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| https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-announces-more-18-million-federal-funding-eastern-connecticut | Courtney Announces more than $1.8 Million in Federal Funding for Eastern Connecticut Drug Free Communities and Addiction Intervention Programs | 2020-12-11 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Democrat | Senate | CT | Joe Courtney | C001069 | courtney.house.gov | legacy | NORWICH, CT Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that thefederalOffice of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) will award a round offederal grants totaling $1,875,000tosupport addiction prevention and recoveryeffortsin Colchester, East Hampton, Ledyard, and Old Lyme.The grant awards were dispersed through ONDCP's Drug Free CommunitiesSupportprogram, and will provide continuingfunding to strengthen infrastructure among local partners to create and sustain a reduction in local youth substance abuse. Communities in eastern Connecticut are facing a collision of epidemics right now,said Congressman Courtney.The opioid epidemic has hurt so many families in our region, and it'sfed on the strained resources and increased isolationduring COVID.These organizations are working to save livestheirserviceis essential, they'vecontinued to careforpeople in our communities even while resources have grown more and more strained, and thisnew funding will helpsupport their mission.I was glad my office could help support applicationsforthese awards, andI'll keep working across the aisle to secure more COVID-19 relief aidforthe families, workers, and small businesses in eastern Connecticut who need it. This is an outstanding opportunityforour community, and it is reflective of the important work the Colchester Youth First Coalition has committed to carrying out,said Colchester First Selectman Mary Bylone.It shows that despite the global pandemic, they are focused on meeting the needs of our youth. We are so excited to see the work they will be able to do with this type of funding. Good newsforthe Town, the Prevention Partnership and, most important, the community,said Easthampton Town Manager David Cox. I am honored to serve on the East Hampton Prevention Partnership as co-chair and lookforward to our future. We will make positive decisions regarding the funding of this grant, keeping our youth population informed about the use of drugs and alcohol. This federal grant will ensure our programming, as we work together with our town,said Barbara Moore, East Hampton Town Council and East Hampton Prevention Partnership Co-chair. TheTownof Colchester will receive a$625,000grant award to support the Youth FIRST Coalition.TheTown of East Hampton will also receive$625,000in funding to supportthe East Hampton Prevention Partnership. The Town of Ledyard will receive a$125,000grant awardto assist the Ledyard Prevention Coalition, and the Town of Lyme will receive$500,000in federal grant funding to support the Lyme-Old Lyme Prevention Coalition.Each of the new grant awards were dispersed through ONDCP's Drug Free Communities Support program, which was establishedto mobilize communities to prevent youth substance use.Click hereto learn more. In July,the New York Timesreported that drug overdose deaths in America were resurging to record levels, and that the coronavirus pandemic was complicating and perhaps worsening the opioid epidemic. In Connecticut, from January to July of 2020, there wasa 20% increasein unintentional drug overdose deaths compared to the same timeframe in 2019. This summer, Courtney and his staff worked with the towns ofColchesterandEast Hamptonto help secure today's grant awards, writing to ONDCP Director DebraHoury(MD, MPH) in support of both towns' applications to utilize Drug Free Communities funding. In October, Courtney hosted eastern Connecticut health care providers, addiction prevention experts, and leaders in the fight against the opioid epidemicfora virtual roundtable discussionon substance use prevention, treatment and recovery efforts amid COVID-19. On that call, Courtney notified participants of two federal grant awards totaling $250,000 to support prevention efforts in Norwich, Andover, Hebron, and Marlborough. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |