NCJ Number
174461
Date Published
February 1999
Length
249 pages
Annotation
The National Drug Control Budget for fiscal year 2000 supports 5 goals and 31 objectives contained in the National Drug Control Strategy and is structured to make progress performance targets outlined in the strategy's Performance Measures of Effectiveness (PME) system.
Abstract
Federal funding recommended for fiscal year 2000 totals $17.8 billion, an increase of $735 million (4.3 percent) over fiscal year 1999. Major increases in drug control funding target drug intervention, youth tobacco prevention, treatment capacity expansion grants, substance abuse block grants, school coordinators, the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, and drug courts. Major increases in drug control funding are also directed at supply reduction programs, specifically the southwest border region, international programs, Drug Enforcement Agency drug intelligence, forward operating locations of the Department of Defense, and community-oriented policing services. Federal funding priorities for fiscal years 2000 to 2004 are identified, the PME system is described, and methodological changes affecting the drug control budget are noted. A detailed accounting of drug control programs in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 is provided, new initiatives proposed for fiscal year 2000 are identified, and Federal agency budget summaries are included. Tables