Application for Ohio SBIRT Participating Providers Year 2Application for Ohio Sbirt Participating Providers Year 2 • April 18th, 2014
OhioMHAS has been awarded a 5-year, $10 million cooperative agreement from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for a statewide Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment (SBIRT) program referred to as “Ohio SBIRT.” The program is designed to expand/enhance the state continuum of care for substance misuse services and to: ▪ Reduce alcohol and drug consumption and its negative health impact; ▪ Increase abstinence and reduce costly health care utilization; and ▪ Promote sustainability of SBIRT services through the use of health information technology (HIT). Ohio SBIRT program is also designed to facilitate and ensure sustainability after the SAMHSA\CSAT funding is terminated.
