Direct SAMHSA Funding Results In Higher Staff Certification For Youth Addiction Program Than State Funding

Across 164 treatment organizations in 35 states, clinics that received federal grants directly certified 72% of eligible staff in the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA), a 12- to 14-week behavioral treatment for young people ages 12 to 25. Clinics with funding for the same program through state-run grants certified 36% of eligible staff. Even after accounting for factors such as staff turnover, the number of people trained, and grant duration, directly funded clinics maintained a 27-percentage-point advantage in certification rates.

A-CRA was developed by Chestnut Health Systems (CHS) as a psychosocial treatment model that . . .