[Prevention] News and Funding Information

[Goodwin, Jacinda]

Dear Prevention Colleagues,

   Below is the substance abuse prevention funding and news.  The source
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New Study Finds Raising Alcohol Taxes Deters Drinking

http://www.cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=2082


A new study by University of Florida <http://www.ufl.edu/>  researchers
found that the more alcohol costs, the less likely people are to drink
it. In addition when they do drink, they drink less. The study was
published in the journal Addiction.

For the study, researchers analyzed 112 studies spanning four decades.

"Results from over 100 separate studies reporting over 1,000 distinct
statistical estimates are remarkably consistent, and show without doubt
that alcohol taxes and prices affect drinking," said Alexander C.
Wagenaar, a professor of epidemiology and health policy research at the
UF College of Medicine and the senior author of the study. "When prices
go down, people drink more, and when prices go up, people drink less." 

The consistency of this association between cost and consumption
indicates that using taxes to raise prices on alcohol could be among the
most effective deterrents to drinking that researchers have discovered,
better than law enforcement, media campaigns or school programs, said
Wagenaar.

The study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, also determined
that tax or price increases affect the broad population of drinkers,
including heavy drinkers as well as light drinkers, and teens as well as
adults. 

 

 

Federal Agencies Launch New Web Site for Youth-Serving Organizations 

http://www.cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=2080


A group of 12 federal departments and agencies have unveiled a new Web
site, FindYouthInfo.gov <http://www.FindYouthInfo.gov> , to help
community organizations find resources and tools to support youth
efforts. The site, spearheaded by the Interagency Working Group on Youth
Programs, provides targeted information to help youth-serving
organizations and community partnerships plan and implement effective
youth programs. 

 

 

National Mentoring Program Grants
http://www.jointogether.org/news/funding/opportunities/2009/national-men
toring-program.html
<http://www.jointogether.org/news/funding/opportunities/2009/national-me
ntoring-program.html> 

Funding Opportunity

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will award $10 million to enable national
organizations to provide mentoring services to special high-risk youth
populations.

The goal of the program is to reduce juvenile delinquency, drug abuse,
truancy, and other problem and high-risk behaviors.  Funding priority
will go to groups that have mentoring programs ready for implementation.
Only national programs may apply.  Application deadline is Feb. 25. For
more details, see the full grant announcement online
<http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2009/NationalMentoring.pd
f> .

Smoking Cessation Leadership Academy
http://www.jointogether.org/news/funding/opportunities/2009/smoking-cess
ation-leadership.html
<http://www.jointogether.org/news/funding/opportunities/2009/smoking-ces
sation-leadership.html> 

Funding Opportunity

Honoraria of $1,000 and free training and technical assistance are
available to all current grantees of the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) who incorporate certain
smoking-cessation actions into their programs.

The Tobacco-Free Campaign: 100 Pioneers Smoking Cessation Leadership
Academy is open to all 2007-08 SAMHSA grantees. One hundred applicants
will receive the honorarium plus access to academy materials, including
online seminars and other learning events.

Application deadline is Feb. 3. For more information, see the full
announcement online
<http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/pioneers.html> .

 

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