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Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse

Program Information

Popular name

Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG)

Program Number

93.959

Program objective

To provide financial assistance to States and Territories to support projects for the development and implementation of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation activities directed to the diseases of alcohol and drug abuse.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    60 awards will be made. 60 awards were made.

  2. 2017

    60 awards will be made.

  3. 2018

    60 awards made.

  4. 2019

    It is estimated 58 awards will be made.

  5. 2020

    It is estimated 58 awards will be made.

  6. 2021

    It is estimated 180 awards will be made.

  7. 2022

    60 awards were made

  8. 2023

    60 awards were made

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

45 CFR Part 96 - Block Grants; Subsections of 45 CFR Part 75, as identified under §75.101(d); website at https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/block-grants.

  1. XIX, B - Block Grants Regarding Mental Health and Substance Abuse, 1921 - 1935, 1941-1956.