The move comes after the charity, along with 500 other voluntary organisations, suffered a four-month delay in receiving Section 64 grants, for charities that carry out the Government's health and social care goals.
The DoH announced payments worth 17.2m last week, down from 17.85m last year.
DrugScope, which works widely with young people, received the largest award, but its 300,000 was 100,000 less than it previously received from the Section 64 grant stream.
"We would like clarification that this delay was a one-off," said DrugScope chief executive Martin Barnes. "We have had to monitor costs carefully because of this. Initiatives have been put on hold. It has caused a lot of problems."
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