State Youth Substance Abuse Coordinators Committee (SYSACC) is a special interest section that will be called the Youth Coordinators.  The members of the Youth Coordinators will be designated representatives from State agencies responsible for funding and oversight of youth substance abuse services.

Adolescents and young adults constitute more than 25 percent of the admissions to the public substance abuse treatment system, according to the SAMHSA Treatment Episode Data Set.  This population presents distinct psychological and developmental characteristics from the “adults” who constitute the vast majority of the treatment population.