10/17/2008
Gov. Joe Manchin today awarded $1,833,094 in Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) funds for 18 projects statewide. These funds will help implement local prevention efforts or help to continue local prevention planning efforts, associated with the SPF SIG program.
The SPF SIG program enhances West Virginia’s efforts to build a strategic framework for state, regional, and community prevention partnerships to better coordinate alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention funding. These funds will also improve the overall quality of prevention programs and the state’s prevention workforce and increase the availability of prevention services.
SPF SIG program funds are awarded from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Programmatic Administrative Agent for these funds is the West Virginia Prevention Resource Center. The Fiscal Administrative Agent for these funds is the West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Funds were awarded to the following:
Barbour County Family Resource Network $104,968
Philippi
Contact: Linda Watson, 304-457-2691
United Way of the River Cities Inc. $79,047
Huntington
Contact: Anne McGee, 304-523-8929, ext. 17
Calhoun County Board of Education $47,490
Mt. Zion
Contact: Shari Johnson, 304-940-0115
Doddridge County Family Resource Network $69,710
West Union
Contact: Terry Hutson, 304-873-1245
Fayette County Commission $74,580
Fayetteville
Contact: Carri Strunk, 304-574-2126
Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action $185,734
Dunbar
Contact: Eric Tissenbaum, 304-437-3356
Step By Step Inc. $95,722
Charleston
Contact: David Chairez, 304-414-4452
Logan County Board of Education $120,313
Logan
Contact: Stephanie Birchfield, 304-792-2016
Marshall County Family Resource Network $140,786
Moundsville
Contact: Latrisha Whitelatch, 304-845-3300
Community Connections Inc. $85,000
Bluefield
Contact: Jennifer Orren, 304-324-0456
STOP $148,057
Gilbert
Contact: Amy Turner, 304-664-3986
Morgan County Commission $139,996
Berkeley Springs
Contact: Susan Caperton, 304-258-7807
Youth Services Systems $120,850
Wheeling
Contact: Kristen Kroflich, 304-233-2045, ext. 305
Snowshoe Foundation $89,200
Snowshoe
Contact: Virginia Ramos, 304-799-2509
Women's Resource Center $89,812
Beckley
Contact: Carrilyn Carey, 304-253-9361
Randolph County Family Resource Network $139,127
Elkins
Contact: James Dean,304-636-4454
Wood County Commission $72,702
Parkersburg
Contact: Larry Johnson, 304-424-1711
Marshall University Research Corporation $30,000
Huntington
Contact: Wayne Coombs, 304-766-6301, ext. 24
Contact Information
Jason Metzger
304-558-8814 Ext. 285