$1.3 million awarded for youth cannabis and commercial tobacco use prevention in Washington
DOH announced 11 community-based organizations across the state will receive grants to support youth cannabis and commercial tobacco use prevention programs. These grants, totaling $1.3 million over two years, will provide additional funding to a broad group of organizations while helping create infrastructure to support youth substance use prevention tools.
The inaugural grant recipients are:
- Foundation For Youth Resiliency & Engagement of Omak, WA
- Jefferson Teen Center of Chimacum, WA
- Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Centers of Bremerton and Port Townsend, WA
- Lopez Island Family Resource Center of Lopez Island, WA
- City of Medical Lake, WA
- Mi Chiantla of Tumwater, WA
- Oasis Youth Center of Tacoma, WA
- Pacific County Teen Advocacy Coalition of South Bend, WA
- Prevent Together Battle Ground of Battle Ground, WA
- Prosser Thrive Coalition of Prosser, WA
- Unite! Washougal of Washougal, WA
DOH will work with grantees to build mentoring relationships between organizations. This will help new and developing programs gain skillsets that support organizational growth, increase reach to impacted youth, and future grant application.
See the DOH news release for more information.