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1992.04.02 :  Child Abuse

Contact:  Bill McPherrin (202) 245-2760
April 2, 1992

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
award of $l7.8 million in grants to prevent the abuse or neglect
of children whose parents are substance abusers.
       The grants will establish 94 Emergency Child Abuse and
Neglect Prevention projects that provide comprehensive,
interdisciplinary, coordinated services to address the needs of
these children and their families.  These projects may include
the hiring and training of personnel; the creation or expansion
of services to deal with individual and family crises related to
substance abuse; and the establishment or improvement of
coordination between the agencies administering the grants and
child advocates, public educational institutions and community
organizations that serve substance abusing parents.
       "This program provides agencies with the opportunity to
reach out to children and adolescents who are suffering abuse and
neglect as a result of living with substance abusing parents or
other care providers," said Jo Anne B. Barnhart, assistant
secretary for children and families.  "Many adolescents who are
victims of abuse and neglect see running away from home as their
only choice."

       "The primary objective of these projects is not only to
provide immediate relief for the child and family, but also to
provide ongoing neighborhood-based services to get these children
and their families into the appropriate service loop," said Wade
F. Horn, commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth
and Families.  "These projects will institutionalize an important
prevention education message to their communities that no stratum
of society, or any cultural or ethnic group, is immune to the
effect of parental alcohol and other substance abuse on
children."    
       ACYF, located in HHS' Administration for Children and
Families, serves as a focal point within the federal government
for serving children and families.
       Grants were awarded under four priority areas:  models of
service delivery; public information education; service
improvement; and training.
     Grant recipients are listed on the following pages, by
priority area.

           Priority Area #l:  Models of Service Delivery

Organization                                 Amount

o Department of Social Services,
  Santurce, Puerto Rico                 $399,l03
o Department of Social Services,
  Boston, Mass.                              $399,854
o Washington State Migrant Council,               
  Sunnyside, Wash.                      $400,000
o Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs,  
  Warm Springs, Ore.                         $168,000
o Alcohol and Other Drug Council
  of Kenosha County, Kenosha, Wis.      $395,715
o Children and Family Services, 
  Springfield, Ill.                     $400,000
o Massachusetts Society for the 
  Prevention of Cruelty to Children     
  Boston, Mass.                              $400,000
o Alameda County Social Services, 
  Oakland, Calif.                            $400,000
o Family Service of Greater Boston, 
  Boston, Mass.                              $399,737
o Oakland Family Services, 
  Pontiac, Mich.                             $393,547
o Children and Family Services
  of Knox County, Knoxville, Tenn.      $397,000
o Department of Human Services, 
  Austin, Texas                              $400,000
o Child Protective Services, 
  Salem, Ore.                           $399,555
o Children's Institute International,
  Los Angeles, Calif.                        $400,000
o New North Citizen's Council, 
  Springfield, Mass.                         $360,000
o Child and Family Agency of 
  Southeastern Connecticut              
  New London, Conn.                     $269,564
o Department of Social and
  Rehabilitative Services, 
  Waterbury, Vt.                             $367,800
o Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
  Macy, Neb.                                 $ 75,556
o Wichita Children's Home, 
  Wichita, Kan.                              $285,292
o Oasis Center, Nashville, Tenn.             $326,209
o Children's Mercy Hospital, 
  Kansas City, Mo.                      $400,000
o Department of Children's Services
  Los Angeles, Calif.                        $400,000
o Valley Youth House Committee, 
  Bethlehem, Pa.                             $400,000
o Department of Human Services, 
  Trenton, N.J.                              $304,343

          Priority Area #2:  Public Information Education

Organization                                 Amount

o Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention
  Coordinating Council, Redding, Calif. $l00,000
o Youth Living Centers, Inkster, Mich.  $ 99,926
o Department of Human Services, 
  Salt Lake City, Utah                       $ 99,930
o National Committee for Prevention
  of Child Abuse, Chicago, Ill.              $l00,000
o Department of Human Resources, 
  Baltimore, Md.                             $l00,000
o California Human Development 
  Corporation, Santa Rosa, Calif.       $l00,000
o CODAC Behavioral Health Services, 
  Tucson, Ariz.                              $l00,000
o Department of Public Health, 
  Philadelphia, Pa.                     $l00,000
o Child Abuse Prevention Network, 
  Houston, Texas                             $ 97,895
o Consortium of Child Abuse and
  Neglect, Flint, Mich.                 $ 99,933
o Department of Services for Children,
  Youth and Their Families, 
  Wilmington, Del.                      $l00,000
o Kitsap County Commission on Children
  and Youth, Port Orchard, Wash.             $l00,000
o Palau Community Action Agency,
  Koror, Republic of Palau                   $l00,000
o Alternatives, Inc., Hampton, Va.      $l00,000
o Northwest Indian Child Welfare
  Association, Portland, Ore.           $l00,000
o Neighborhood Service Organization,
  Detroit, Mich.                             $l00,000
o Project IMPACCT, Trenton, N.J.             $l00,000
o National Committee for Prevention
  of Child Abuse, Chicago, Ill.              $l00,000
o Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
  Chippewas, Bayfield, Wis.                  $l00,000
o Council of Child Abuse and Neglect,
  Columbia, S.C.                             $ 99,992

              Priority Area #3:  Service Improvement

Organization                                 Amount

o Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh,
  Pittsburgh, Pa.                       $200,000
o Centro JAC Educational and Cultural
  Center, Hartford, Conn.                    $200,000
o Kansas Child Abuse Prevention
  Council, Topeka, Kan.                 $200,000
o Adapt, Inc., Tucson, Ariz.            $200,000
o Shields for Families Project, 
  Los Angeles, Calif.                        $199,996
o Crime Prevention Association, 
  Philadelphia, Pa.                          $199,996
o Supportive Child/Adult Network, 
  Philadelphia, Pa.                          $200,000
o Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, Wash. $197,55l
o Memphis and Shelby County Health,
  Memphis, Tenn.                             $200,000
o Aroostook Micmac Council, 
  Presque Isle, Me.                     $200,000
o APT Foundation, Inc., New Haven, Conn.     $200,000
o Resource Center for Parents/Children,
  Fairbanks, Alaska                     $188,789
o Parental Stress Center, 
  Pittsburgh, Pa.                       $200,000
o Habilitative Systems, Inc., 
  Chicago, Ill.                              $200,000
o Rhode Island Department of Children,
  Youth and Families, Providence, R.I.  $200,000
o Monroe County Department of Social
  Services, Rochester, N.Y.                  $170,323
o Family Resource Center, Lincoln, Neb. $199,694
o Independent Child Abuse Enterprises,
  Inc., Daytona Beach, Fla.                  $147,161
o Relief Nursery Inc., Eugene, Ore.          $200,000
o Massachusetts Society for the
  Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  Boston, Mass.                              $200,000
o Catholic Social Services of Milwaukee,
  Milwaukee, Wis.                            $200,000
o Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center,
  Chicago, Ill.                              $200,000
o Napa County Human Services, 
  Napa, Calif.                          $200,000
o Illinois Department of Children
  and Family Services, Springfield, Ill.     $199,800
o Family Service Agency of San Francisco             
  San Francisco, Calif.                 $200,000

                    Priority Area #4:  Training

Organization                                 Amount

o Tulare County Department of Public
  Social Services, Visalia, Calif.      $l00,000
o Napa County Human Service Delivery
  System, Napa,  Calif.                 $ 98,303
o Florida State Department of Health
  and Rehabilitative Services 
  Tallahassee, Fla.                     $100,000
o N.Y.C. Human Resources, N.Y., N.Y.         $l00,000
o Child Abuse Prevention Resources, 
  Tacoma, Wash.                              $l00,000
o Berkshire Area Health Education
  Center, Pittsfield, Mass.                  $ 91,297
o Florida Department of Health and
  Rehabilitative Services
  Tallahassee, Fla.                     $l00,000
o Department of Services for Children,
  and Their Families, Wilmington, Del.  $l00,000
o Oklahoma Department of Human Services 
  Oklahoma City, Okla.                       $ 93,067
o Colorado Department of Social Services
  Denver, Colo.                              $l00,000
o Georgia Department of Human Resources 
  Atlanta, Ga.                          $l00,000
o Maryland Department of Human Resources
  Baltimore, Md.                             $l00,000
o Utah Department of Family Services
  Salt Lake City, Utah                       $ 99,654
o North Carolina Department 
  of Human Resources, Raleigh, N.C.          $l00,000
o New Jersey Department of
  Human Services, Trenton, N.J.              $l00,000
o Loudoun County Youth Shelter, 
  Leesburg, Va.                              $l00,000
o South Carolina Department of
  Social Services, Columbia, S.C.       $ 99,924
o Allegheny County Children and
  Youth Services, Pittsburgh, Pa.            $100,000
o Detroit Health Department, Mich.           $l00,000
o Arkansas Children's Hospital
  Residential Center, Little Rock, Ark. $ 99,966
o Kentucky Department for Social
  Services, Frankfort, Ky.                   $ 97,654
o Tennessee Department of Human
  Services, Nashville, Tenn.            $l00,000
o Philadelphia Department of Human
  Services, Philadelphia, Pa.           $l00,000
o Washtenaw County Department of
  Social Services, Ypsilanti, Mich.          $l00,000
o California State Department of
  Social Services, Sacramento, Calif.   $ 99,97l

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