Grant Awarded to Prevent Drug Use & HIV/AIDS in Hispanic Community, Congressman Christopher Shays Attends Presentation - February 15, 2006

The Lower Fairfield County Regional Action Council announced a grant a collaborative of local organizations won to help prevent drug use and the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Hispanic community through education. The six-month Drug Free Communities grant, awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a pilot program that will disseminate information through creative methods, such an integration of messages into storytelling. Following the press conference, there was a tour of the Liberation Programs and Health Mobile Prevention Van.