San Antonio Council On Alcohol And Drug Awareness

San Antonio Council On Alcohol And Drug Awareness, doing business as San Antonio Council On, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in San Antonio, Texas, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering community-based substance use disorder prevention, intervention, treatment, and behavioral health services across Bexar County and surrounding rural areas. The organization acts as a prime recipient on federal grants (46% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards from state health agencies (54%), with no federal contracts in its current portfolio.

SACADA's customer base centers on the Department of Health and Human Services, which accounts for approximately 90% of its recent awards across multiple component agencies. Within HHS, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) dominates the portfolio with 17 awards, followed by secondary awards routed through SAMHSA's Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention, Centers for Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Center for Mental Health Services. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accounts for six additional awards, and the Health Resources and Services Administration places two awards. Much of SACADA's sub-award work flows through pass-through recipients including the Health and Human Services Commission of Texas, Bexar County Hospital District, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Representative prime recipient work includes a $750,000 five-year behavioral health and community safety grant from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.532) awarded September 30, 2026, to implement Project DAWN across Bexar County, delivering behavioral health screening, assessment, navigation, care coordination, and warm handoffs to youth, adults, and families exposed to violence, trauma, and substance use challenges. SACADA also leads the $125,000 Breathe Clear Coalition, a five-year youth substance-use prevention initiative funded by CDC's Drug-Free Communities Support Program (awarded July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031), targeting tobacco and marijuana use reduction in partnership with schools and community organizations. Earlier work includes the SACADA-PFS Communities program (awarded September 30, 2023, $2.6 million potential value, SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, CFDA 93.243) implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework to strengthen community prevention capacity, and the SACADA MAT Program (awarded September 30, 2022, SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, CFDA 93.272) providing medication-assisted treatment services for uninsured and underinsured adults with opioid use disorders across a five-year period through September 29, 2027.

Award activity shows concentration in recent years. Between 2022 and 2026, SACADA received 28 awards, with a notable spike in 2023 (14 awards) followed by a contraction in 2024 (one award) and recovery in 2025 (nine awards) and 2026 (two awards as of late September). The source indicates three awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating moderate recompete exposure. SACADA's sub-award footprint includes partnerships with Bexar County Hospital District on youth support and coordination work, with the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio on teen pregnancy prevention curriculum implementation, and with the Health and Human Services Commission of Texas on substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment sub-components. The organization has operated continuously since at least 2012, with documented grant work spanning substance abuse prevention and treatment across civilian health and behavioral health agencies.