The Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council was established by executive order as part of a comprehensive strategy to coordinate substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment services, and improve the criminal justice and correctional systems' links to these services. The Council is composed of key state cabinet department secretaries, judges, legislators and citizens. A major responsibility of the Council is to prepare and annually update a two year strategic plan that identifies priorities for the delivery and funding of services to the state. Other responsibilities include: identifying potential funding sources and disseminating information about these funding opportunities to the local drug and alcohol abuse council; identifying promising practices in substance abuse prevention, intervention and treatment; conducting annual surveys of federal and state funds used in Maryland for substance abuse prevention, treatment; identifying emerging needs; determining emerging needs; and, serving as a repository for studies and evaluations of state and local programs. Click here to visit the State Council Web site.