FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2022
The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse Calls on Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to
Co-Sponsor the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act (S.4301)
Tucker, GA – The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse encourages U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to cosponsor the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act (S.4301). This important legislation will authorize a 10% set-aside for recovery support services in the Substance Use Block Grant – the first dedicated funding stream for recovery.
“Individuals, families and communities across Georgia are suffering from surging overdoses and other medical and social issues related to substance misuse. This legislation will be a vital component to supporting millions of Americans in finding and sustaining recovery from substance use disorders. We will have the opportunity to develop and sustain life-saving community-based supports by increasing the Substance Use Block Grant authorization to $3.2 billion and establishing a 10% set-aside for community-based recovery support services,” said Neil Campbell, Executive Director, Georgia Council on Substance Abuse.
“A dedicated funding stream for peer recovery support services that has not previously existed will be a transformational positive change which will help save lives. Regrettably, due to the absence of a dedicated funding stream, recovery has been woefully underfunded, thus resulting in an astonishingly low number of recovery support services. Addiction is as deadly serious as COVID and we need Congress to take action and demonstrate their support for recovery with a dedicated funding stream,” said Jeff Breedlove, Chief of Policy and Communications for the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse.
