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This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 1998, $100,000)
PROJECT SUMMARY FOR 98-JN-FX-0050 (S-3)
The goal of this project is to reduce the use of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco products among youth, and secondarily among adults, in "Down East" Maine, population about 25,000 - which is made up of America's eastermost and some of its most poor and isolated towns. Project strategies for the next fiscal year include: extensive media outreach and community education; research-based prevention programs, including Life Skills Training, Second Step, and Project Adventure programs; youth participating in planning and implementation of project activities through task forces and Washington County Youth Council; effecting environmental change around ATOD, reducing access to ATOD among youth; and increasing access to cessation/treatment resources and services. FY 2001 project strategies include: media outreach and community education; Life Skills Training, Second Step, and Project Adventure programs; youth-led activities through Washington County Council, Youth LEAD, and SADD; and environmental policy change.