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		<title>White House Gives Cecil County $125K Drug Prevention Grant; Over Half of $ Goes to Pay, Benefits for Program &#8216;Coordinator&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House has awarded $125,000 to Cecil County for programs aimed at preventing drug abuse, especially among youths. But more than half of the annual grant will go to pay salary and benefits for a co-coordinator of a newly-created “Cecil County Drug-Free Communities Coalition.” The grant comes from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and is designed to promote community-based projects to prevent drug abuse. The initial one-year grant is expected to be renewed annually for five years, for a total of $625,000, according to Ken Collins, a local health department official and the special advisor on drug policy to County Executive Tari Moore. While the grant proposal outlined seven broad areas for which the funds would be spent—including drug prevention and awareness training for parents and educators, “engaging new community members” and “developing and implementing a social norms campaign”—over half of the money will go to pay the salary and benefits of a co-coordinator who will be hired to administer the grant. Collins said the grant proposal provided a $50,000 annual salary plus $14,000 for the new program coordinator’s benefits. While the federal grant money goes directly to the Cecil County government, the funds are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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