Friday, May 2, 2025
5/2/2025
Bethel's Community Coalition - The BGR Drug Free Community Coalition was awarded a FY 2018 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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Coalition serves Fondren Westbury neighborhood in Southwest Houston, TX, a community of 79,435. 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 implementing these strategies: 1. Enhancing coalition leadership skills, 2. Promoting Positive Youth Development Activities, 3. Alcohol and Marijuana Awareness Education, 4. Substance Abuse Prevention Media Campaign, 5. Engaging youth in the development of solutions to substance abuse, 6. Improving access to substance abuse treatment services, 7. Developing the substance abuse resistance and refusal skills of youth, 8. Conducting emphasis patrols to better manage access to alcohol by youth, 9. Improving, promoting, and adopting policies that support substance abuse prevention and swift access to treatment for youth and their families, and 10. Launching and maintaining an annual prevention media campaign.
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).