Grant To Assess Underage and Risky Drinking At Manchester Community College

The Hartford Courant (Manchester, CT) March 4, 2011


"ERASE, Inc. (East of the River Action for Substance Abuse Elimination), the area's Regional Action Council for substance abuse prevention and wellness serving 15 towns east of the Connecticut River, is a recent recipient of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services/Connecticut Healthy Campus Initiative Grant.
This collaborative project with Manchester Community College (MCC) provides $22,000 to build capacity of the campus to address underage and risky drinking behaviors, conduct needs assessments and provide prevention programming on Connecticut's largest community college campus. ERASE and MCC will work together, forming the MCC Healthy Campus Collaborative, to assess the drinking culture of MCC students and increase the campus community's awareness of consequences related to underage and risky drinking." Read More