"These federal funds are critical to enhancing the state's ongoing efforts to reduce drug abuse throughout Maine, particularly among young adults in our communities," Snowe and Collins said in a joint statement. The federal grants were allocated as follows:
• $435,693 for the Family Drug Court under the Maine Judicial Branch, to develop and establish drug courts to reduce substance abuse by adult and juvenile offenders.
• $395,791 to the University of Maine, to reduce substance abuse in rural communities in cooperation with the Maine Rural Substance Abuse Partnership. • $247,363 to the Good Will Home Association in Hinckley, for research of effective modes of intervention to help at-risk young adults who are transitioning out of the juvenile court system.
• $225,000 for the Weed and Seed Program Guide, enhancing law enforcement coordination efforts in focusing on problem identification, resolution, and evaluation to reduce drug demand and related crime.
• $131,588 to the Maine Department of Behavioral & Developmental Services' Office of Substance Abuse, for the statewide drug court program.
• $60,000 to the State Victim Assistance Academy Initiative, which is a academically-based education for victim assistance providers.
• $14,447 to Volunteers of America Northern New England Inc., as part of the Victims Services Discretionary Program to expand outreach and services to underserved crime victims.
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