CHARLESTON, W.VA.— Funding to County Prevention Partnerships across West Virginia continues for local substance abuse prevention efforts. Governor Joe Manchin recently announced the federally-funded prevention grant awards, which total more than $1.8 million dollars, to the following 17 counties: Barbour, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mercer, Mingo, Morgan, Ohio, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, and Wood.
Locally the recipient is Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition with Youth Services Systems, Inc. as the fiscal agent providing administrative support. The grant amount of $120,850 covers funding from Oct.01, 2008-Sept. 29, 2009. The coalition efforts include grassroots prevention initiatives such as media campaigns to raise community awareness of substance abuse related issues, parenting programs, retailer education and stings to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors, school-based curriculum such as the Too Good For Drugs Program, and community-based programs such as a Youth Forum or Town Hall Meeting.
“County Prevention Partnerships are the front line of West Virginia’s Substance Abuse Prevention System,” said Mike Lacy, Chair of The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being (WV Partnership). “They are vital to tackling our state’s substance abuse problem, which costs more than $470 million a year.” The WV Partnership is the state’s Governor-appointed substance abuse prevention and intervention planning body. It advised the Governor regarding these grants.
The source of the grants is a federal Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) awarded to West Virginia in 2004. The five-year, more than 11 million dollar federal grant is intended to build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the state and local levels; prevent the onset and reduce the progress of substance abuse including childhood and underage drinking; and reduce substance abuse and substance abuse-related problems in communities.
The SPF SIG is administered by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. West Virginia’s Office of the Governor is the official recipient of the SPF SIG. The Governor has chosen the West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services to fiscally administer the SPF SIG sub-grants to counties. The Governor has also contracted with the West Virginia Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) to coordinate the implementation of the SPF SIG in the form of planning, grant administration, training, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation.
Additional information about WV’s SPF SIG, WV’s Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being, Regional Learning Opportunities, and the WVPRC is available at www.PrevNET.org or by contacting grant director Kristen Kroflich at kkroflich@ysswv.com or prevention educator Martha Polinsky at mpolinsky@ysswv.com.
Locally the recipient is Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition with Youth Services Systems, Inc. as the fiscal agent providing administrative support. The grant amount of $120,850 covers funding from Oct.01, 2008-Sept. 29, 2009. The coalition efforts include grassroots prevention initiatives such as media campaigns to raise community awareness of substance abuse related issues, parenting programs, retailer education and stings to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors, school-based curriculum such as the Too Good For Drugs Program, and community-based programs such as a Youth Forum or Town Hall Meeting.
“County Prevention Partnerships are the front line of West Virginia’s Substance Abuse Prevention System,” said Mike Lacy, Chair of The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being (WV Partnership). “They are vital to tackling our state’s substance abuse problem, which costs more than $470 million a year.” The WV Partnership is the state’s Governor-appointed substance abuse prevention and intervention planning body. It advised the Governor regarding these grants.
The source of the grants is a federal Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) awarded to West Virginia in 2004. The five-year, more than 11 million dollar federal grant is intended to build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the state and local levels; prevent the onset and reduce the progress of substance abuse including childhood and underage drinking; and reduce substance abuse and substance abuse-related problems in communities.
The SPF SIG is administered by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. West Virginia’s Office of the Governor is the official recipient of the SPF SIG. The Governor has chosen the West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services to fiscally administer the SPF SIG sub-grants to counties. The Governor has also contracted with the West Virginia Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) to coordinate the implementation of the SPF SIG in the form of planning, grant administration, training, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation.
Additional information about WV’s SPF SIG, WV’s Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being, Regional Learning Opportunities, and the WVPRC is available at www.PrevNET.org or by contacting grant director Kristen Kroflich at kkroflich@ysswv.com or prevention educator Martha Polinsky at mpolinsky@ysswv.com.
