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The Phoenix Center Community Action for a Safer Tomorrow (CAST) Grant -Addressing DUI

Michael George, PhD

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In July 2009, The South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) received Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF-SIG). The SPF-SIG funds were awarded for a five-year project to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse and subsequent community problems as well as build prevention capacity and infrastructure. Originally, 13 South Carolina counties were awarded Community Action for a Safer Tomorrow (CAST) funds. DAODAS awarded an evaluation contract to PIRE-Chapel Hill. Later in the CAST project, funding was awarded to five additional counties. From January 2013 to June 2014, The Phoenix Center received project funding from DAODAS toward developing and implementing environmental strategies meant to reduce impaired driving crashes in Greenville County, South Carolina. The overall state funding originated from the. The Phoenix Center subcontracted with PIRE to collect project data, assist with high visibility enforcement media activities, build relationships with state and local law enforcement agencies, and communicate project results at monthly coalition meetings.

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