SEPTEMBER 26, 2005
OFFICE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CONTACT: KIM JOHNSON
207-287-6344
PRESS RELEASE
OSA AWARDS $1.1 MILLION IN PREVENTION GRANTS
AUGUSTA, ME – The Maine Health and Human Services’ Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) recently announced that it has awarded $1.1 million for a number of prevention grants for the delivery of essential substance abuse prevention services throughout Maine.
“Through One ME and other initiatives, we have learned a great deal about what is effective in preventing use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs,” said Kim Johnson, OSA Director, “This funding allows us to go to the next step in strengthening substance abuse prevention through the use of evidence-based programs, policies, and strategies that change the alcohol and drug saturated environment that surrounds our youth.”
Funding for these essential prevention services is through a federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Fund for a Healthy Maine. OSA’s expectation of grantees is that they will utilize programs that have proven to be effective for youth and other populations identified through local research to be in need.
Following is a list of lead agencies and their programs:
Statewide
AdCare Educational Institute
- Youth Empowerment and Policy Project
Medical Care Development
- Maine’s Environmental Substance Abuse Prevention Center
KIDS Consortium
– Youthlead
Southern Maine
University of Southern Maine
– Substance Abuse Prevention/Intervention
Raymond School Department
- Lake Region Mentoring Program
University of New England
- Coastal healthy Communities Coalition
City of Portland, Public Health Division
- One ME One Portland Coalition
Day One
- Empowering Youth/Guiding Good Choices
Central Maine
Community Concepts
- Project Success
Youth and Family Services
- Healthy Workplace
The Community School
- Passages Program
Waldo County Preschool and Family Services
- Building Communities for Children
Greater Waterville PATCH
- Greater Waterville Prevention Coalition
Penobscot Bay YMCA
- Knox County Coalition Against Tobacco
Northern Maine
Aroostook Mental Health Center
- Aroostook Teen Leadership Camp
River Coalition
- Family Matters
Bucksport Bay Healthy Community Coalition
- Community Assistance Program
Downeast Health Services
- Coastal Hancock Healthy Communities
MSAD #27
- Community Voices Coalition
Neighbors Against Drug Abuse
- Communities That Care
“Research has shown that effective prevention comes about through the use of multiple strategies in multiple settings including home, school, and community,” said Johnson. “With this diversity in programs spread statewide, we stand a much greater chance of having successful results in reducing substance abuse in Maine.”
For more information on substance abuse prevention efforts in Maine, call OSA’s Information and Resource Center toll free at (800) 499-0027 or visit our website at www.maineosa.org.
