---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 54.2"
title: "42"
number: "54.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/54.2"
---

# §54.2. Definitions.

- (a) Applicable program means the programs authorized under:
  - (1) The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant, [42 U.S.C. 300x to 300x-66](/usc/42/300x..300x-66.md), and
  - (2) The Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Formula Grants, [42 U.S.C. 290cc-21 to 290cc-35](/usc/42/290cc-21..290cc-35.md) insofar as they fund substance abuse prevention and/or treatment services.
- (b) Religious organization means a nonprofit religious organization.
- (c) Program beneficiary means an individual who receives substance abuse services under a program funded in whole or in part by applicable programs.
- (d) Program participant means a public or private entity that has received financial assistance, under an applicable program.
- (e) SAMHSA means the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
- (f) SAMHSA Charitable Choice provisions means the provisions of 42 U.S.C. [300x-65](/usc/42/300x-65.md) and [42](/usc/42/42.md) U.S.C. 290kk, et seq.
- (g) Direct funding or Funds provided directly means funding that is provided to an organization directly by a governmental entity or intermediate organization that has the same duties under this part as a governmental entity, as opposed to funding that an organization receives as the result of the genuine and independent private choice of a beneficiary through a voucher, certificate, coupon, or other similar mechanism.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300x-65, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 290kk, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 300x-21, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 290cc-21, et seq., and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb, et seq.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 56444, Sept. 30, 2003, unless otherwise noted.