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Medfield Cares About Prevention Awarded $625,000 Grant
Medfield Cares About Prevention awarded a FY 2019 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant in the amount of $625,000...
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Medfield Cares About Prevention Awarded $625,000 Grant
The Medfield Cares About Prevention (MCAP) substance abuse prevention coalition, a Medfield
Foundation Initiative, announced that it was awarded a FY 2019 Drug-Free Communities
Support Program grant in the amount of $625,000 over five years by the White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy, in cooperation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration.
This grant will allow the coalition to hire a full-time prevention coordinator who will carry out evidence-based strategies aimed at preventing youth substance use in the Medfield community. Superintendent of the Medfield Public Schools and MCAP coalition member, Dr. Jeff Marsden, responded to the news of the grant award: "I'm so happy for our kids and community that we will have someone dedicated to substance use prevention.
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The collective efforts of MCAP really came through for our community and our district looks forward to this important work." Medfield is honored to receive this grant and is prepared to launch a proactive and comprehensive effort to decrease substance use.The goals of the Medfield Cares About Prevention coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to decrease youth substance use. The coalition will seek to achieve its goals by implementing the following strategies: providing information and support, enhancing skills, providing incentives and disincentives for youth substance use, changing the physical environment, and modifying policies. The coalition will specifically target alcohol and electronic vapor products and will promote positive alternatives to substance use through community collaboration.
This successful grant application was made possible by the tireless efforts of coalition members, as well as by a coalition consultant, Amanda Decker of Bright Solutions Consulting. MCAP was
able to contract with Bright Solutions Consulting thanks to a generous grant from the Medfield
Foundation Legacy Fund, an endowed fund of the Foundation for MetroWest. Securing this mini
grant of $5,000 positioned MCAP to secure grant writing consultation
