Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
The Multi Cultural Community Alliance (MCCA) seeks support through FY2024 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant in the amount of $625,000 by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Coalition serves Frogtown & Lake Phalen Neighborhood, Minnesota, a community of 111,835 residents. The goals of the coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use. The coalition will achieve its goals by using “Bicultural Healthy Living Framework” strategies, to empower the youth of color to be proud of their heritage cultures, and build resilience to overcome the influence of substance usage, in order to create much needed policy, system and environmental changes at the City of St. Paul (55101, 55103, 55104, 55106, 55117). DFC Goal One: Establish and strengthen collaboration among community stakeholders and organizations to address youth substance use. • Objective 1.1: By 9/29/2029, increase by 1,000 the number of St. Paul parents, middle and high school aged youth, and community residents who participate in community assessments as measured by counts of participants in listening sessions conducted. • Objective 1.2: By 9/29/29, increase to 20 the number of St. Paul non-profit, schools, business, health care, government, and youth serving agencies with signed collaborative agreements stating specific action steps each will accomplish, promote or agree to in working together to support address change of common perception from substance use as social status to one that sees substance use as harming health and substance free living as socially desirable. DFC Goal Two: Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance use among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance use and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use. • Objective 2.1: By 9/29/29, decrease by average 2% past 30-day tobacco and 2% past 30-day marijuana use among 8th, 9th, and 11th grade students as determined by the baseline/final Pride Survey result. • Objective 2.2: By 9/29/29, increase by average 3% perception of risk/harm of tobacco and marijuana use among 8th, 9th, and 11th grade students. • Objective 2.3: By 9/29/29 increase by average 3% perception of peer disapproval of tobacco and marijuana use among 8th, 9th, 11th grade students. • Objective 2.4: By 9/29/29, increase by 2% perception of parents’ disapproval of tobacco, and marijuana use among 8th, 9th, and 11th grade students.
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).
