Positive Directions Center For Prevention And Counseling Receives $20K Grant for Treatment Service

Positive Directions, The Center For Prevention And Counseling recently announced that they are the recipient of a $20,000 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation.

The grant will that will enable the center to sustain the mission of the agency to provide treatment services for financially in-need residents throughout Fairfield County.

“We are pleased to support Positive Directions’ ongoing ability to provide mental health services to at-risk children, adolescents and adults, who because of their financial constraints, or family conditions, do not have accessible treatment options,” said FCCF Program Director, Nancy M. von Euler.

Positive Directions has been providing counseling, prevention education services, and positive youth development programs in Fairfield County since 1971.

“Continued funding for this program is critical for several reasons,” says executive director Basil Hero. “Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, many of our new clients are presenting with more serious, intractable issues because they have not previously had access to mental health care coverage. In addition, multiple studies of the Sandy Hook shooting cite the need for mental health services which are integrated into the family setting, community and school. Through Positive Directions’ prevention initiatives, we have established community relationships that allow us to bring all these pieces together.”

“We are extremely grateful to FCCF for its ongoing support of our efforts to assist those people in the greatest need,” says Hero. “

About Positive Directions

Our programs emphasize collaboration and community engagement. We work quietly, but never alone. We partner with schools, town governments and other agencies. We regularly assess the specific needs of the communities that we serve and focus on critical issues revealed by our unique and extensive surveys. We are the primary source of alcohol/substance prevention, education and support programs in Mid-Fairfield County. If your child has attended high school in Westport, Weston, Wilton or Fairfield, you or your child have most likely attended one of our presentations or received information from us.