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2006 Grant Recipients     

Prevention

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Allen County Juvenile Center was granted funding for alcohol monitoring

equipment for their Focusing on Alcohol Usage Among Juvenile Offenders program. Amount:  $3,200

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Allen County Sheriff’s Department was granted funding for their DUI Safety Bug and Safety Simulator program which is designed to be utilized during prom/graduation season to decrease the number of alcohol/drug-related crashes among high school students.  Amount:  $10,100

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Archey AIDS Foundation was granted funding for Let’s Talk. This program will help middle and high school youth build internal and external assets, gain knowledge about the risk of alcohol and other drugs and demonstrate those skills by developing healthy attitudes and free time habits.  Amount:  $3,500

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Caring About People was granted funding for their Building Family Assets program which increases family awareness of and resistance to involvement with substance use.  It also encourages family commitment to post-secondary education and increases the availability of parenting enrichment in Allen County.  Amount:  $7,000

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DAC’s Prevention Committee was granted funding for their Red Ribbon Week event promoting drug-free activities and the message “I have better things to do than drugs,” and to increase the awareness of the community centers in Allen County that support healthy youth development.  Amount:  $3,960

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Eagle’s Nest Youth Centre, Inc. was granted funding for their Eagle’s Fly program which helps elementary, middle and high school youth build internal and external assets, gain knowledge about the risk of alcohol and other drugs, and demonstrate those skills by developing healthy attitudes and free time habits.  Amount:  $6,500

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Leadership Fort Wayne was granted funding for their Youth As Resources program.  This program will award grants to youth groups to perform community service projects that address the problem of children/youth ages 0 – 21 whose health and well-being are negatively impacted by drug-exposure or drug use.  Amount:  $5,400

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Lifeline Youth & Family Services, Inc. was granted funding for Project Incentive. This project incorporates science-based drug prevention curriculum into its after school program for elementary students – Kids Club – within a low-income apartment community. Amount:  $9,600

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Mental Health Association was granted funding for Kid’s Talks. This project is a series of programs which helps youth in 4-8 grades understand the effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and teaches the positive value of wise decision-making, bearing responsibility, accepting the consequences of one’s actions and resisting peer pressure.  Amount:  $10,000

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Northrop High School was granted funding for their Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) group to impact their peers regarding the dangers of drug use and underage drinking as well as other destructive decisions.      Amount:  $1,000

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Power House Youth Center was granted funding for their Fighting Back and Standing Firm initiative which utilizes projects, activities and partnerships to fight the negative influences and pressures of drugs and alcohol.            Amount: $10,000

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Southeast Youth Council was granted funding for the Junior/Senior Coffee House.  This program includes a Junior/Senior Coffee House that provides opportunities for education and discussion with high school students concerning the effects of alcohol and other drugs in the Heritage High School attendance district. Amount:  $7,112

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United Hispanic Americans was granted funding for Diga No/Say No. This program will educate 75 at-risk Hispanic youth between the ages of 12 and 17.  The program staff will conduct prevention classes and activities in both Spanish and English on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Amount:  $7,500

 

Justice

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Allen County Sheriff’s Department was granted funding for the purchase of updated in-car video cameras to provide for economic and efficient storage of DVD’s and to become compliant with the county-wide objectives for video equipment.   Amount:  $19,260

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Fort Wayne Police Department was granted funding for Portable Breath Test equipment for their Impaired Driver Apprehension project.  Amount:  $6,300

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New Haven Police Department was granted funding for an upgrade of their video monitoring equipment to digital equipment which will offer higher quality recording (important in the prosecution of the cases), require less storage space and be less expensive to utilize than the current system.  Amount:  $15,400

 

 Intervention

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AADP was granted funding for Intervention Committee Grant): The Intervention Committee will collaborate with current and potential intervention/treatment providers within Allen County to subsidize treatment and recovery house costs for the economically challenged.  Amount:  $40,000

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Whitington Homes & Services for Children and Families was granted funding for their Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Prevention program which provides education and training for Whitington staff emmbers and clients regarding the dangers of ATOD use.   Amount:  $3,560

 

2005 Grant Recipients

Prevention

Allen County Sheriff’s Reserve (Sheriff’s Teenage Alcohol Reduction Team): This project will enable parents to purchase drug detection kits to use with their own children as a portion of the Law Enforcement Against Drugs program. Amount:  $1,000

Archey AIDS Foundation, Inc. (Let’s Talk):  This program will help middle and high school youth build internal and external assets, gain knowledge about the risk of alcohol and other drugs and demonstrate those skills by developing healthy attitudes and free time habits.  Amount:  $5,000

Eagle’s Nest Youth Center (Drug Intervention and Prevention Education Program): This project will provide a safe and positive environment for youth ages 12-18 to attend small group sessions to learn and participate in discussions about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco prevention. Amount:  $5,000

Leadership Fort Wayne (Youth As Resources):  This program will award grants to youth groups to perform community service projects that address the problem of children/youth ages 0 – 21 whose health and well-being are negatively impacted by drug-exposure or drug use.  Amount:  $5,000

Life Unlimited Youth Center, Inc. (Alternative Projects for Prevention):  This project’s purpose is to expand mentoring and alternative programs during the evening and weekend hours.  Amount:  $5,000

Lifeline Youth and Family Services (Project Incentive): This projects incorporates science-based drug prevention curriculum into its after school program for elementary students – Kids Club – within a low-income apartment community. 

Amount:  $5,000

Mental Health Association in Allen County (Kid’s Talks): This project is a series of programs  which helps youth in 4-8 grades understand the effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and teaches the positive value of wise decision-making, bearing responsibility, accepting the consequences of one’s actions and resisting peer pressure.  Amount:  $12,500

The Power House (Fighting Back and Standing Firm): This project provides a safe, drug and alcohol free environment for teens in 6th grade through their nineteenth birthday.   This initiative began as a Friday night event and will now be incorporated within the other six existing programs offered.    Amount:  $5,000

Southeast Youth Council (Junior/Senior Coffee House):  This program includes a Junior/Senior Coffee House that provides opportunities for education and discussion with high school students concerning the effects of alcohol and other drugs in the Heritage High School attendance district.  Amount:  $5,000

United Hispanic Americans, Inc./Benito Juarez Cultural Center (Diga No/Say No): This program will educate 75 at-risk Hispanic youth between the ages of 12 and 17.  The program staff will conduct prevention classes and activities in both Spanish and English on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.  Amount:  $7,500

Urban Ministries Center, Inc. (K.A.R.E.):  This program will reduce and prevent drug and alcohol use among youths ages 12 – 18, to discourage gang affiliation and violence, to develop well-rounded, positive and upwardly mobile young adults, and to promote education as an alternative to destructive lifestyles and criminal conduct.  Amount:  $3,000

 

Justice

Allen County Sheriff’s Department (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Detection): This project will effectively and efficiently identify those who are consuming, transporting, and/or using alcohol and/or other illegal drugs in order to affect an arrest or cite as needed.  Amount:  $4,386

Allen County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (Allen County Prosecutor Digital Recording and Storage Equipment):  This project will improve the recording, retrieval, distribution, storage and disposal of interview recordings used to prosecute operating while intoxicated offenders in Allen County by installing hardware and software to digitally record these interviews throughout the county:    Amount:  $16,800

Crime Stoppers (Crime Stoppers Technology Improvement Project):  The purpose of this project is to upgrade the computer hardware located in the Crime Stoppers office.  The current equipment was manufactured in ’95 and uses Windows ’98.  With new hardware and accessories, more data can be stored on the PC and transferred to the Crime Stoppers website as needed.  This will also make it possible for the public to have access to more information regarding criminal suspects about whom they may have relevant information.  A new computer, printer,  copier and flat panel monitor will provide interoperability with city, county and state law enforcement agencies and their respective data bases.  Spillman messaging facilitates communication among law enforcement agencies. Amount:  $2,500

New Haven Police Department (New Haven Video II): This project will purchase 3 in car video cameras to assist in preserving evidence of intoxicated drivers to be used during prosecution of the offender, and to pay to maintenance contract fee for the DATAMASTER used by all local police agencies to test breath samples of intoxicated drivers.  Amount:  $4,997

Intervention

Allen Superior Court, Family Relations Division (Youth Intervention Treatment Program): This program is a cooperative program between Allen Superior Court, Caring about People, Dunn and Associates, and ABC Counseling targeting 12 to 17 year olds who are within the juvenile system that are assessed with alcohol and drug issues and in need of intensive treatment.  Amount:  $18,000

Family and Children’s Services, Inc. (Relapse Prevention Program):  This program will provide an effective, professional, accessible and affordable program to prevent relapse.  Amount:  $13,000

AADP/Intervention Committee (Intervention Committee Grant): The Intervention Committee will collaborate with current and potential intervention/treatment providers within Allen County to subsidize treatment and recovery house costs for the economically challenged.    Amount:  $30,000

Allen County Jail Chaplaincy (Substance Abuse Program): This project educates inmates on why they use alcohol and narcotics, how the substances affect their bodies, what resources are available in the community to help them, and techniques to recognize the triggers that lead to re-use to help them stay drug free.  Amount:  $5,000

Contact Information

Telephone              260.422-8412
Fax                           260.423.1733
Postal address      532 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana  46802
Electronic mail      dac@dacac.org

 

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