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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is the lead Federal agency addressing substance abuse and mental health services. SAMHSA's mission is to build resilience and facilitate recovery for people with or at risk for substance abuse and mental illness. SAMHSA was established as a services agency in 1992, though its predecessors have existed within the Public Health Service since 1930.

The SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence was launched in 2001. Congress authorized the Center in Section 519D of the Children's Health Act of 2000, which included six mandates (Section b of 42 USC 290bb-25d or Public Law 106-310). The mandates focus on exploring innovative service delivery strategies, developing comprehensive systems of care for FASD prevention and treatment, training service system staff, families, and individuals with an FASD, and preventing alcohol use among women of childbearing age.

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Last Updated: 8/27/2007

 
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SAMHSA Awards $1.5 Million to the Choctaw Nation for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women (9/26/08)

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OB/GYNs encouraged to screen for substance abuse in pregnant women and offer treatment (8/30/08)

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Preventing Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Substance-exposed Pregnancies: A Community Affair (Meeting Sept 23-24)

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Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator Updated

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SAMHSA Awards $66 Million for Programs Teaching Early Intervention Techniques to Use with Patients at Risk for Substance Abuse

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Facilitators: Training to teach Triumph Classes to Parents Raising Children with FASD (Mtg March 2009) ((MS Word File))

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