OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE SERVICES
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Adjusted |
Executive |
Legislative |
Change |
|
STATE OPERATIONS |
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|
General Fund |
45,141,500 |
45,862,500 |
45,862,500 |
0 |
|
Special Rev.-Fed. |
4,371,700 |
4,371,700 |
4,371,700 |
0 |
|
Special Rev.-Other |
14,097,500 |
18,732,500 |
18,732,500 |
0 |
|
Total for STATE OPERATIONS: |
63,610,700 |
68,966,700 |
68,966,700 |
0 |
|
AID TO LOCALITIES |
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|
Community Projects Fund |
729,791 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
General Fund |
243,153,000 |
242,131,000 |
262,838,000 |
20,707,000 |
|
Special Rev.-Fed. |
119,998,400 |
133,477,400 |
133,477,400 |
0 |
|
Special Rev.-Other |
5,500,000 |
8,000,000 |
8,000,000 |
0 |
|
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES: |
369,381,191 |
383,608,400 |
404,315,400 |
20,707,000 |
|
CAPITAL PROJECTS |
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|
Capital Projects Fund |
15,300,000 |
28,761,000 |
28,761,000 |
0 |
|
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS: |
15,300,000 |
28,761,000 |
28,761,000 |
0 |
Agency Mission
The Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) administers a seven region statewide system of chemical abuse prevention, early intervention and treatment services provided in a variety of settings. The agency has a staff of 1,040. Prevention and early intervention services are delivered statewide in both school and community locations. More than 1,300 providers, licensed and regulated by OASAS, serve approximately 120,000 persons each day, providing alcohol and substance abuse treatment. The Executive continues to consolidate what had been two separate systems for treating alcoholism and substance abuse, by creating a unified Community Treatment Services Program with a single funding stream. In addition, integration at the State level is being matched by actions at the local level to make it easier and more efficient for treatment agencies to serve a population which includes poly-abusers.OASAS operates 13 Alcoholism Treatment Centers (ATCs) which provide inpatient services to approximately 7,000 persons annually. Nearly 600 staff provide intermediate-term care to patients, usually as follow-up to a more intensive acute care phase of treatment. Research in methods of treatment for alcohol and substance abuse and addiction is carried out by the 44 person research staff at the Research Institute on Addictions.
Year-to-Year Change
The Executive proposes a net All Funds increase of $33,044,209, or 7.37 percent. On an All Funds basis, the State Operations appropriation increases by $5,356,000, or 8.42 percent. Aid to Localities appropriations increase by $14,227,209, or 3.85 percent. Capital Projects appropriations increase by $13,461,000, or 87.98 percent.
Legislative Proposals
The Assembly is committed to the prevention and treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse through funding support to school and community based programs that provide services across the State. For the 1999-2000 State Fiscal Year (SFY), the Assembly proposes increasing General Fund support for school and community based prevention programs, as well as for programs providing treatment services in both outpatient and residential settings. A two-percent inflation adjustment to State Aid is proposed for school and community based prevention programs and residential and non-residential treatment programs. The Assembly proposes responding to the growing incidence of chemical abuse among children and youth with $5,500,000 in increased funding support for school based prevention programs. As chemical abuse and dependence can be a barrier to successful employment, as well as a contributing factor in child neglect and abuse cases, the Assembly proposes a $9,500,000 increase in funding support for residential and non-residential treatment programs, including those serving women with children in an effort not only to avert foster care placements but also to assist in family reunification efforts.
The Assembly supports the transfer of the Research Institute on Addictions from OASAS to the State University of New York at Buffalo, provided that positions in the Research Institute that are currently in the classified civil service remain as such.
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ADDITIONAL TREATMENT SLOTS. |
$9,500,000 |
ATL/GEN |
|
SCHOOL & COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & PREVENTION. |
$5,500,000 |
ATL/GEN |
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INFLATION ADJUSTMENT - COMMUNITY PROVIDERS. |
$4,300,000 |
ATL/GEN |
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SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE PROVIDERS. |
$1,407,000 |
ATL/GEN |