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Cooperative Agreement NH28CE003007
Award Date
12/31/20
Completion Date
9/29/25
Dollars Obligated
$750K
Overview
Activity
9
Transactions
9
Subawards
Funding Federal Agency
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Awarding Federal Agency
Office of Financial Resources
Awardee
Woonsocket Prevention Coalition Corporation (FSD4LN35GY15)
Federal Grant Program
93.276
Assistance Type
Cooperative Agreement
Place of Performance
Woonsocket, RI 02895, USA
Description
Update #1
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Posted 12/10/20, 12:00 AM
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY (COMMUNITY OVERVIEW) THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, IS NESTLED ALONG THE MIGHTY BLACKSTONE RIVER IN THE TOP THIRD EASTERN PORTION OF RHODE ISLAND AND BOASTS A RICH HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WITH SLATER MILL. THE PAWTUCKET PREVENTION COALITION (PPC) HAS SERVED THE PAWTUCKET COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS PLEASED TO SUBMIT THIS PROJECT, "COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE," FOR DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING. PAWTUCKET HAS A DIVERSE POPULATION OF 71,153 WITH 52% OF ITS RESIDENTS ARE WHITE, 22% ARE HISPANIC, 18% ARE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 8% REPORT SOME OTHER RACE; 50% ARE FEMALE; 12.7% ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, 21.6 ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 WITH THE MAJORITY (65.7 BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-64; 25.6% ARE FOREIGN BORN; 41% SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME; 20% HAD LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. (2010 CENSUS) DATA SHOWS THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $42,969, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE $72,430 FOR RHODE ISLAND; PAWTUCKET HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES BELOW OR AT THE POVERTY LEVEL. ACCORDING TO THE RHODE ISLAND 2019 KIDS COUNT SURVEY, 67% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE SUBSIDIZED LUNCH PROGRAM AND 43% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS FROM A SINGLE PARENT HOME. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING BELOW POVERTY WAS 30.9% IN 2017, ABOVE THE STATE LEVEL OF 18.9%. 2015 WORKFORCE DATA SHOWS THAT 40% ARE NOT WORKING. ADDITIONALLY, THE DATA ONLY REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REPORTING. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER THEY ARE DOCUMENTED OR ILLEGAL, TYPICALLY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CENSUS DATA COLLECTION, BUT WOULD BE AMONG THE POOREST OF PAWTUCKET RESIDENTS. PAWTUCKET IS URBAN AND IS GEOGRAPHICALLY SMALL, WITH AN AREA OF 8.68 SQUARE MILES, THUS CAUSING A HIGH DENSITY IN POPULATION (8,195 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE), AS COMPARED WITH THE STATE'S AVERAGE OF 1,045 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. HISTORICALLY RICH, IT WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND LATER FACTORY WORK DREW MANY FOREIGN BORN IMMIGRANTS TO THE CITY FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WITH SUCH RICH ETHNIC HERITAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IT IS CUSTOMARY TO SEE SIGNS, STORES, AND CHURCH FRONTS IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES. THOUGH PAWTUCKET DID AT ONE TIME OFFER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY, THE CLOSING OF FACTORIES HAS LEFT MANY RESIDENTS UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED. ECONOMICALLY, THE CITY HAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM DECLINING MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES AS THESE MOVED FIRST TO THE SOUTHERN STATES AND MORE RECENTLY OVERSEAS. THE CITY IS ONE OF RHODE ISLAND'S CORE CITIES, AS DESCRIBED BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION. THIS FOUNDATION'S 2019 KID'S COUNT REFLECTED A COMMUNITY WITH HIGH POVERTY, SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNSUPERVISED, LOW EDUCATION RATES AND HIGH DROP OUT RATES, HIGH TRUANCY RATES, AND HIGH RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT DID NOT REFLECT THE GROWING NUMBERS OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN LOCAL STREET GANGS. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH RISK FACTORS, OUR MOST RECENTLY CONDUCTED SURVEY (RISS 2017) INDICATES THAT MANY YOUTH HAVE AT LEAST EXPERIMENTED WITH SUBSTANCES AND MANY REPORTED HAVING USED ALCOHOL OR AN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 30 DAYS. THE TWO GOALS OF THIS GRANT ARE: TO INCREASE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION; AND TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: INCREASE IN NUMBER, DIVERSITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE OF COALITION MEMBERSHIP; REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH; INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH COALITION PARTNERSHIP; DECREASE YOUTHS' SOCIAL AND RETAIL ACCESS TO ALCOHOL; AND DECREASE USE OF MARIJUANA BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES INCLUDING ENHANCING SKILLS; PROVIDING INFORMATION; PROVIDING SUPPORT; AND CHANGING CONSEQUENCES.
$125.0k
8/16/24
Not listed
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY (COMMUNITY OVERVIEW) THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, IS NESTLED ALONG THE MIGHTY BLACKSTONE RIVER IN THE TOP THIRD EASTERN PORTION OF RHODE ISLAND AND BOASTS A RICH HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WITH SLATER MILL. THE PAWTUCKET PREVENTION COALITION (PPC) HAS SERVED THE PAWTUCKET COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS PLEASED TO SUBMIT THIS PROJECT, "COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE," FOR DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING. PAWTUCKET HAS A DIVERSE POPULATION OF 71,153 WITH 52% OF ITS RESIDENTS ARE WHITE, 22% ARE HISPANIC, 18% ARE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 8% REPORT SOME OTHER RACE; 50% ARE FEMALE; 12.7% ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, 21.6 ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 WITH THE MAJORITY (65.7 BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-64; 25.6% ARE FOREIGN BORN; 41% SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME; 20% HAD LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. (2010 CENSUS) DATA SHOWS THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $42,969, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE $72,430 FOR RHODE ISLAND; PAWTUCKET HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES BELOW OR AT THE POVERTY LEVEL. ACCORDING TO THE RHODE ISLAND 2019 KIDS COUNT SURVEY, 67% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE SUBSIDIZED LUNCH PROGRAM AND 43% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS FROM A SINGLE PARENT HOME. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING BELOW POVERTY WAS 30.9% IN 2017, ABOVE THE STATE LEVEL OF 18.9%. 2015 WORKFORCE DATA SHOWS THAT 40% ARE NOT WORKING. ADDITIONALLY, THE DATA ONLY REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REPORTING. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER THEY ARE DOCUMENTED OR ILLEGAL, TYPICALLY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CENSUS DATA COLLECTION, BUT WOULD BE AMONG THE POOREST OF PAWTUCKET RESIDENTS. PAWTUCKET IS URBAN AND IS GEOGRAPHICALLY SMALL, WITH AN AREA OF 8.68 SQUARE MILES, THUS CAUSING A HIGH DENSITY IN POPULATION (8,195 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE), AS COMPARED WITH THE STATE'S AVERAGE OF 1,045 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. HISTORICALLY RICH, IT WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND LATER FACTORY WORK DREW MANY FOREIGN BORN IMMIGRANTS TO THE CITY FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WITH SUCH RICH ETHNIC HERITAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IT IS CUSTOMARY TO SEE SIGNS, STORES, AND CHURCH FRONTS IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES. THOUGH PAWTUCKET DID AT ONE TIME OFFER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY, THE CLOSING OF FACTORIES HAS LEFT MANY RESIDENTS UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED. ECONOMICALLY, THE CITY HAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM DECLINING MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES AS THESE MOVED FIRST TO THE SOUTHERN STATES AND MORE RECENTLY OVERSEAS. THE CITY IS ONE OF RHODE ISLAND'S CORE CITIES, AS DESCRIBED BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION. THIS FOUNDATION'S 2019 KID'S COUNT REFLECTED A COMMUNITY WITH HIGH POVERTY, SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNSUPERVISED, LOW EDUCATION RATES AND HIGH DROP OUT RATES, HIGH TRUANCY RATES, AND HIGH RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT DID NOT REFLECT THE GROWING NUMBERS OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN LOCAL STREET GANGS. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH RISK FACTORS, OUR MOST RECENTLY CONDUCTED SURVEY (RISS 2017) INDICATES THAT MANY YOUTH HAVE AT LEAST EXPERIMENTED WITH SUBSTANCES AND MANY REPORTED HAVING USED ALCOHOL OR AN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 30 DAYS. THE TWO GOALS OF THIS GRANT ARE: TO INCREASE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION; AND TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: INCREASE IN NUMBER, DIVERSITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE OF COALITION MEMBERSHIP; REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH; INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH COALITION PARTNERSHIP; DECREASE YOUTHS' SOCIAL AND RETAIL ACCESS TO ALCOHOL; AND DECREASE USE OF MARIJUANA BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES INCLUDING ENHANCING SKILLS; PROVIDING INFORMATION; PROVIDING SUPPORT; AND CHANGING CONSEQUENCES.
$125.0k
8/14/23
Not listed
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY (COMMUNITY OVERVIEW) THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, IS NESTLED ALONG THE MIGHTY BLACKSTONE RIVER IN THE TOP THIRD EASTERN PORTION OF RHODE ISLAND AND BOASTS A RICH HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WITH SLATER MILL. THE PAWTUCKET PREVENTION COALITION (PPC) HAS SERVED THE PAWTUCKET COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS PLEASED TO SUBMIT THIS PROJECT, "COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE," FOR DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING. PAWTUCKET HAS A DIVERSE POPULATION OF 71,153 WITH 52% OF ITS RESIDENTS ARE WHITE, 22% ARE HISPANIC, 18% ARE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 8% REPORT SOME OTHER RACE; 50% ARE FEMALE; 12.7% ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, 21.6 ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 WITH THE MAJORITY (65.7 BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-64; 25.6% ARE FOREIGN BORN; 41% SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME; 20% HAD LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. (2010 CENSUS) DATA SHOWS THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $42,969, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE $72,430 FOR RHODE ISLAND; PAWTUCKET HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES BELOW OR AT THE POVERTY LEVEL. ACCORDING TO THE RHODE ISLAND 2019 KIDS COUNT SURVEY, 67% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE SUBSIDIZED LUNCH PROGRAM AND 43% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS FROM A SINGLE PARENT HOME. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING BELOW POVERTY WAS 30.9% IN 2017, ABOVE THE STATE LEVEL OF 18.9%. 2015 WORKFORCE DATA SHOWS THAT 40% ARE NOT WORKING. ADDITIONALLY, THE DATA ONLY REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REPORTING. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER THEY ARE DOCUMENTED OR ILLEGAL, TYPICALLY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CENSUS DATA COLLECTION, BUT WOULD BE AMONG THE POOREST OF PAWTUCKET RESIDENTS. PAWTUCKET IS URBAN AND IS GEOGRAPHICALLY SMALL, WITH AN AREA OF 8.68 SQUARE MILES, THUS CAUSING A HIGH DENSITY IN POPULATION (8,195 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE), AS COMPARED WITH THE STATE'S AVERAGE OF 1,045 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. HISTORICALLY RICH, IT WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND LATER FACTORY WORK DREW MANY FOREIGN BORN IMMIGRANTS TO THE CITY FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WITH SUCH RICH ETHNIC HERITAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IT IS CUSTOMARY TO SEE SIGNS, STORES, AND CHURCH FRONTS IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES. THOUGH PAWTUCKET DID AT ONE TIME OFFER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY, THE CLOSING OF FACTORIES HAS LEFT MANY RESIDENTS UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED. ECONOMICALLY, THE CITY HAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM DECLINING MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES AS THESE MOVED FIRST TO THE SOUTHERN STATES AND MORE RECENTLY OVERSEAS. THE CITY IS ONE OF RHODE ISLAND'S CORE CITIES, AS DESCRIBED BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION. THIS FOUNDATION'S 2019 KID'S COUNT REFLECTED A COMMUNITY WITH HIGH POVERTY, SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNSUPERVISED, LOW EDUCATION RATES AND HIGH DROP OUT RATES, HIGH TRUANCY RATES, AND HIGH RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT DID NOT REFLECT THE GROWING NUMBERS OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN LOCAL STREET GANGS. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH RISK FACTORS, OUR MOST RECENTLY CONDUCTED SURVEY (RISS 2017) INDICATES THAT MANY YOUTH HAVE AT LEAST EXPERIMENTED WITH SUBSTANCES AND MANY REPORTED HAVING USED ALCOHOL OR AN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 30 DAYS. THE TWO GOALS OF THIS GRANT ARE: TO INCREASE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION; AND TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: INCREASE IN NUMBER, DIVERSITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE OF COALITION MEMBERSHIP; REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH; INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH COALITION PARTNERSHIP; DECREASE YOUTHS' SOCIAL AND RETAIL ACCESS TO ALCOHOL; AND DECREASE USE OF MARIJUANA BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES INCLUDING ENHANCING SKILLS; PROVIDING INFORMATION; PROVIDING SUPPORT; AND CHANGING CONSEQUENCES.
$125.0k
9/6/22
Not listed
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY (COMMUNITY OVERVIEW) THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, IS NESTLED ALONG THE MIGHTY BLACKSTONE RIVER IN THE TOP THIRD EASTERN PORTION OF RHODE ISLAND AND BOASTS A RICH HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WITH SLATER MILL. THE PAWTUCKET PREVENTION COALITION (PPC) HAS SERVED THE PAWTUCKET COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS PLEASED TO SUBMIT THIS PROJECT, "COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE," FOR DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING. PAWTUCKET HAS A DIVERSE POPULATION OF 71,153 WITH 52% OF ITS RESIDENTS ARE WHITE, 22% ARE HISPANIC, 18% ARE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 8% REPORT SOME OTHER RACE; 50% ARE FEMALE; 12.7% ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, 21.6 ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 WITH THE MAJORITY (65.7 BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-64; 25.6% ARE FOREIGN BORN; 41% SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME; 20% HAD LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. (2010 CENSUS) DATA SHOWS THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $42,969, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE $72,430 FOR RHODE ISLAND; PAWTUCKET HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES BELOW OR AT THE POVERTY LEVEL. ACCORDING TO THE RHODE ISLAND 2019 KIDS COUNT SURVEY, 67% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE SUBSIDIZED LUNCH PROGRAM AND 43% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS FROM A SINGLE PARENT HOME. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING BELOW POVERTY WAS 30.9% IN 2017, ABOVE THE STATE LEVEL OF 18.9%. 2015 WORKFORCE DATA SHOWS THAT 40% ARE NOT WORKING. ADDITIONALLY, THE DATA ONLY REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REPORTING. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER THEY ARE DOCUMENTED OR ILLEGAL, TYPICALLY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CENSUS DATA COLLECTION, BUT WOULD BE AMONG THE POOREST OF PAWTUCKET RESIDENTS. PAWTUCKET IS URBAN AND IS GEOGRAPHICALLY SMALL, WITH AN AREA OF 8.68 SQUARE MILES, THUS CAUSING A HIGH DENSITY IN POPULATION (8,195 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE), AS COMPARED WITH THE STATE'S AVERAGE OF 1,045 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. HISTORICALLY RICH, IT WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND LATER FACTORY WORK DREW MANY FOREIGN BORN IMMIGRANTS TO THE CITY FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WITH SUCH RICH ETHNIC HERITAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IT IS CUSTOMARY TO SEE SIGNS, STORES, AND CHURCH FRONTS IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES. THOUGH PAWTUCKET DID AT ONE TIME OFFER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY, THE CLOSING OF FACTORIES HAS LEFT MANY RESIDENTS UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED. ECONOMICALLY, THE CITY HAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM DECLINING MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES AS THESE MOVED FIRST TO THE SOUTHERN STATES AND MORE RECENTLY OVERSEAS. THE CITY IS ONE OF RHODE ISLAND'S CORE CITIES, AS DESCRIBED BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION. THIS FOUNDATION'S 2019 KID'S COUNT REFLECTED A COMMUNITY WITH HIGH POVERTY, SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNSUPERVISED, LOW EDUCATION RATES AND HIGH DROP OUT RATES, HIGH TRUANCY RATES, AND HIGH RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT DID NOT REFLECT THE GROWING NUMBERS OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN LOCAL STREET GANGS. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH RISK FACTORS, OUR MOST RECENTLY CONDUCTED SURVEY (RISS 2017) INDICATES THAT MANY YOUTH HAVE AT LEAST EXPERIMENTED WITH SUBSTANCES AND MANY REPORTED HAVING USED ALCOHOL OR AN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 30 DAYS. THE TWO GOALS OF THIS GRANT ARE: TO INCREASE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION; AND TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: INCREASE IN NUMBER, DIVERSITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE OF COALITION MEMBERSHIP; REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH; INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH COALITION PARTNERSHIP; DECREASE YOUTHS' SOCIAL AND RETAIL ACCESS TO ALCOHOL; AND DECREASE USE OF MARIJUANA BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES INCLUDING ENHANCING SKILLS; PROVIDING INFORMATION; PROVIDING SUPPORT; AND CHANGING CONSEQUENCES.
$125.0k
9/6/22
Not listed
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY (COMMUNITY OVERVIEW) THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, IS NESTLED ALONG THE MIGHTY BLACKSTONE RIVER IN THE TOP THIRD EASTERN PORTION OF RHODE ISLAND AND BOASTS A RICH HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WITH SLATER MILL. THE PAWTUCKET PREVENTION COALITION (PPC) HAS SERVED THE PAWTUCKET COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IS PLEASED TO SUBMIT THIS PROJECT, "COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE," FOR DRUG FREE COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING. PAWTUCKET HAS A DIVERSE POPULATION OF 71,153 WITH 52% OF ITS RESIDENTS ARE WHITE, 22% ARE HISPANIC, 18% ARE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 8% REPORT SOME OTHER RACE; 50% ARE FEMALE; 12.7% ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, 21.6 ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 WITH THE MAJORITY (65.7 BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-64; 25.6% ARE FOREIGN BORN; 41% SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME; 20% HAD LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. (2010 CENSUS) DATA SHOWS THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $42,969, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE $72,430 FOR RHODE ISLAND; PAWTUCKET HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN LIVING IN SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES BELOW OR AT THE POVERTY LEVEL. ACCORDING TO THE RHODE ISLAND 2019 KIDS COUNT SURVEY, 67% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE SUBSIDIZED LUNCH PROGRAM AND 43% OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS FROM A SINGLE PARENT HOME. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING BELOW POVERTY WAS 30.9% IN 2017, ABOVE THE STATE LEVEL OF 18.9%. 2015 WORKFORCE DATA SHOWS THAT 40% ARE NOT WORKING. ADDITIONALLY, THE DATA ONLY REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REPORTING. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER THEY ARE DOCUMENTED OR ILLEGAL, TYPICALLY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CENSUS DATA COLLECTION, BUT WOULD BE AMONG THE POOREST OF PAWTUCKET RESIDENTS. PAWTUCKET IS URBAN AND IS GEOGRAPHICALLY SMALL, WITH AN AREA OF 8.68 SQUARE MILES, THUS CAUSING A HIGH DENSITY IN POPULATION (8,195 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE), AS COMPARED WITH THE STATE'S AVERAGE OF 1,045 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE. HISTORICALLY RICH, IT WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND LATER FACTORY WORK DREW MANY FOREIGN BORN IMMIGRANTS TO THE CITY FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WITH SUCH RICH ETHNIC HERITAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IT IS CUSTOMARY TO SEE SIGNS, STORES, AND CHURCH FRONTS IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES. THOUGH PAWTUCKET DID AT ONE TIME OFFER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY, THE CLOSING OF FACTORIES HAS LEFT MANY RESIDENTS UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED. ECONOMICALLY, THE CITY HAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM DECLINING MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES AS THESE MOVED FIRST TO THE SOUTHERN STATES AND MORE RECENTLY OVERSEAS. THE CITY IS ONE OF RHODE ISLAND'S CORE CITIES, AS DESCRIBED BY THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION. THIS FOUNDATION'S 2019 KID'S COUNT REFLECTED A COMMUNITY WITH HIGH POVERTY, SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN UNSUPERVISED, LOW EDUCATION RATES AND HIGH DROP OUT RATES, HIGH TRUANCY RATES, AND HIGH RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT DID NOT REFLECT THE GROWING NUMBERS OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN LOCAL STREET GANGS. AS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH RISK FACTORS, OUR MOST RECENTLY CONDUCTED SURVEY (RISS 2017) INDICATES THAT MANY YOUTH HAVE AT LEAST EXPERIMENTED WITH SUBSTANCES AND MANY REPORTED HAVING USED ALCOHOL OR AN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 30 DAYS. THE TWO GOALS OF THIS GRANT ARE: TO INCREASE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION; AND TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: INCREASE IN NUMBER, DIVERSITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE OF COALITION MEMBERSHIP; REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING OF HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH; INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH COALITION PARTNERSHIP; DECREASE YOUTHS' SOCIAL AND RETAIL ACCESS TO ALCOHOL; AND DECREASE USE OF MARIJUANA BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIES INCLUDING ENHANCING SKILLS; PROVIDING INFORMATION; PROVIDING SUPPORT; AND CHANGING CONSEQUENCES.
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11/8/21