Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5/13/2025
Gardiner Area Substance Misuse Prevention Coalition: Creating Communities where Youth Thrive (Gardiner Thrives) - 1. Population Served: Communities served by MSAD#11, Gardiner Area Schools, including Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, and West Gardiner, with a specific focus on ages 18 and under. 2. Services Provided: Healthy Communities of the Capital Area (HCCA) will host the Gardiner Thrives youth substance use prevention coalition and provide staffing and fiscal support. HCCA will convene the coalition, offer technical assistance to recruit new members (ensuring representation by all four communities), engage youth in substance use prevention activities, oversee evidence-based work plan activities and grant reporting and evaluation requirements. 3. Coordination with State or Local Health Agencies: Local level partners include SKCDC Head Start, Kennebec Valley Boys & Girls Club, KVCAP Family Enrichment, Gardiner Police Department, and others as coalition members to help carry out work plan activities and build the coalition. HCCA also holds Maine Prevention Services contracts to carry out tobacco and substance use prevention activities and already partners with MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence, State of Maine Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, and Opportunity Alliance Maine Youth Action Network, and will continue to collaborate and utilize materials and media campaigns developed as part of Maine Prevention Services.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).