Progress Reports – Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services

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  1. Spending Reduction Target
    • The OASAS current-year savings target is $6.6 million, reflecting the Governor’s order for a 10.35 percent reduction in projected agency spending.
    • OASAS is currently expected to achieve its entire $6.6 million spending reduction target.
  2. Major Savings Initiatives
    • OASAS has already implemented various actions to achieve its savings target, including:
    • Scrutinize and aggressively manage position vacancies to realize attrition-related savings ($0.5M; 11 jobs);
    • Eliminate five positions to staff a proposed swing bed detoxification unit at its Ward Addiction Treatment Center ($0.3M);
    • Eliminate four positions intended to enhance clinical staff at certain Addiction Treatment Centers ($0.2M);
    • Generate lower non-personal service spending by efforts to limit attendance at conferences, authorize travel only when critically necessary, eliminate non-essential purchases of subscriptions, office supplies, equipment, and information technology, reduce reliance on non-essential consultant and temporary services, and other aggressive actions to reduce costs in the areas of training and communication ($2.9M); and,
    • Reduce capital spending by eliminating or deferring projects that are not critical to client health and safety ($2.7M).
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