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Friday, September 14, 2007

SAMHSA Awards $39 Million for 15 Addiction Technology Transfer Centers

September 14, 2007

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today announced the award of $39 million over five years to fund 15 Addiction Technology Transfer Centers.

The ATTCs support the workforce that provides addictions treatment services to the 3.9 million Americans age 12 and older who received treatment for alcohol or illicit drug problems in the past year (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2005).
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Brown University, Providence, R.I.
New England ATTC (serving ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI)

$500,000
Danya Institute Inc., Silver Spring, Md.
Central East ATTC (serving DE, DC, MD, NJ)		 $500,000
Florida Certification Board, Tallahassee, Fla.
Southern Coast ATTC (serving FL, AL, MS)		 $525,000
Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addictions, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Northeast ATTC (serving NY, PA)		 $525,000
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
Southeast ATTC (serving GA, NC, SC)		 $500,000
Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Ore.
Northwest Frontier ATTC (serving AK, WA, OR, HI, Pacific Islands)		 $550,000
Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Pacific Southwest ATTC (serving CA, AZ)		 $550,000

Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Caribbean Basin and Hispanic ATTC (serving Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)

 $500,000
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Great Lakes ATTC (serving IL, OH, IN, MI)		 $550,000
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Prairielands ATTC (IA, MN, ND, SD, WI)		 $500,000
Curators, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
Mid-America ATTC (serving AR, KS, MO, OK, NE)		 $500,000
Curators, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
ATTC National Coordinating Center 		$550,000
University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev.
Mountain West ATTC (serving NV, MT, WY, UT, CO, ID)		 $550,000
University of Texas, Austin, Austin, Texas
Gulf Coast ATTC (serving TX, LA, NM)

$500,000
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
Mid-Atlantic ATTC (serving VA, WV, KY, TN)

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