The National Institute on Drug Abuse has provided funding for a total of seven research centers to build research infrastructure within schools of social work. In addition to the funding provided to JASARC, the other six funded centers include:

Addictions Research Institute
Center for Social Work Research
School of Social Work
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1203

Focus: The Research Program focuses specifically upon substance abuse among underserved populations (particularly African-Americans and Mexican-Americans) and emphasizes factors at the individual, family, organizational, societal, and cultural level that influence substance abuse and substance abuse treatment.

Center for Intervention & Prevention Research on HIV & Drug Abuse
Columbia University School of Social Work
1255 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027

Focus: The Center's mission is to advance intervention and prevention research on HIV/AIDS and drug abuse by training the next cadre of social work researchers in the development, testing, and dissemination of empirically-validated intervention and prevention approaches that address contemporary social problems.

Center on Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7167

Focus: The Center's multidisciplinary research team addresses the facilitators and barriers to treatment among individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (dual disorders). Three pilot studies funded by NIDA investigate stages of change, social networks, and family caregiving in low-income women with dual diagnoses.

Child Welfare, Drug Abuse and Intergenerational Risk Research Center
School of Social Welfare
University at Albany
State University of New York
Albany, New York

Focus: The focus of the Center is on the design, development, and delivery of coordinated, evidence-based services for families in the child welfare system with drug abuse and co-existing problems, especially HIV/AIDS. The ultimate goal is to improve services for vulnerable families and children in the child welfare system, especially those affected by substance abuse and HIV/AIDS, in order to reduce the chance of intergenerational continuity of these multiple interrelated problems.

Comorbidity and Addictions Center
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive - St. Louis, MO 63130

Focus: The research agenda of the center includes: 1) The delivery or coordination of multisector addiction services to underserved populations with comorbid mental health and HIV risk problems; 2) The evaluation of addictions prevention and treatment programs in underserved populations with comorbid mental health and HIV risk problems; 3) The costs and burdens of addictions and comorbidity services from different sectors (alcohol and drug, mental health, primary case, social services, juvenile justice education, and informal) and their relationships to service use and outcomes.

Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center
Arizona State University
College of Public Programs
School of Social Work
PO Box 873711, Tempe, AZ 85287-3711

Focus: The mission of SIRC is to carry out interdisciplinary research in health disparities with populations of the Southwest, and increase the number and capacity of social work researchers working in the areas of substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and mental health. SIRC's multi-disciplinary and community-based research in these priority areas focuses on: Culturally-grounded prevention research, and culturally responsive and resiliency-focused services research.