USA Today Features Article on Budget Cuts to Safe and Drug Free Schools Program

An article featured in today’s USA Today, discusses the Administration’s budget proposal to zero out the state grants portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) program and highlights CADCA’s efforts to prevent this from happening. The article notes that the Administration’s budget proposes to end a program that President Obama and Vice President Biden fought for as senators.

Getting Drug Prevention Included in Healthcare Reform

CADCA is developing proposals to try to get substance abuse prevention included in healthcare reform (HCR). To that end, we have developed a two-page document that includes the full continuum of substance abuse prevention in all aspects of healthcare reform (HCR). Click here to view a copy. CADCA encourages all coalitions to utilize this document in their own local efforts to make the case for incorporating substance abuse prevention in HCR.