Amudim community resources, INC, will use funding to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and their families who have been impacted by opioids and other substances

Amudim Community Resources, Inc. was awarded $739,322 under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative federal grant program administered by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support the development and implementation of coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth ages 10 to 17 and their families impacted by opioids and other substances in the greater New York and New Jersey area. Specifically, Amudim Community Resources, Inc. will launch the Opioid and Other Substances Avoidance and Recovery Program to respond to at-risk youth suffering from abuse and/or addiction, with the goal of diverting opioid and substance use among this population. The three-year project grant award period extends from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025.

Their project will implement the opioid and other substances avoidance and recovery program in the greater new york and new jersey area to respond to youth in crisis who are suffering from abuse and/or addiction in order to divert the use of opioids and other substances among youth ages 10 to 17.