Substance Abuse Council grants $13,499.64 to area organizations

First Row – Chair Deb Capps, Representatives Becky Michael and Julle Ann Siebe, Megan Durlauf, Tammy Lampert, and Representatives Jennifer and Tim Lampert. Second Row – Representatives Jim McFaul and Chad Blessinger, Joan Knies, Audrey Fleck, William Wells, Robert Randle, and Treasurer Terry Tanner — First Row (left to right) – Chair Deb Capps, Representatives Becky Michael and Julle Ann Siebe, Megan Durlauf, Tammy Lampert, and Representatives Jennifer and Tim Lampert. Second Row – Representatives Jim McFaul and Chad Blessinger, Joan Knies, Audrey Fleck, William Wells, Robert Randle, and Treasurer Terry Tanner

The Dubois County Substance Abuse Council (SAC) under the direction of Indiana Criminal Justice Institute awarded $13,499.64 in grant funding during the September 2014 applications.

The Governor’s Commission mandates SAC to provide funding in three categories: Treatment/Intervention, Prevention/Education, and Criminal Justice Services. Grants were awarded also awarded in March this year.

For September, the executive committee awarded grant applications in the Prevention/Education category to Forest Park Jr./Sr. High School drug tests, Northeast Dubois Post Prom, Crisis Connection Natural Helpers, Dubois County Community Corrections training, Southwestern Indiana Child Advocacy Center Coalition 5K Walk, and Dubois County Probation for drug screens.

In the Treatment/Intervention category, grants were awarded to Crisis Connection for advocates and Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center journals and book on addiction.

In the Criminal Justice Services category grants, were awarded to Ferdinand Police Department for drug kits and Dubois County Drug Court for drug screens.

The funds the council awards for the programs are derived from countermeasure fees that are assessed by the Dubois County courts to alcohol and drug offenders as part of the court costs.

The SAC meets the second Tuesday of every month at 11:00 a.m. in the backroom of Shoney’s restaurant in Jasper. The public is invited to attend.

The mission of SAC is to reduce the problems associated with substance abuse in Dubois County in order to enhance family and community life. For more information visit the SAC website at http://www. duboiscountysubstanceabuse. org/ or contact the coordinator Janet Schnell at Janet4SAC@Gmail.com or by phone 812-630-6779.

The SAC executive committee approved changing the grant procedures for 2015. Grants will be accepted at the September 8, 2015 meeting with preapproval beginning August 1, 2015.

Executive Committee for the SAC are: Chair Deb Capps, Co-Chair Nancy Eckerle, Secretary Donna Hopkins, Treasurer Terry Tanner, and Representatives Mary E. “Becky” Beckman, Chad Blessinger, Jim McFaul, Jennifer Lampert, Tim Lampert, Becky Michael, and Julle Ann Siebe.