COLTS NECK – The submission of a strategic plan is expected to assist with funding for a municipal group whose members work to prevent substance abuse.
On Dec. 27, Township Committee members passed a resolution authorizing the strategic plan for a grant for the Colts Neck Municipal Alliance for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
The grant will be for fiscal year 2019 and will consist of $22,150 from the federal Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund, $16,612 in-kind (any asset other than cash) and a $5,537 cash match for a total grant of $44,300.
The cash and in-kind amounts represent the grant match from Colts Neck and consist of direct (cash) and indirect (in-kind) expenditures on behalf of the program, according to municipal officials.
Members of the alliance work to spread awareness of substance abuse and seek to prevent it from occurring in the community.
According to the resolution, the Township Committee has applied for funding to the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse through Monmouth County.
The resolution states that the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse established municipal alliances for the prevention of alcoholism and drug abuse in 1989 to educate and engage residents, local government and law enforcement officials, schools, nonprofit organizations, the faith community, parents, youth and other allies in efforts to prevent alcoholism and drug abuse in communities throughout New Jersey.
“The Township Committee recognizes that the abuse of alcohol and drugs is a serious problem in our society amongst persons of all ages and therefore has an established municipal alliance committee,” the resolution states. “The Township Committee further recognizes it is incumbent upon not only public officials, but upon the entire community to take action to prevent such abuses in our community.”