Funding Restrictions for SAPT Block Grants
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grants are grants provided to states from the U.S. federal government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide funding for the prevention and treatment of individuals dealing with substance abuse. This complex grant has many restrictions of which an applicant should be aware when planning a program or project utilizing SAPT grant funds.
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Specified Restrictions
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For a SAPT project, no hired employee can make an annual salary in excess of $125,000. Cash payments or providing hypodermic needles to individuals receiving health services is forbidden. Major capital improvements or land purchases are not allowed using SAPT money. Funding inpatient services for other costs except those deemed medically necessary in a hospital-based substance abuse program is not permitted. SAPT funds cannot be given to any organizations except public or private nonprofits that have contracted with the state to provide services.
Negotiated Rate Restrictions
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In any negotiated rate for services, any expenses for items described in the specified restrictions would not be reimbursed under the negotiated rate unless the amount for permitted expenses has been reached and an audited allowance for unallowable expenditures has been calculated. What this means is that negotiated rates can get restricted items paid for with SAPT funds, but only under the circumstances described above.
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Funding Agreements
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State representatives must sign agreements to get SAPT funding. State officials charged with handling SAPT funds cannot have been disbarred or suspended, and states must have enacted drug-free workplace legislation. Lobbying activities or expenditures must be disclosed within the SAPT application. The state agrees that the SAPT proposal and all information contained in it are accurate. Indoor anti-smoking legislation must be enacted in all facilities utilizing SAPT funds. States that do not have legislation enacted or have a reason sufficient to warrant it may apply to waive some funding agreements.
Required Grant Expenditures
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The federal government requires states receiving the SAPT Block Grant to serve a specific population with a percentage of SAPT funding. Pregnant women or women with dependent children are entitled to 5 percent of grant funds for services under SAPT, with the amount being equal to or above the expenditures utilized in fiscal year 1994. Prenatal services and child care are provided to women seeking treatment and those services are permitted under SAPT.
Contact Information
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For questions about SAPT or to submit an application, please contact SAMHSA at:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of Program Services
Division of Grants Management
Attn. Barbara Orlando, M.S., Grants Management Specialist
1 Choke Cherry Road, Rm. 7-1091
Rockville, MD 20857
240-276-1422
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