Black River Falls School District to Receive Grant Money Drug Prevention Among Students
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 -- 7:09 AM
-School districts throughout Wisconsin are sharing approximately $950,000 in competitive grants that will help reduce or prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs among students.?Youth access to alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs has always been exceptionally dangerous for the developing brain and body,? said State Superintendent Tony Evers. ?It?s common sense to provide educational programming, funded from the penalty surcharge for traffic fines and forfeitures, to help our students avoid substance use and abuse that can impair their education.?
The Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Program grants provide funding to teach skills and supply information aimed at preventing alcohol and illegal drug use. Both individual school districts and five consortium projects, in which clusters of neighboring schools will work together, received competitive grant awards. The state funded grants totaled $946,047 and went to 53 projects serving students in 87 Wisconsin school districts.
A school district in our area will be receiving a portion of that money. The Black River Falls School District will receive $13,000.
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