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IV. Agency Budget Summaries

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES


  1. RESOURCE SUMMARY

  2. METHODOLOGY

    • No Administration for Children and Families (ACF) programs are targeted specifically on drug use and abuse, drug prevention, or drug treatment. Such activities, however, are a part of several comprehensive service programs.

    • The amount counted as drug-related is determined as 100 percent for the following programs:

      1. Abandoned Infants program
      2. Head Start (Family Service Centers)
      3. Community Schools program

    • Also, 20 percent of the funding for Community-Based Resource Centers is considered drug-related.

  3. PROGRAM SUMMARY

    • The ACF administers several programs that are considered drug-related. These programs target hard-to-reach and at-risk populations susceptible to issues such as: school-age children and youth in areas of significant poverty; juvenile delinquency; and crime. All of these factors leave children tragically vulnerable and at high risk of alcohol and illicit drug use.

    • ACF supports Federal drug control priorities through prevention, education, and training programs for families and children in crisis such as child abuse and neglect often due to substance abuse, or abandoned infants of substance abusing parents.

  4. BUDGET SUMMARY

    1998 Program

    Goal 1: Educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs as well as the use of alcohol and tobacco.

    • The 1998 base contains an estimated $43.846 million for prevention activities in support of Goal 1.

    Goal 3: Reduce health and social costs to the public of illegal drug use.

    • The 1998 base contains an estimated $12.692 million for treatment activities in support of Goal 3.

    1999 Request

    Goal 1: Educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs as well as the use of alcohol and tobacco.

    • The total drug control request for Goal 1 activities for FY 1999 is $43.846 million, the same as enacted in FY 1998.

    Goal 3: Reduce health and social costs to the public of illegal drug use.

    • The total drug control request for Goal 3 activities for FY 1999 is $12.692 million, the same as enacted in FY 1998.

  5. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    • ACF's overall approach has focused on at-risk populations and on assisting local and community-based programs to participate in interagency planning and coordination of service efforts to make better use of resources and bring about more comprehensive, integrated prevention efforts and service delivery systems at the local level.

    • In administering these programs, ACF has helped state-and community level grantees expand and improve the quality of services by providing supplemental technical assistance and training. Targeted coordination activities, both within the Department and with other Federal agencies, help expand the capacity of Head Start grantees to address the issue of underage alcohol consumption and other substance abuse.