Pubdate: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 Source: Daily Reporter (IN) Copyright: 2014 Daily Reporter Contact: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/page/DR_Letter_to_editor_form Website: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5490 Note: from the Associated Press $1.5 MILLION IN GRANTS WILL SUPPORT ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK OHIO KIDS COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twenty-two grants totaling $1.5 million will help strengthen school-based alcohol and drug prevention programs in Ohio. The governor's office said Monday that the Building Youth Resiliency grants will help at-risk kids in 19 counties. The program - part of Ohio's new youth drug prevention initiative called Start Talking! - targets students in 5th through 9th grades. Building Youth Resiliency is a partnership between the Office of the First Lady Karen Kasich (KAY'-sihk), the Governor's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and several state agencies. It is supported by federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families dollars. Programs were selected from a pool of 38 proposals. To be eligible, applicants were required to partner with schools where more than 40 percent of the student population qualifies for the free- and reduced- lunch program. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D