Substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $20.378 million to the State of Alaska Department of Health under the Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.959) on October 1, 2025, with period of performance through September 30, 2027.

The block grant supports prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation activities for alcohol and drug abuse across Alaska. The State of Alaska Department of Health, acting as prime recipient with administrative oversight in Juneau, passes funding to multiple sub-recipients delivering comprehensive behavioral health prevention, early intervention, alcohol safety action, and substance use treatment services statewide.

Sub-recipients include Rural Alaska Community Action Program Inc. (Rural Cap), providing comprehensive behavioral health prevention and early intervention services; Railbelt Mental Health Association, delivering comprehensive behavioral health prevention and early intervention services in the Nenana area; Ketchikan Wellness Coalition, implementing community-based substance use prevention targeting youth in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough; North Slope Borough, supporting behavioral health services in Arctic communities; Alaska Family Services Inc., providing alcohol safety action programming and substance abuse treatment; Fairbanks Native Association Inc., delivering alcohol safety action services to Alaska Native populations in the Fairbanks North Star Borough; Maniilaq Association, operating alcohol safety action programming across the Northwest Arctic region; Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation, supporting alcohol safety action services to tribes in southwest Alaska; Volunteers of America of Alaska, providing alcohol safety action programming in Anchorage; and Seaview Community Services, delivering alcohol safety action services and recovery housing in Seward.