{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amo.house.gov/press-release/reed-whitehouse-amo-deliver-125000-for-drug-free-communities-support-program-in-little-compton-and-tiverton", "Reed, Whitehouse, Amo Deliver $125,000 for Drug-Free Communities Support Program in Little Compton and Tiverton", "2024-10-09", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Gabe Amo", "A000380", "amo.house.gov", "amo", "https://amo.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "TIVERTON, RI \u2013 U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressman Gabe Amo announced that the Little Compton-Tiverton Prevention Coalition was awarded a $125,000 federal grant for the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program. This funding, which was provided by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will help support efforts in Little Compton and Tiverton to reduce youth substance use.\n\nThe DFC Support Program provides funding to coalitions that collaborate with the community using a variety of environmental strategies to address local substance use problems. The Little Compton-Tiverton coalition serves 19,887 people and will focus on addressing marijuana and nicotine use by youth between the ages of 12-18.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased to support local, effective efforts to help prevent smoking, vaping, and drug use that is part of a concerted, multi-faceted community response,\u201d said Senator Jack Reed. \u201cThis is a smart investment in public health and student well-being.\u201d\n\n\u201cRhode Island\u2019s Drug-Free Communities coalitions help stop drug use before it starts so that kids can grow up healthy,\u201d said Senator Whitehouse, author of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, the law guiding the federal response to the opioid epidemic. \u201cThis federal investment in the work of the Little Compton-Tiverton Prevention Coalition will help keep young people safe, supported, and drug-free.\u201d\n\n\u201cAddiction is a struggle that does not discriminate, affecting individuals of all ages and backgrounds,\u201d said Congressman Gabe Amo. \u201cI\u2019m proud to see that this federal funding will help combat local substance use problems for those in Little Compton and Tiverton. We must come together to invest in community prevention efforts and support evidence-based local prevention to help our next generation.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe residents of Little Compton & Tiverton, especially those of school age, will benefit greatly from participation in this program,\u201d said Little Compton-Tiverton Prevention Coalition Coordinator Brian Gough. \u201cOur Coalition is thrilled with the government team\u2019s recognition of our goals and abilities to reduce substance use in the youth in our towns. We look forward to providing strong programs and activities to meet our goals in the coming years.\u201d\n\nLast month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) on e-cigarette and nicotine pouch use among U.S. youth: \u201cNotes from the Field: E-cigarette and Nicotine Pouch Use Among Middle and High School Students\u2014United States, 2024.\u201d On a national level, the FDA reported \u201ca significant drop\u201d in the number of U.S. middle and high school students who reported current e-cigarette use \u2013 defined as the past 30 days \u2014 a drop from 2.13 million (7.7 percent) youth in 2023 to 1.63 million (5.9 percent) youth in 2024.\n\n\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration has made supporting our nation\u2019s youth and strengthening their well-being a top priority in our whole-of-society efforts to address the overdose epidemic,\u201d said ONDCP Director Dr. Rahul Gupta. \u201cThis new funding, awarded through our Drug-Free Communities Support Program, will help local coalitions in states like Rhode Island prevent youth substance use in their communities.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nThe Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997, is the nation\u2019s leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent youth substance use. Directed and funded by ONDCP, in partnership with the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the DFC Program provides grants to community-based coalitions to address youth substance use, implement evidence-based prevention strategies, and ultimatelysave lives.\n\nOver the past four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has made historic investments to strengthen local youth prevention efforts and public awareness campaigns on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and the life-saving effects of naloxone. To further strengthen the Administration\u2019s whole-of-society efforts to address the nation\u2019s overdose epidemic, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Dr. Gupta sent a letter calling on schools and educators nationwide to adopt evidence-based youth substance use prevention measures and have opioid overdose reversal agents like naloxone on site and ensure their students and faculty are prepared to use it to save lives in the event of drug poisoning.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://amo.house.gov/press-release/reed-whitehouse-amo-deliver-125000-for-drug-free-communities-support-program-in-little-compton-and-tiverton"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0250720661133528, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}