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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Sep
Pages: 10
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Substance Abuse: Description of Proposed State Allotment Grant Formulas. Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives.
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.
This document presents information showing the allocation of funds to states under the substance abuse prevention and substance abuse treatment programs contained in the proposed Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 (H.R. 5334). This fact sheet shows state allotments for substance abuse prevention, using a formula based on each state's relative share of the nation's youth population aged 5 through 24 and an annual appropriation of $50,000,000. It also shows state allotments for substance abuse treatment, using a formula based on each state's relative share of the population aged 15 through 64 weighted by the state's relative personal income and an annual appropriation of $100,000,000. The proposed substance abuse prevention formula and the proposed substance abuse treatment formula are both described. (NB)
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Prevention, Resource Allocation, State Programs
U.S. General Accounting Office, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877 (1-5 copies, free; 6-99 copies, $2.00 each; 25% discount on 100 or more copies).
Publication Type: Reports - General
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.
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