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Beloit School District secures multiple grants for substance‑use prevention, recovery planning, health services and safety kits
Summary
District staff reported awards and pending grants that together fund family‑focused substance prevention, recovery high school planning, tele‑nursing, a stock rescue inhaler program, and Stop the Bleed kits.
Pupil services staff presented a summary of grants awarded or applied for in 2024–25, saying the funds will support family‑engaged prevention work, planning for a recovery high school, nursing access and in‑school emergency care.
Melissa Beavers, who introduced the district’s pupil services update on June 17, said the district received a $50,000 opioid prevention grant from the state Department of Public Instruction to fund the Strengthening Families program, an evidence‑based family program that pairs parent lessons with youth social‑emotional learning and joint family practice time. "It's a family based program with parent and youth lessons taught simultaneously," Beavers said; the district expects to…
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