This 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 High Point Treatment Center, Inc. to implement a Photovoice project targeting underage drinking prevention among high school students (ages 14-19) in East Bridgewater, Whitman, and Rockland, MA. The goal is to reduce youth alcohol use by implementing...
The Department of Health and Human Services 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 purpose of this 4-year project is to work collaboratively at the community level to identify, establish, and implement relevant evidence-based approaches that will expand and increase...
This 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 Bay State Community Services, Inc. to implement the IMPACT Quincy project. The project aims to reduce onset and progression of alcohol misuse among youth ages 12-20 in Quincy, Massachusetts who identify as BIPOC, immigrant, and/or LGBTQ+. Key activities...
This $240,000 Project Grant awarded 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 supports a four-year initiative to reduce underage drinking in Alachua County, Florida. The grant recipient, The Alachua County Health Promotion and Wellness Coalition, Inc., will implement a multi-pronged strategy to alter community norms, limit alcohol access, and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has awarded a $120,000 project grant to Parents And Children Together (PACT), a non-profit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii. The grant will fund the "Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking in CWC 96744" project, which aims to change the community's belief that underage...
This $120,000 four-year 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 program (CFDA 93.243) supports efforts by the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition's Early Prevention Impacts Community (EPIC) division to address underage drinking in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Building on the...
This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CFDA 93.243) provides $120,000 to the Asian Health Coalition (AHC) in Chicago, IL to implement the "Together to Stop Underage Drinking" program. Over a 4-year period, the program aims to: 1) strengthen the capacity of the Coalition for Achieving Substance Abuse Prevention (CASAP) by increasing community engagement and collaboration to address youth...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to High Point Treatment Center, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The five-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, will fund the "Partnering with Youth for Success in Regional Prevention" project. This initiative aims to (1)...
This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under CFDA 93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance, will provide $2,500,000 to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) over a 5-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029. The funding will be used to strengthen the capacity and infrastructure at the regional and community levels in northwest...
The Thrive Without Drinking (TWD) Project, awarded a $120,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CFDA 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance), will implement evidence-based prevention strategies in Youngstown, Ohio to prevent and reduce underage drinking among youth and young adults aged 12-20, with a focus on underserved populations. The project...
This Project Grant award of $180,000 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 support the "Alcohol Attitude Adjustments in the Quaboag Hills - Our STOP ACT Program" over a four-year period from September 2024 to September 2028. The program will focus on reducing underage alcohol use and its impacts in the rural towns of Ware and Palmer in western Massachusetts. Key objectives include increasing youth and adult perceptions of the harms of episodic/weekend drinking, and working with policymakers to further restrict youth access to alcohol through measures like required employee training for alcohol vendors. The program builds on the grantee's prior experience with the Drug Free Communities (DFC) award and will leverage frameworks like the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and CADCA's strategies for community-level change.