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Portsmouth youth coalition outlines grant-supported mental-health and substance-use efforts
Summary
The Greater Portsmouth Youth Wellness Coalition summarized results from a decade of coalition work — including a Drug-Free Communities grant, STOP grant and local matching funds — and described school and community programs to prevent youth substance use.
The Greater Portsmouth Youth Wellness Coalition reported to the City Council on Sept. 24 on recent grants and local initiatives aimed at preventing youth substance use and expanding mental-health supports.
Coalition leaders described a funding and program history that began with a 2019 City Council $4,000 matching grant and grew through matching city support and outside foundations into a multi-year effort that produced a Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant and other funding streams, presenters…
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