCP have announced.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:29:28 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[2010 SAMHSA Science and Service Awards]]></title> 
  <link>http://www.jointogether.org/system/rss/clickthrough.jsp?feedTag=Funding+News&amp;subsiteID=27070633&amp;url=http://www.jointogether.org/news/yourturn/announcements/2010/2010-samhsa-science-and.html</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Community-based organizations that have been exemplary in implementing evidence-based addiction and mental-health interventions may apply for the 2010 Science and Service Awards from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:20:03 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[$20 Million Available for Adult Drug Courts]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Projects aimed at creating comprehensive support systems for adult drug courts can apply for a share of $20 million in funding from the Justice Department and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:16:58 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Access to Recovery Grants]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Up to $382 million in Access to Recovery (ATR) grants will be awarded in FY2010 to support treatment voucher programs for individuals with alcohol and other drug problems.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:36:09 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[$50,000 Grants for Knowledge Dissemination Conferences]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will award grants of up to $50,000 to help pay the direct costs of hosting conferences to disseminate information about addiction and mental health best practices, with the goal of rapid integration of that knowledge into real-world practice.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:27:57 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[State Alcohol Taxes Creep Up, But Not to Benefit of Treatment and Prevention Programs]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[At least six states raised taxes on alcohol last year, but it was a glass only half-full for advocates who argue that higher prices lead to less consumption and that alcohol producers should bear part of the societal costs of alcoholism and alcohol-related deaths, injuries, and property damage.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:10:56 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Lung Association Praises Feds on Tobacco Prevention, Chides States]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The American Lung Association's annual tobacco-prevention report card cited "major strides" by the federal government in 2009 but condemned the many states that cut funding for tobacco-control programs last year.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:30:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Court Allows Ohio to Grab Tobacco-Prevention Money]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Overruling a lower-court decision, Ohio's 10th District Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the state has the right to seize $258 million in funding designated for antismoking programs and use it for other purposes.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:46:38 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Support Opportunity for Addiction Research (SOAR) for New Investigators]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[New researchers interested in conducting basic or clinical research on alcohol and other drugs may apply for grants through the Support Opportunity for Addiction Research (SOAR) awards.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:04:30 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Applicant Workshops for Drug Free Communities Grants]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Three workshops for groups interesting in applying for the next round of Drug Free Communities (DFC) Grants have been scheduled to take place within the next month, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:56:43 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Chase Bank Drops Drug-Policy Reform Groups from Grant Contest]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A pair of drug-policy reform groups apparently were among the top finishers in an online grantmaking competition sponsored by JP Morgan Chase & Co., but were nonetheless denied funding by the sponsor.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:56:01 EST</pubDate> 
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