Programs

  • Substance Abuse Prevention Education

    DRUG PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR YOUTH: MATFORCE PROVIDED RESEARCH-BASED CLASSROOM EDUCATION ON THE HARMS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE TO 11,573 KINDERGARTEN 12TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR. DRUG EDUCATION AND SKILL TRAINING FOR ADULTS: MATFORCE PROVIDED RESEARCH-BASED PARENTING EDUCATION TO 1989 PARENTS AND TEACHERS THROUGH PARENTING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS. 6,104 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN PRESENTATIONS ON THE HARMS OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL DURING 122 PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS AND/OR PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS. STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID/HEROIN PROBLEM: 1,083 LBS OF MEDICATION WERE COLLECTED AND PROPERLY DISPOSED THROUGH DUMP THE DRUGS AND 14 PRESCRIPTION TAKE BACK BOXES; MULTIPLE STRATEGIES WERE IMPLEMENTED INCLUDING THE OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW BOARD.PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN: 22,082 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE EDUCATED ON THE RISKS AND HARMS OF SUBSTANCE USE AT 92 EVENTS. OVER 2,0000,000 PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED TO AN ANTI-SUBSTANCE ABUSE MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OVER 2,000,000 WERE EXPOSED TO A MESSAGE ON THE HARMS OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL THROUGH TV, RADIO AND OR BILLBOARD MESSAGING. A FENTANYL AND PSYCHOSTIMULANT TOOLKIT WAS FURTHER DEVELOPED, FOCUSING ON MESSAGING FOR YOUTH, THROUGH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION LEADERS OF ARIZONA, A PROJECT OF MATFORCE. YAVAPAI REENTRY PROJECT: 232 INDIVIDUALS RETURNING HOME FROM PRISON AND JAIL WERE PROVIDED SERVICES THROUGH THE YAVAPAI REENTRY PROJECT WITH A MAJORITY BEING MATCHED WITH A COMMUNITY COACH.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $3.4M