The Mendocino County Department of Public Health -- $500,000 per year for each of three years to increase capacity to provide comprehensive, integrated, community-based methamphetamine treatment services to 360 methamphetamine users (120 per year) and 180 (60 per year) family members over the three-year grant period. The program will increase retention and improve treatment outcomes by expanding capacity to provide same-day service for clients in need of treatment, family support and education, residential treatment, and recovery support. The program’s clients are estimated at 80 percent white/non- Hispanic, 10 percent American Indian and 10 percent Hispanic, with a gender ratio of 40 percent female and 60 percent male and an age range that has historically been 50 percent young adults between 18 and 30.

The San Mateo County Human Services Agency -- $398,685 per year for three years to expand treatment services on the rural coast side of San Mateo County. The target population will be low or moderate-income, English and Spanish-speaking adults, 70 percent white and 24 percent Latino. Services will include enhancement therapy groups; primary treatment; co-occurring groups; continuing care, including relapse prevention; family education classes; and an aggressive program of community outreach. The program aims to provide interventions specific to methamphetamine and other stimulant use to an additional 29 individuals receiving motivational enhancement counseling, 39 individuals completing primary treatment, 10 individuals participating in co-occurring disorders treatment, and 32 families participating in co-occurring disorders treatment each year of the three year grant period. A total of 234 clients will receive services.

Georgia

North Georgia's Union County Commission, New Hope Counseling -- $500,000 per year for each of three years to expand treatment services for 302 adults (25-60 years of age) with methamphetamine abuse and associated problems. The project intends to use the Matrix Model, which uses intensive outpatient therapy that integrates treatment elements from a number of strategies, including relapse prevention, motivational interviewing, education, family therapy, and 12-step program involvement. The target population for this project will consist of primarily white (80 percent), male (80 percent) clients. In the first year, the grantee plans to serve 82 clients, while increasing to 110 per year for years two and three, totaling 302 clients over the course of the grant.

Montana

The Montana Department of Justice, Helena -- $500,000 per year for each of three years, through the Montana Adult Methamphetamine Treatment Coalition, to serve a total of 180 adults, primarily white, with methamphetamine addiction, with the largest minority population being Native American. The program will serve 50 clients in year one, 60 clients during year two and 70 clients during year three. The target population will be equally split in regards to gender. The population is expected to be largely unemployed or under-employed and fall below the poverty range. The program will serve pregnant women, women and men with dependent children, families involved with the child welfare system, and persons with co-occurring mental health disorders. It is anticipated that 40 percent of the clients are intravenous methamphetamine users and may have HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C. This program aims to improve and employ services using several treatment protocols, including the Matrix Model, integrated dual disorder treatment, contingency management and comprehensive case management.