The Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board’s Prevention, Health and Wellness Division has been awarded a $159,000 three-year grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth Foundation starting July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.

The MPNN CSB is one of 61 organizations and 15 CSBs throughout Virginia to receive this grant award.

In partnership with superintendents and middle school principals from Gloucester, King William, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland and Westmoreland counties, middle school youth will have the opportunity to be part of the Botvin LifeSkills Training Program.

This 15-week program has been selected for prevention excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, American Medical Association, Office of National Drug Control Policy, American Psychological Association, and Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.

The Botvin LifeSkills Training Program “provides youth with positive ways to navigate the enormous life chal...