The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced the award and anticipated future funding of 81 new grants, totaling up to $15.1 million over four years, to prevent underage drinking through the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP ACT) grant program.
The STOP ACT grant program is designed to provide funding for community-based coalitions throughout the country to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth ages 12-20. The program strives to strengthen collaboration among communities, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments, in efforts to instill an active commitment to prevent underage drinking.
“Underage drinking is a major public health problem which endangers the health and lives of our nation’s young people and others,” said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde in a prepared statement. “The STOP program is based on the simple truth that to effectively address this problem we need to educate and persuade kids not to risk their health and futures through underage drinking.”
Each grantee may receive up to $50,000 annually over four years. The actual amounts may vary, depending on availability of funds and progress achieved by the awardees.
New England municipal grantees (each receiving a grant of $48,258) include:
The Town of Putnam, CT; the Cities of Melrose and Northampton and the Town of Reading, MA; the City of Dover, NH; and Plymouth Public Schools, Plymouth, MA.
Other New England grantees (each receiving a grant of $48,258) include:
Youth and Family Services of Haddam-Killingsworth, Higganum (Haddam), CT; Southeastern Regional Action Council, Uncasville (Montville), CT; Healthy Communities of the Capital Area, Gardiner, ME; Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA; L.U.K. Crisis Center, Inc., Fitchburg, MA; Girls Incorporated of Holyoke, Holyoke, MA Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA; and Berkshire United Way, Pittsfield, MA.
Background information:
SAMHSA: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Wikipedia: Putnam, Connecticut
Wikipedia: Melrose, Massachusetts
Wikipedia: Northampton, Massachusetts
Wikipedia: Reading, Massachusetts
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