Gang alternative, INC (GA) will use funding to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and their families who have been impacted by opioids and other substances

Gang Alternative, Inc. will use a $739,322 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and families impacted by opioids. The funding will support youth-focused prevention and treatment programming at the individual, family, and community level in high-poverty areas of North Miami Beach, Florida. Services will be provided under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative federal grant program (CFDA #16.842), which aims to address public safety, intervention, prevention, diversion, and treatment for those directly affected by opioid abuse.

GA will work within high-poverty areas to provide programs and services to youth and families impacted by opioid addiction through youth-focused prevention and treatment programming at the individual, family, and community level.