Thursday, May 22, 2025
5/22/2025
PROVIDING DRUG FREE WORKPLACE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH TRANSITIONING INTO THE WORKPLACE - Pathways to the Future, is a Young Adult in the Workplace, CSAP grant that is in Phase II of its service to science grant. It partners with the three Youth Corps programs that employs and trains 16 to 24 year olds who are high school graduates or dropouts not attending college and grew up in poverty-level homes. Its goals are to promote healthy attitudes and behaviors; increase communication between workers; increase knowledge of substance abuse protective factors and increase peer referral behaviors. The intervention is an enhanced version of Team Awareness, a SAMHSA NREPP program, which has been changed for this diverse population in Colorado among several other states to be determined. There are six group session modules with role plays, self-assessments, communication skill building, stress management, and peer support. The program is designed to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs and increase the use of assistance when solving problems. It also should increase coworker encouragement of positive behavior.
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).