This $120,000 federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will fund the "Alcohol Attitude Adjustments in the Quaboag Hills - Our STOP ACT Program" in the rural towns of Ware and Palmer in western Massachusetts. The program aims to improve community norms around alcohol use and reduce youth access to alcohol...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the non-profit organization Schools Together Allowing No Drugs (STAND) located in Oneida, Tennessee. The grant aims to prevent and reduce underage alcohol use among youth ages 12-20 in the rural Scott County, Tennessee...
This Project Grant award of $120,000.00 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program aims to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana. The grantee, Anaconda Community Intervention, Inc. (ACI), will implement a comprehensive strategy to build coalition capacity, increase outreach to at-risk...
This Project Grant award, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, provides $1,125,000 to Guara Bi Inc., a non-profit organization in Puerto Rico, to implement a 5-year prevention project focused on reducing underage drinking, marijuana use, and electronic cigarette use among youth ages 13-24 in the Vega Baja region and across Puerto...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $120,000 and provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243), supports the implementation of Photovoice as an innovative approach to preventing and reducing alcohol use among high school students (ages 14-19) in the communities of East Bridgewater, Whitman, and Rockland, Massachusetts. The key...
The Cabarrus Health Alliance (CHA), the local public health authority in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant will support CHA and the Healthy Cabarrus Substance Use Coalition in implementing the STOP ACT program to...
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $180,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The grant will fund the Youth Prevention Network's "Using the Science of the Positive to Implement Community-Led Interventions to Prevent Underage Alcohol Use Among Youth Ages 12-20 in Gloucester" project. The project...
This federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, provides $120,000 to The Martinsburg Initiative, Inc., a non-profit organization in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to address the problem of underage drinking in Berkeley County. The project will support environmental prevention and reduction strategies, including...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $250,000 was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The funding will support the Bitterroot CARES Prevention Coalition in Ravalli County, Montana to increase community collaboration and reduce underage use of alcohol and marijuana among youth. The project aims to: 1) strengthen community collaboration by increasing the number of coalition members from 12 to...
This $374,922 federal Project Grant award, provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, aims to reduce youth cannabis and alcohol use in central Vermont. The grant recipient, Central Vermont Medical Center Inc., will implement the "FUTURE VT" initiative to address substance use among rural youth ages 12-18 and their families,...
HEALTHYSV STOP GRANT PROJECT: REDUCING YOUTH ALCOHOL USE, INCREASING PERCEPTION OF HARM, AND CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS AROUND UNDERAGE DRINKING. - NORTHERN LIGHT SEBASTICOOK VALLEY HOSPITAL 447 NORTH MAIN STREET, PITTSFIELD, MAINE 04967 PROJECT DIRECTOR: SHERRY TARDY CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 207.487.4085 EMAIL ADDRESS: STARDY@NORTHERNLIGHT.ORG HTTPS://WWW.NORTHERNLIGHTHEALTH.ORG/SVH SEBASTICOOK VALLEY HEALTH DBA NORTHERN LIGHT SEBASTICOOK VALLEY HOSPITAL (SVH) ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTHY SEBASTICOOK VALLEY (HEALTHYSV) COALITION HAS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO MEET THE SIGNIFICANT NEED IN THE POPULATION OF FOCUS TO REDUCE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BY YOUTH. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS (POF) FOR OUR PROPOSED PROJECT IS YOUTH AGED 12-18 RESIDING IN THE SEBASTICOOK VALLEY REGION OF MAINE (BURNHAM, CORINNA, DETROIT, DIXMONT, ETNA, HARTLAND, NEWPORT, PALMYRA, PITTSFIELD, PLYMOUTH, AND ST. ALBANS) WHO INDICATE AN EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PERCEPTION OF RISK RELATED TO UNDERAGED ALCOHOL USE, INCLUDING LOW PERCEPTION OF RISK FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF 1 TO 2 DRINKS DAILY. THIS POF INDICATES HIGHER THAN STATE AVERAGES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT PAST 30-DAY CONSUMPTION OF ONE DRINK OF ALCOHOL. THE SOCIAL NORMS AROUND UNDERAGE DRINKING IN THIS POF REFLECT A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS REPORTING THAT THEIR PARENTS ACCEPT ALCOHOL USE (1-2 DRINKS PER DAY). MORE THAN 70% OF SEBASTICOOK VALLEY, WHERE THIS POF RESIDES, ARE DESIGNATED RURAL AND ELIGIBLE FOR RURAL HEALTH GRANTS ACCORDING TO THE U.S. HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT RESOURCES ARE SCARCE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS RELY ON STRONG COLLABORATION WITH MULTI-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH REMOTE TOWNS AND RESIDENTS. HEALTHYSV WILL USE THE STOP ACT GRANT TO REDUCE YOUTH ALCOHOL USE AND INCREASE YOUTH PERCEPTION OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH DAILY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL HEALTHYSV WILL DEVELOP A 12-MONTH ACTION PLAN EACH YEAR THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE MAINE INTEGRATED YOUTH HEALTH SURVEY DATA. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAINE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION STICKER SHOCK INITIATIVE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF RISKS FOR ADULTS PURCHASING ALCOHOL FOR MINORS AND REMIND RETAILERS TO FOLLOW STATE OF MAINE CARDING LAWS. TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND SIX DIGITAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS WILL SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS' EDUCATION REGARDING YOUTH ALCOHOL USE. PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES WILL ENHANCE ACCESS, REDUCE BARRIERS, AND IMPROVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND SERVICES THAT PREVENT YOUTH ALCOHOL USE. TRAINING FOR INTERVENTION PROCEDURES WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALCOHOL RETAILERS, SERVERS, AND STAFF OF AREA ESTABLISHMENTS. HEALTHYSV WILL CHANGE SOCIAL NORMS, INCREASING PERCEPTION OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH DAILY USE OF ALCOHOL VIA THE STICKER SHOCK INITIATIVE AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS TO PROMOTE EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUMS TO REDUCE YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE. THE WORK PLAN/TIMELINE OF THIS STOP ACT GRANT APPLICATION HAS BEEN CRAFTED TO COMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES ALREADY FUNDED UNDER HEALTHYSV CARA LOCAL DRUG CRISIS GRANT, WITH NO PROGRAMMATIC, BUDGETARY, OR COMMITMENT OF PERSONNEL TIME OVERLAP.