The Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUPTRS BG or SUBG, for short) program provides funds to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 3 Pacific jurisdictions, and 1 tribal entity to prevent and treat substance use.
The Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG) program’s objective is to help plan, implement, and evaluate activities that prevent and treat substance use. The SUBG is authorized by section 1921 of Title XIX, Part B, Subpart II and III of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (PDF | 253 KB). The PHS Act required the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to create regulations as a precondition to making funds available to the states and other grantees under the SUBG. Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 96 was published on March 31, 1993, and The Tobacco Regulations for Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Final Rule, 61 Federal Register 1492 (PDF |259 KB) was published on January 19, 1996.
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment’s (CSAT) State Systems Partnership Branch (SSPB), in collaboration with the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP) Division of Primary Prevention (DPP), administers the SUBG.
