The Abington C.O.P.E.S. project is a $375,000 federal grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The purpose of the grant is to prevent youth alcohol and nicotine use in the town of Abington, Massachusetts. Key activities include increasing coalition membership and youth participation, enhancing community leader skills in alcohol prevention and youth brain development, and training 100 youth on the...
This $180,000 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 aims to prevent and reduce underage alcohol use among youth ages 12-20 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The grantee, the City of Gloucester, will work collaboratively with the Youth Prevention Network (YPN) coalition to implement evidence-based community interventions....
This $250,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CFDA 93.276) awarded to the Town of Walpole, MA will fund a 5-year project to reduce and prevent youth substance use in the community. Key objectives include: increasing coalition membership by 10% with a focus on health equity populations, collecting baseline data to measure outcomes, implementing digital prevention campaigns targeting parents and youth, and piloting evidence-based...
This Project Grant award, issued 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, will fund the Greater Portsmouth Youth Wellness Coalition (GPYWC) to address high rates of underage alcohol use in the Greater Portsmouth, New Hampshire region. Over the 4-year project period, the $120,000 award will support the GPYWC in conducting comprehensive...
This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) will support Bay State Community Services, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Quincy, Massachusetts, in establishing and strengthening community-based coalitions to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The funding will enable Bay State Community Services to implement evidence-based prevention strategies, facilitate youth...
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 Town of Ware, Massachusetts. The grant, titled "Alcohol Attitude Adjustments in the Quaboag Hills - Our STOP ACT Program," will be used to implement a substance abuse prevention initiative focused on reducing...
The 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 High Point Treatment Center, Inc. in New Bedford, MA. The funding will support the implementation of a Photovoice project to prevent and reduce alcohol use among high school students (ages 14-19) in the communities of East Bridgewater, Whitman, and Rockland,...
The 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 Asian Health Coalition (AHC) in Chicago, Illinois. The 4-year "Together to Stop Underage Drinking" project aims to address increasing trends of alcohol use and misuse among youth aged 12-20 in select neighborhoods on Chicago's Southwest side. Key objectives...
The federal Project Grant award of $750,000 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 High Point Treatment Center, Inc.'s "Partnering with Youth for Success in Regional Prevention" project. The project aims to (1) reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems, and (2) increase the...
The Town of Bedford received a $125,000 Project Grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.276 Drug-Free Communities Support Program) to establish and strengthen a community coalition focused on preventing and reducing substance use among youth in the Bedford, Lewisboro, and Pound Ridge communities. The key objectives of the project are to shift parent, school, and community attitudes towards underage alcohol and marijuana use, and build the capacity of youth to...