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HRD-85-84 1 (1985-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ( UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN 11OURCEJ 1IVISION July 10, 1985 S3219181 l The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye 127406 United States Senate Dear Senator Inouye: Subject: Early Observations on States' Plans to Provide Children's Mental Health Services Under the ADAMH Block Grant (GAO/HRD-85-84) In response to your March 28, 1985, letter, we have collected information from 13 states concerning the extent to which their Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) block grant funds will be targeted for services to children. The 1984 amendments to the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant (Public Law 98-509) require states to set aside at least 10 percent of their ADAMH funds allocated to mental health for new mental health services for seriously disturbed children and adolescents and for underserved areas or populations. Specifically, you asked us to determine how much of this new set-aside states plan to devote to children's mental health services. Further, you requested information on how this new statutory provision and the revised funding formula also in- cluded in the 1984 amendments have affected total services for children. We have coordinated our efforts with those of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), which, as indicated in your letter, is conducting a study of mental health services for children. We briefed OTA staff on our findings on May 24, 1985, to enable them to incorporate our observations in their report. RESULTS IN BRIEF The 13 states we surveyed were allocating ADAMH funds to meet the new set-aside requirement. Of the 11 states that had decided how set-aside funds would be used, 3 allocated these moneys exclusively for children and adolescent services, while 8 reserved most of their set-aside funds for underserved areas or populations, which in some cases were defined to include children and adolescents. (118806)

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