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GOVERNOR AWARDS PREVENTION GRANTS TO 18 PROJECTS
Contact: Sara Payne Scarbro, 304-558-3830 or Laura Sarver,
304-766-6301 ext. 36
Charleston,
W.Va. - Governor Joe Manchin
today awarded $1,800,771.00 in prevention grants - Strategic Prevention
Framework State Incentive Grants (SPF SIG) - for 18 projects statewide.
"These funds will provide essential support to our
communities, Gov. Joe Manchin said. "Through these grants, the local, regional
and state levels will better coordinate and improve their alcohol, tobacco and
other drug prevention programs. As a result, children and their communities
will be healthier and more vibrant."
SPF SIG program funds are awarded from the U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The
Programmatic Administrative Agent for these funds is the West Virginia Prevention
Resource Center.
The Fiscal Administrative Agent for these funds is the West Virginia Division
of Criminal Justice Services.
Projects awarded funding include:
Barbour
County Family Resource
Network $111,137
Contact: Linda Watson, (304) 457-2691
United Way of the River Cities,
Inc. $78,846
Contact: Anne McGee, (304) 523-8929, extension 17
Calhoun County Board of
Education $48,080
Contact: Shari Johnson, (304) 354-6698
Task Force on Domestic Violence, "Hope,
Inc." $65,190
Contact: Terry Hutson, (304) 873-1245
Fayette County Commission $74,586
Contact: Amber Marstiller, (304) 574-3868
Kanawha Institute for Social Research &
Action $186,370
Contact: Eric Tissenbaum, (304) 437-3356
Step By Step,
Inc.$95,522
Contact: Michael Tierney, (304) 414-4452
Logan
County Board of
Education $120,292
Contact: Stephanie Birchfield, (304) 664-2633
Marshall County Family Resource
Network $119,292
Contact: Latrisha Whitelatch, (304) 845-3300
Community Connections,
Inc.
$89,331
Contact: Jennifer Orren, (304)
324-0456
STOP
$147,574
Contact: Amy Turner, (304) 664-3986
Morgan
County
Commission
$154,626
Contact: Jacqueline Fischer, (304) 258-5540
Youth Services
Systems
$122,451
Contact: Kristen Kroflich, (304) 233-2045, extension 319
Snowshoe
Foundation
$84,398
Contact: Virginia Ramos, (304) 799-3900
Women's Resource
Center
$69,980
Contact: Carrilyn Carey, (304) 253-9361
Randolph
County Family Resource
Network $135,448
Contact: Rebecca Vance, (304) 636-4454
Wood County
Commission
$82,648
Contact: Larry Johnson, (304) 424-1711
Marshall University Research
Corporation
$15,000
Contact: Wayne Coombs, (304) 766-6301, extension 24
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