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ORIGINAL DATE

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2/14/07

HB 1139

SHORT TITLE Bernalillo Substance Abuse Prevention Program

SB

ANALYST Propst

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$10.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

Human Services Department (HSD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1139 would appropriate $10.0 to the Local Government Division of the Department

of Finance and Administration (DFA) for expenditure in FY08 to pay for Bernalillo County to

contract for services to continue a substance abuse prevention program in the South Broadway

neighborhood of Bernalillo County.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $10.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund. Any

unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the General

Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Department of Health’s (DOH) Office of Substance Abuse Prevention manages contracts

with three community-based agencies in South Broadway that specialize in community

empowerment and building life skills. These programs address issues in high crime areas,

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develop policies to limit access to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, practice youth prevention

programming as well as school-based and out-of school prevention services, experiential

learning, family enrichment programs, community empowerment and mobilization, and

identifying and addressing educational gaps.

Capacity exists to deliver and continue evidence-based services in the area. All three agencies

have been trained in the Strategic Prevention Framework process and are developing strategic

prevention plans that will serve as useful tools in identifying the needs of the community and in

choosing appropriate substance abuse prevention approaches as funds are made available to the

community.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

Historically, funding for substance abuse prevention programs goes through the Prevention

Services Bureau of the Department of Health or the Public Education Department, both of which

are members of the Interagency Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative (Collaborative).

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