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County to use opioid funds to train facilitators for family-based prevention program
Summary
Extension staff asked the Jefferson County supervisors to fund training for a seven‑week, family‑based substance‑use prevention program for youth ages 10–14. The board approved a $10,000 allocation from opioid funds to cover training; program delivery costs will be requested later.
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors approved using opioid-settlement funds to train facilitators for a research-based, seven‑session family substance‑use prevention program that targets youth ages 10–14.
Courtney Burkhalter and Abby Damon from the extension office described the program (developed by Iowa State), which runs seven weekly, two-hour sessions in which parents and youth spend the first hour separately and the second hour together. They said the program is intended for all…
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