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SUFFOLK COALITION
TO PREVENT ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCIES, INC.
held a
Celebration of Suffolk Coalitions That Are Building Healthier Communities
May 21, 2010
Honoring
The Honorable Madeleine A. Fitzgibbon
Supervising Judge of the District Court and Presiding Judge of the Suffolk County Drug Treatment Court and Mental Health Court
Guest Speaker
Carlton Hall
Senior Manager of Training and Technical Assistance
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
National Coalition Institute
Communities that join together in a coalition partnership can fight the risks connected to underage alcohol and drug usage and all its related social issues by strengthening its protective factors to achieve positive social change
THE GRANTEES OF THE DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC), SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)
Amityville COMPASS Coalition (5th Anniversary)
Bay Shore/Brightwaters COMPASS Coalition (10th Anniversary)
Commack Coalition of Caring (2nd Anniversary)
North Fork Alliance (5th Anniversary)
Southampton COMPASS Coalition (9th Anniversary)
South Country Efficiency Coalition (1st Year/Mentee Coalition)
West Islip COMPASS Coalition (7th Anniversary)
Wyandanch COMPASS Coalition (2nd Anniversary)
LONG ISLAND SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
RECEIVE DRUG FREE COMMUNITY (DFC)
COALITION GRANTS
(Hauppauge, NY) - Suffolk Coalition to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Dependencies, Inc., is pleased to announce that it has received one of ten DFC Mentoring Grants issued in the United States to mentor the South Country community. It has also received a Continuation Grant for its work in the Bay Shore/Brightwaters community to complete its tenth year grant cycle. Jeffrey Levy, Board President, stated, “We are also proud to be involved with the following five communities who received Continuation Grants: Amityville, Manhasset, Southampton, West Islip, and Wyandanch. Suffolk Coalition was also involved with the Commack Coalition of Caring, representing the school and community of Commack, which was the only Long Island recipient of a new DFC Grant.”
Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), announced on August 27, 2009, $21 million in new Drug Free Communities grants to 161 communities across the country and ten new DFC Mentoring Grants. The awards announced were in addition to the $60 million in Continuation Grants released earlier this month to 565 Drug Free Communities coalitions and ten DFC Mentor Continuation coalitions. These grants provide community coalitions needed support as they work to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse.
“The Drug Free Communities program embodies the Obama Administration’s dedication to preventing drug abuse in youth before it starts,” said Director Kerlikowske. “Evidence shows that communities receiving DFC funding have lower instances of youth using tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. I commend the community leaders, parents, youth, teachers, health care professionals, and law enforcement officials who work tirelessly to prevent and reduce youth drug use across the Nation through DFC-funded coalitions.”
“The Drug Free Communities Support Program bolsters individuals and groups across the Nation that are improving their communities by preventing drug abuse,” said Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration Acting Administrator, Eric Broderick. “SAMHSA is honored to play a role in this innovative program, which has done so much to promote well-being, hope and feelings of empowerment among so many young people.”
The Drug Free Communities program is directed by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The DFC program provides grants of up to $625,000 over five years to community organizations that facilitate citizen participation in local drug prevention efforts. Coalitions are comprised of community leaders, parents, youth, teachers, religious and fraternal organizations, health care and business professionals, law enforcement, and the media.
The 161 new grantees were selected from 417 applicants through a competitive peer review process. To qualify for matching grants, all awardees must have at least a six-month history of working together on substance abuse reduction initiatives, have representation from 12 specific sectors of the community, develop a long-term plan to reduce substance abuse, and participate in a national evaluation of the DFC program.
The DFC program was created by the Drug Free Communities Act of 1997, and was re-authorized by Congress in 2001 and 2006. Since 1998, ONDCP has awarded approximately 1,500 Drug-Free Communities grants to local communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Palau, American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands.
More information about the Drug Free Communities Program is available at: www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/dfc. If your school/community is interested in fighting alcohol and drug usage, please call Barbara Keller, Executive Director, Suffolk Coalition to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Dependencies, Inc., at (631) 366-1717 or by e-mail at bkeller@preventionLI.org.
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