FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? OJP

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001???????????????????? ????????????? 202/307-0703

 

 

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NEARLY $15 MILLION TO BOLSTER LOCAL ANTI‑DRUG EFFORTS

 

??? WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Justice Department today announced that local efforts to prevent substance abuse by young people will be enhanced through nearly $15 million in federal grants.? The new grants will go to 157 sites across the country through the Drug-Free Communities Support Program.?? The program, now in its fourth year of funding, is overseen by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in partnership with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention(OJJDP), the Justice Department agency that administers the grants.? OJJDP is a component of the Department?s Office of Justice Programs (OJP).

With the addition of the sites announced today, the Drug-Free Communities Support Program will fund more than 450 community coalitions of youth, parents, media, law enforcement, school officials, religious organizations and other community representatives in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.? The program allows local coalitions to strengthen their efforts to prevent and reduce young people?s illegal use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco by encouraging citizen participation and by disseminating information about effective programs.

?The battle against substance abuse will be won by communities dedicated to addressing the many different reasons people use drugs,? said OJP?s Assistant Attorney General Deborah J. Daniels.? ?Through the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, a substantial number of communities are now mobilized to work creatively to reduce the demand for drugs.?

ONDCP and OJJDP selected the new sites through a competitive review of nearly 400 applications. The new program sites represent a cross‑section of projects from every region in the nation, including rural, urban and suburban communities. Awards range from $30,810 up to $100,000 for use over the next year, and grantees may apply for continuation awards. Current Drug-Free Communities Support Program grantees tailor their activities to meet the unique needs of their communities.? ?The Drug-Free Communities Program enables local communities to develop local solutions to local problems, and lets residents participate in helping their neighbors and taking pride in their successes,? added Daniels.?

Attached is a list of the new Drug-Free Communities Support Program grants.? More information about the program is available from the following sources:

?                ONDCP Web site at www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov.

ONDCP: Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse, Box 6000, Rockville, Maryland 20849‑6000. The toll‑free number is 1‑800/666‑3332.

?                OJJDP Web site at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org.

OJJDP: Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, Box 6000, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

The toll‑free number is 1‑800/638‑8736.

?                 Individual project summaries will be available for each grant award on OJJDP?s Web site at: www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/dfcs/grantee/01grantees.html.

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After hours, contact: Mary Louise Embrey, 202-353-5229 (cell)

 

2001 DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM

 

State

Grantee City

Grantee

Amount

Contact

Phone

 

AK

 

Douglas

 

Alaska Council of School Administrators

 

$100,000

 

J. Kelly Tonsmeire????????

 

907-364-3801

 

AK

 

Fairbanks

 

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

 

$ 88,274

 

Doug Crevensten

 

907-452-2000

 

AK

 

Valdez

 

Valdez Regional Health Authority, Inc.

 

$ 94,499

 

Peggy Flascher

 

907-835-2838

 

AL

 

Montgomery

 

Council on Substance Abuse - NCADD

 

$ 99,932

 

Alice Murphy

 

334-265-6427

 

AL

 

Fort Payne

 

Partnership for a Drug-Free DeKalb County, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Ben Baxley

 

245-845-8550

 

AL

 

Selma

 

Selma Housing Authority

 

$ 97,197

 

Frank Hardy

 

334-872-6386

 

AR

 

Rogers?

 

Rogers Development Foundation

 

$ 99,848

 

Dana Mather

 

501-636-1240

 

AZ

 

Flagstaff

 

Citizens Against Substance Abuse on behalf of Flagstaff Governor?s Alliance

 

$ 99,962

 

Connie Leto

 

520-779-5361

 

AZ

 

Tucson

 

Luz Academy of Tucson

 

$100,000

 

Ricardo Jasso

 

520-882-6216

 

AZ

 

Tucson

 

Parents Anonymous of Arizona

 

$100,000

 

Susan Jernigan

 

602-248-0428

 

AZ

 

Scottsdale

 

Scottsdale Prevention Institute

 

$100,000

 

Stephania O?Neill

 

480-443-3100

 

AZ

 

Phoenix

 

The Wheel Council

 

$100,000

 

Stacia Mackey

 

602-253-4570

 

AZ

 

Williams

 

Williams Unified School District on behalf of Williams Governor?s Alliance

 

$ 99,634

 

Elizabeth Packard

 

520-527-6151

 

CA

 

Big Bear City

 

Californians for Drug-Free Youth

 

$100,000

 

Kaare Kjos

 

619-285-1725

 

CA

 

Sacramento

 

County of Sacramento

 

$ 99,934

 

Marilyn McGinnis

 

916-875-2979

 

CA

 

Santa Ana

 

Drug Use Is Life Abuse

 

$100,000

 

Marilyn MacDougall

 

714-647-4593

 

CA

 

Los Angeles

 

Dunbar Economic Development Corporation

 

$ 64,599

 

Reginald Chapple

 

323-234-7882

 

CA

 

El Centro

 

Imperial County Office of Education

 

$100,000

 

Janet Thornburg

 

760-312-6159

 

CA

 

Ukiah

 

Mendocino County Department of Public Health

 

$100,000

 

Armand Brint

 

707-463-5679

 

CA

 

Big Bear Lake

 

Operation Breakthrough, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Kim Zyss

 

909-878-3302

 

CA

 

Oxnard???????

 

Oxnard Police Department

 

$ 99,900

 

Tom Cady

 

805-385-7622

 

CA

 

Sacramento

 

Project Help Sacramento Mobilizing Against Substance Abuse

 

$ 99,984

 

Guy Klopp

 

916-875-2049

 

CA

 

Tres Pinos

 

San Benito Prevention Coalition

 

$100,000

 

Joyce Maestri

 

831-636-4382

 

CA

 

Danville

 

San Ramon Valley Unified School District

 

$100,000

 

Kim Gallagher

 

925-838-0663

 

CA

 

San Diego

 

SAY San Diego, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Dennis Berry

 

619-283-9624

 

CO

 

Westminster

 

Westminster Area Community Awareness Action Team

 

$100,000

 

Phil Aschenbrenner

 

303-427-5549

 

CT

 

Norwalk

 

Human Services Council

 

$100,000

 

Marsha Darmory

 

203-852-0850

 

CT

 

Groton

 

Ledge Light Health District

 

$ 99,767

 

Francis Crowley

 

860-448-4882

 

CT

 

Wallingford

 

Meriden/Wallingford Substance Abuse Council

 

$ 83,167

 

Marlene McGann

 

203-294-3591

 

CT

 

Clinton

 

The Town of Clinton

 

$ 91,948

 

Barbara Small

 

860-669-1103

 

CT

 

Glastonbury

 

Town of Glastonbury

 

$100,000

 

Geralyn Laut

 

860-659-8431

 

CT

 

Old Saybrook

 

Town of Old Saybrook

 

$ 99,977

 

Larry Freundlich

 

860-395-3190

 

DC

 

Washington, D.C.

 

Time Dollar Institute for the DC Coalition Against Drugs and Violence

 

$100,000

 

Edgar Cahn

 

202-686-5200

 

DE

 

Newark

 

University of Delaware

 

$100,000

 

Roberta Gealt

 

302-831-3204

 

FL

 

Perry

 

Boys and Girls Club of Perry

 

$ 99,448

 

Kevin Kidd

 

850-584-8448

 

FL

 

Pensacola

 

Community Drug and Alcohol Council

 

$100,000

 

Gail Honea

 

850-434-2724

 

FL

 

Sarasota

 

Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Sarasota County, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Roland Liebert

 

941-954-1573

 

GA

 

Toccoa

 

Action Community Team, Inc.

 

$ 54,591

 

Sheila Canupp

 

706-886-9455

 

GA

 

Augusta

 

Augusta-Richmond County Community Partnership

 

$100,000

 

Robetta McKenzie

 

706-721-1040

 

GA

 

Statesboro

 

Bulloch County Board of Education

 

$ 99,229

 

Dianne Bath

 

912-764-1601

 

HI

 

Honolulu

 

Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii

 

$100,000

 

Alan Shinn

 

808-545-3228

 

IA

 

Indianola

 

City of Indianola

 

$100,000

 

Chris Boone

 

515-961-7825

 

IA

 

Clinton

 

Clinton Substance Abuse Council

 

$ 99,988

 

Derek Clark

 

563-242-2759

 

IA

 

Burlington

 

Grade A Plus

 

$100,000

 

Shannon Stanek

 

319-752-6027

 

IA

 

Ames

 

Story County Prevention Policy Board

 

$100,000

 

George Belitsos

 

515-233-3141

 

ID

 

Idaho Falls

 

Bonneville County

 

$ 99,820

 

Meri Bybee

 

208-528-5600

 

IL

 

Naperville

 

Breaking Free, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Michael Moran

 

630-355-2585

 

IL

 

Bloomington

 

Chestnut Health Systems, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Alan Markwood

 

309-827-6026

 

IL

 

Granite City

 

Coordinated Youth and Human Services

 

$ 80,000

 

Cynthia Gavilsky

 

618-876-2383

 

IL

 

Marion

 

Franklin-Williamson Human Services, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

John Shadowens

 

618-997-5336

 

IL

 

Mt. Vernon

 

Jefferson County Board

 

$100,000

 

Suzy Tate

 

618-244-8000

 

IL

 

Lockport

 

Lockport Township High School District 205

 

$ 49,705

 

Jenn Cain

 

815-588-8370

 

IL

 

Freeport

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Services of Illinois

 

$100,000

 

Charles Collins

 

815-233-9915

 

IL

 

Crystal Lake

 

McHenry County Mental Health Board

 

$ 62,500

 

Sally Fyfe Stachniak

 

815-455-2828

 

IL

 

Rockford

 

Project Success/Winnebago County

 

$100,000

 

Beverly Darsie

 

815-962-5092

 

IN

 

Indianapolis

 

Drug-Free Marion County

 

$100,000

 

Randy Miller

 

317-806-3866

 

IN

 

Corydon

 

Furthering Youth, Inc. and Harrison County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

 

$ 61,730

 

Melissa Jackson

 

812-738-1696

 

IN

 

Merrillville

 

Geminus Corporation

 

$ 99,125

 

Heather McCarthy

 

219-757-1830

 

IN

 

South Bend

 

Healthy Communities Initiative - DFCC

 

$ 99,636

 

Marilyn Eber

 

219-234-0051

 

IN

 

Evansville

 

Substance Abuse Council of Vanderburgh County

 

$100,000

 

Linda Schindler

 

812-422-0626

 

KS

 

Salina

 

Central Kansas Foundation

 

$100,000

 

Leslie Sperling

 

785-825-6224

 

KS

 

Holton

 

Jackson County Communities That Care Coalition

 

$ 57,250

 

Sarah Fischer

 

785-742-3649

 

KS

 

Council Grove

 

Morris County

 

$ 47,917

 

Ann Sparke

 

316-767-5136

 

KY

 

Henderson

 

Hendersonians Offering a Promising Environment, Inc.

 

$ 93,000

 

Mitchell Deep

 

270-831-5086

 

KY

 

Lexington???

 

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

 

$100,000

 

Irene Gooding

 

859-258-3079

 

KY

 

Ashland

 

Pathways, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Veronica Nunley

 

606-324-2906

 

LA

 

Donaldsonville

 

Ascension Parish Government

 

$100,000

 

Celeste Kocke

 

225-621-1112

 

LA

 

Baton Rouge

 

City of Baton Rouge/Parish of E. Baton Rouge

 

$100,000

 

Robert Gaston

 

225-389-7871

 

MA

 

Lexington

 

Lexington Public Schools

 

$100,000

 

Elaine Sterzin

 

781-861-2348

 

MA

 

North Adams

 

Northern Berkshire Community Coalition

 

$100,000

 

Al Bashevkin

 

413-663-7588

 

MA

 

Amherst

 

Town of Amherst

 

$100,000

 

Epi Bodhi

 

413-256-4077

 

MD

 

Baltimore

 

First Step, Inc.

 

$ 72,620

 

James Perrone

 

410-628-6120

 

MD

 

Chestertown

 

Local Management Board for Kent County

 

$ 99,345

 

Anne Livie

 

410-810-2673

 

ME

 

Farmington

 

Healthy Community Coalition

 

$ 99,704

 

Leah Binder

 

207-778-8166

 

MI

 

Inkster

 

King Academy

 

$100,000

 

Elmira Mosley

 

734-728-0128

 

MN

 

Chisholm

 

Chisholm KIDS PLUS

 

$ 53,961

 

Christine Neary

 

218-996-1895

 

MO

 

Jefferson City

 

Act Missouri (MO Association of Community Task Forces)

 

$100,000

 

Peggy Quigg

 

573-635-6669

 

MO

 

St. Louis

 

City of St. Louis

 

$100,000

 

Francis Slay

 

314-622-4628

 

MO

 

St. Charles

 

Community Council of St. Charles County

 

$ 99,906

 

Julie Eckstein

 

636-947-5085

 

MO

 

Jefferson City

 

Council for Drug-Free Youth

 

$100,000

 

Carol Reichard

 

573-636-2411

 

MO

 

Ava

 

Douglas County Health Department (FACT)

 

$ 99,874

 

Chris Bender

 

417-683-4174

 

MO

 

Troy

 

Healthy Communities of Lincoln County

 

$100,000

 

Nori Rasmussen

 

636-528-8551?

 

MO

 

Maryville

 

Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments

 

$ 32,656

 

Elizabeth Argo

 

660-582-5121

 

MO

 

Conception Junction

 

Tri-C Community 2000 Coalition

 

$ 32,595

 

Susan Swinford

 

660-944-2414

 

MS

 

Yazoo City

 

Gateway MAP Team

 

$ 99,793

 

Leigh Cook

 

601-638-0031

 

MS

 

Gautier

 

Jackson County Children?s Services Coalition

 

$ 99,669

 

Kathy Best

 

228-341-0327

 

MS

 

Forest

 

Partnership for a Healthy Scott County, Inc.??

 

$100,000

 

Lueviner Young-Dozier

 

601-469-5346

 

MS

 

Jackson

 

West Jackson Community Development Corporation

 

$100,000

 

Melvin Miler

 

601-352-6993

 

MT

 

Glasgow

 

City of Glasgow

 

$ 58,540

 

Betty Jagiello

 

406-228-2489

 

MT

 

Kalispell

 

Flathead Valley Chemical Dependency Clinic?????????????? ??????????

 

$ 80,554

 

Mike Cummins

 

406-756-6453

 

NC

 

Fayetteville

 

Cumberland County Communicare, Inc.

 

$ 81,768

 

Robin Jenkins

 

910-829-9017

 

NC

 

West End

 

Sandhills Center for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Drunk Driving

 

$ 45,066

 

Tracy Shaw

 

910-576-2363

 

ND

 

Dickinson

 

Community Action & Development Program

 

$ 98,261

 

Karen Hilfer

 

701-227-0131

 

NE

 

Nebraska City

 

People United for Families

 

$ 83,865

 

Jacki Schmitz

 

402-873-6343

 

NH

 

Manchester

 

Child and Family Services of New Hampshire

 

$100,000

 

Jennifer Pilkington

 

603-668-1920

 

NH

 

Dover

 

City of Dover

 

$ 60,189

 

William Simons

 

603-742-4646

 

NH

 

North Conway

 

Conway School District

 

$ 53,591

 

Suzanne Birdsall

 

603-447-2408

 

NH

 

Concord

 

United Way of Merrimack County

 

$100,000

 

Catherine Nowacki

 

603-224-3027

 

NJ

 

Collingswood

 

Genesis Counseling Center

 

$ 87,880

 

Karen Hoisington

 

856-858-9314

 

NJ

 

Woodbury

 

Services to Overcome Drug Abuse Among Teenagers, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Susanne Kowalski

 

856-845-6363

 

NJ

 

East Orange

 

Urban Youth Development Corporation

 

$100,000

 

Juanita Dennis

 

973-643-5727

 

NM

 

Las Cruces

 

City of Las Cruces

 

$100,000

 

Patsy Manzanares

 

505-541-4026

 

NM

 

Santa Fe

 

Pojoaque Valley School District

 

$100,000

 

Cynthia Luna

 

505-455-2282

 

NM

 

Las Cruces

 

Southern New Mexico Human Development, Inc. Prevention

 

$100,000

 

Vincent Ortega

 

505-882-5101

 

NV

 

Fallon

 

Churchill County School District

 

$100,000

 

Marilynn Morrical

 

775-827-4189

 

NV

 

Winnemucca

 

Frontier Community Coalition

 

$100,000

 

Marilynn Morrical

 

775-827-4189

 

NY

 

Amsterdam

 

Catholic Charities of Montgomery County

 

$100,000

 

Albert Turo

 

518-842-4202

 

NY

 

Kingston

 

Family of Woodstock, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Elaine Fernandez

 

845-331-7080

 

NY

 

New York

 

Fund for the City of New York???????

 

$ 99,959

 

Rodney Sprauve

 

212-360-4117

 

NY

 

New York

 

Inwood Community Services, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Angelo Ortiz

 

212-942-0043

 

NY

 

Pittsford

 

Pittsford Central School District

 

$ 55,299

 

Erin McRae

 

716-218-1672

 

NY

 

Southampton

 

Southampton Union Free School District

 

$100,000

 

Josephine DeVincenzi

 

631-591-4504

 

NY

 

Yorkshire

 

Yorkshire Pioneer Central School

 

$ 78,449

 

Kay Kilburn

 

716-492-9485

 

OH

 

Shaker Heights

 

Bellefaire JCB

 

$ 99,197

 

Adam Jacobs

 

216-932-2800

 

OH

 

Akron

 

Community Drug Board (DBA Community Health Center)

 

$ 99,946

 

Alicia Tabet

 

330-315-3714

 

OH

 

Chardon

 

Lake-Geauga Center on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Mike Link

 

440-942-6722

 

OH

 

Shaker Heights

 

Shaker Heights Health Department

 

$100,000

 

Scott Frank

 

216-491-1480

 

OK

 

Woodward

 

City of Woodward

 

$ 99,628

 

Judy Schneider

 

580-256-6063

 

OK

 

Enid

 

Community Development Support

 

$100,000

 

Renee Hoover

 

580-242-6131

 

OR

 

Baker City

 

Baker County Prevention Coalition

 

$100,000

 

Ruth Whitnah

 

541-523-8231

 

OR

 

Cascade Locks

 

City of Cascade Locks

 

$ 99,981

 

Lynae Hansen

 

541-374-8484

 

OR

 

Bend

 

Deschutes Commission on Children and Families

 

$100,000

 

Julie Lyche

 

541-322-7461

 

OR

 

The Dalles

 

Wasco County Commission on Children and Families

 

$100,000

 

Dawn Sallee-Justesen

 

541-296-5888

 

PA

 

Hollidaysburg

 

County of Blair

 

$100,000

 

Judy Rosser

 

814-693-3023

 

PA

 

Lewistown

 

Mifflin County Heroin Task Group

 

$ 99,017

 

Jeffrey Davis

 

717-248-3953

 

PA

 

Somerset

 

Somerset County

 

$ 99,094

 

Pamela Tokar-Ickes

 

814-445-1404?

 

PA

 

Bensalem

 

Township of Bensalem

 

$100,000

 

Rosemary Adiletto

 

215-244-7607

 

PA

 

York

 

York County, Trend, Inc.

 

$ 47,526

 

Denise Drais

 

717-764-6225

 

RI

 

Providence

 

Nickerson Community Center

 

$ 87,287

 

L. Joseph Testa

 

401-351-2241

 

SC

 

Clemson

 

Clemson University

 

$ 99,425

 

Chris Thurston

 

864-656-5032

 

SC

 

Lancaster

 

The Children?s Council

 

$ 97,787

 

Heather Mueller

 

803-283-4995

 

SD

 

Sisseton

 

The Source: A Boys & Girls Club

 

$100,000

 

Curtis Dunn

 

605-698-3466

 

TN

 

Knoxville

 

The Metropolitan Drug Commission

 

$100,000

 

Catherine Brunson

 

865-588-5550

 

TX

 

Lufkin

 

Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council of Deep East Texas

 

$ 98,912

 

Phyllis Grandgeorge

 

936-634-5753

 

TX

 

Houston

 

Central City Comprehensive Center

 

$ 99,997

 

Catheryn Longino

 

713-748-5240

 

TX

 

El Paso

 

R.E. Thomason General Hospital

 

$100,000

 

Nickalos Rocha

 

915-521-7984?

 

TX

 

Tyler

 

Sister Communities Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse

 

$100,000

 

Charlene Shreder

 

903-581-4705

 

TX

 

Buffalo

 

The Lord?s Pantry

 

$ 30,810

 

Gene Morgan

 

903-322-5956

 

UT

 

Delta

 

Millard School District

 

$ 99,908

 

Pam Morrison Lyman

 

435-864-2000

 

VA

 

Fredericksburg

 

Chaplin Youth Center

 

$ 94,452

 

Kristin VanTine

 

540-371-0590

 

VA

 

Midlothian

 

Children At Risk Today

 

$100,000

 

Nena Teller

 

804-360-7594

 

VA

 

Fairfax

 

Fairfax County Public Schools

 

$ 99,962

 

Diane Eckert

 

703-876-5243

 

VT

 

Cabot

 

Cabot Coalition

 

$ 63,593

 

Lori Augustyniak

 

802-563-3338

 

VT

 

Essex Junction

 

Chittenden Central Supervisory Union

 

$ 99,083

 

Valerie Smith

 

802-878-6982

 

VT

 

Londonderry

 

Flood Brook Community Collaborative

 

$100,000

 

Debra Roberts

 

802-773-9413

 

VT

 

Windsor

 

Health Unlimited, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Jeanice Garfield

 

802-886-2138

 

WA

 

Othello

 

Adams County Community Public Health and Safety Network

 

$100,000

 

Barbara Anderson

 

509-488-7180

 

WA

 

Kelso

 

Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments

 

$ 99,634

 

Ramona Leber

 

360-577-3041

 

WA

 

Ellensburg

 

Kittitas County

 

$ 89,449

 

Andrea Dugan

 

509-925-9821

 

WA

 

Oak Harbor

 

Oak Harbor School District

 

$100,000

 

Jen Glyzinski

 

360-279-5308

 

WA

 

Gig Harbor

 

The Crossroads Foundation

 

$100,000

 

Daniel Bissonnette

 

253-853-7954

 

WI

 

Sparta??

 

Boys & Girls Club of Sparta, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Jeffery Rowe

 

608-269-2582

 

WI

 

Portage

 

Cooperative Educational Services Agency #5

 

$100,000

 

Genevieve Kirchman

 

800-862-3725

 

WI

 

Fond du Lac

 

Fond du Lac School District

 

$99,585

 

Marian Sheridan

 

920-906-6506

 

WI

 

Milwaukee

 

Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee

 

$100,000

 

Susan July

 

414-286-2177

 

WV

 

Bluefield

 

Community Connections, Inc.

 

$100,000

 

Shannon Atwell

 

304-324-0456

 

WY

 

Gillette

 

Juvenile Justice Partnership

 

$ 99,134

 

Nick Deegan

 

307-682-4310

 

* Award amounts may change slightly after final financial review.

 

Prepared by the Office of Justice Programs/Office of Congressional and Public Affairs