The middletown prevention coalition partnership for success - the middletown prevention coalition (MPC) proposed geographic catchment for this proposal is the city of middletown and surrounding areas,…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Town of Middletown a Project Grant of $1,489,089 on September 30, 2025, under the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.492).

The Middletown Prevention Coalition will deliver community-based substance use prevention services across Middletown, Rhode Island and surrounding areas, targeting a population of 17,075 residents with emphasis on youth ages 12–18, young adults, and parents in underserved and under-resourced communities. The program implements evidence-based prevention strategies to strengthen protective factors, reduce risk factors, build resilience, and promote well-being, with linkages to recovery services, trauma-informed practices, and improved access to behavioral health care. Planned activities include strengthening prevention capacity and building infrastructure based on the Strategic Prevention Framework; implementing evidence-based programs across Middletown with emphasis on differential populations; and improving data collection and reporting methodologies to strengthen the effectiveness of local prevention efforts.

Performance runs from September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2030 at Middletown, Rhode Island.

The middletown prevention coalition partnership for success - the middletown prevention coalition (MPC) proposed geographic catchment for this proposal is the city of middletown and surrounding areas, impacting a population of 17,075 residents. The population of focus is youth ages 12-18, young adults and parents. More than half of the population we are focusing on resides within our underserved and under-resourced communities in middleton, RI, deeply affected by alcohol and substance use disorders based on numerous indicators of social determinants of health, poverty rates, educational attainment, economic stability, language barriers and healthcare accessibility. Our program will prevent and reduce the initiation and progression of substance use and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance use prevention services that strengthen protective factors, reduce risk factors, build resilience, and promote well-being. Our program aims to enhance and strengthen local prevention efforts by implementing evidence-based strategies and expand and strengthen the capacity of state and local community prevention providers serving communities evidence-informed, and community-defined evidence-based prevention strategies. This approach will incorporate linkages to recovery services, trauma-informed practices, and improved access to behavioral health care. The project includes the following goals: goal 1: to strengthen prevention capacity & build a solid infrastructure based on the strategic prevention framework in the catchment area to identify, address and reduce substance use concerns. Goal 2: to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance use disorder in catchment area, by implementing evidence-based programs across middletown, with emphasis on differential populations. Goal 3: improve data collection and reporting methodologies to strengthen the effectiveness of local evidence-based substance use prevention programs, policies, and practices. Goal 4: improve data collection and reporting methodologies to strengthen the effectiveness of local evidence-based substance use prevention programs, policies, and practices.