grants and contracts for prevention and treatment projects

grants and contracts for prevention and treatment projects Sec. 111. Section 311 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 amended to read as follows: “grants and contracts for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism “Sec. 311. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Institute, may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and may enter into contracts with public and private entities and with individuals— “(1) to conduct demonstration, service, and evaluation projects, “(2) to provide education and training, “(3) to provide programs and services in cooperation with schools, courts, penal institutions, and other public agencies, and “(4) to provide counseling and education activities on an individual or community basis, for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and for the rehabilitation of alcohol abusers and alcoholics. “(b) Projects and programs for which grants and contracts are made under this section shall (1) whenever possible, be community based, seek to insure care of good quality in general community care facilities and under health insurance plans, and be integrated with, and provide for the active participation of, a wide range of public and nongovernmental agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals; and (2) where appropriate utilize existing community resources (including community mental health centers). “(c) (1) In administering this section, the Secretary shall require coordination of all applications for projects and programs in a State. “(2) Each applicant from within a State, upon filing its application with the Secretary for a grant or contract under this section, shall submit a copy of its application for review by the State agency designated under section 303 of this Act, if such designation has been made. Such State agency shall be given not more than thirty days from the date of receipt of the application to submit to the Secretary, in writing, an evaluation of the project or program set forth in the applica-88 Stat. 130tion. Such evaluation shall include comments on the relationship of the project to other projects and programs pending and approved and to the State comprehensive plan for treatment and prevention of alcohol abuse and alcoholism under section 303. The State shall furnish the applicant a copy of any such evaluation. “(3) Approval of any application for a grant or contract by the Secretary, including the earmarking of financial assistance for a program or project, may be granted only if the application substantially meets a set of criteria established by the Secretary that— “(A) provides that the projects and programs for which assistance under this section is sought will be substantially administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; “(B) provides for such methods of administration its are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such programs and projects; “(C) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant; and “(D) provides reasonable assurance that Federal funds made available under this section for any period will be so used as to supplement and increase, to the extent feasible and practical, the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would in the absence of such Federal funds be made available for the projects and programs described in this section, and will in no event supplant such State, local, and other non-Federal funds. “(d) To make payments under grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $95,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976.”.