MCAP Gets Second 5 Year $625K Federal Grant to Continue Town’s Prevention Coordinator

From Kathy McDonald and Viktorria Glissendorf of Medfield Outreach –

Medfield Cares About Prevention coalition announces Drug-Free Communities grant continuation

The Medfield Cares About Prevention (MCAP) coalition, a Medfield Foundation Initiative, is excited to announce that it was awarded a FY2024 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant continuation in the amount of $625,000 over five years by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). This grant is managed through a partnership between the ONDCP and Centers Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

MCAP is a coalition of people who live and work in the Medfield community and who care about the well-being of our youth. MCAP’s mission is to reduce youth substance use, promote healthy decisions, and build a culture of safety in Medfield. This community coalition has broad representation of parents, youth, businesses, schools, healthcare professionals, private organizations, and public agencies. Our target population is Medfield youth, ages 11 to 18. MCAP works to reduce youth substance use, specifically targeting alcohol, marijuana and to promote positive alternatives to substance use through community collaboration.

In 2019, the Town of Medfield and MCAP were awarded a five-year Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant allowing for the hiring of a full-time Substance Use Prevention Coordinator who worked to re-engage valuable members of the coalition and organizations within the community. We are very grateful that the additional five-years of funding will aid in supporting the ongoing efforts of the full-time Substance Use Prevention Coordinator, as well as providing funds for an assortment of evidence-based strategies to reduce youth substance use.

There are many whose contributions played a role in achieving continued funding. We would like to thank our leadership team, sector representatives, town leaders, school administrators, coalition members, youth and our community! We would also like to thank our grant writing consultant, Amanda Decker of Bright Solutions Consulting, who successfully guided us again on the process. A special thank you to the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund, who awarded MCAP a mini grant back in 2019 positioning MCAP to secure consulting services that proved to be vital. 

We look forward to another five years of meaningful and important collaboration with the Medfield community!

The coalition is open to all community members! Learn more on our website at https://medfieldcares.org/ or email us at medfieldoutreach@medfield.net for the monthly meeting schedule. Please join us in this important work!