WASHINGTON – The Office of National Drug Control Policy announced funding to assist non-profit organizations in the region to combat drug use among young people.
Each will receive $125,000.
The Warwick Valley Prevention Coalition will distribute its funding to Warwick Community Bandwagon, Inc., to conduct the day-to-day prevention operations by providing information to the community, enhancing skills and providing support, reducing access to drugs and changing consequences and policies around drug use, engaging youth in efforts to prevent substance use crises before they occur, and participating in prescription take-back days and disposal boxes.
Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster will use its funding to continue Operation P.J. Pride to address issues of substance abuse in the City of Port Jervis via day-to-day drug use prevention efforts.
The Council on Addiction Prevention and Education of Dutchess County (CAPE) will use its funding for the Southern Dutchess Community Coalition, which has been able to develop and expand in ways that have allowed programs and resources to reach the community’s youth, families and greater Dutchess County constituency.
Somers Partners in Prevention Coalition will use its funding through the Somers Central School District to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance misuse.
Other program grantees include:
Mount Kisco Partners in Prevention Coalition
OCADA, Inc.
Blind Brook Community Coalition
North Rockland Coalition – Drug Awareness prevention
Village of Croton-on-Hudson Community Coalition
Wellcore, Inc., South Orangetown Community Awareness of Substance Abuse
Village of Irvington Community Advisory Board
City of Peekskill Agencies Together
Village of Dobbs Ferry Youth Services Council
Village of Pleasantville Safe Teens, Real Opportunities, New Goals
Town of Orangetown, Suffern United Coalition Against Substance Abuse
Town of New Castle, Coalition for Youth in Chappaqua
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Rockland County PEER Coalition
