The project is spearheaded by Encouraging Leaders and Coalition – Multi-Cultural Community Alliance (MCCA). Encouraging Leaders recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice towards initiating that tackle, Project HEALINGS. Just as the name suggests, Project HEALINGS is a program that applies a holistic, trauma-informed, asset-based approach to breaking the cycles of substance usage and incarceration.
This contribution provides a ray of hope to the opioid crisis victims and gives them a second chance to regain their everyday lives. The grants will largely be used to avail resources on opioid addiction, case management of the affected victims, and bringing stakeholders together to tackle the issue of opioid crisis among the youth of color.
Encouraging Leaders and MCCA partners foresee this grant as a boulder that the opioid affected youth of color can anchor on towards a brighter future. This award will play a huge role transforming the lives of the minority youths to a more goal-oriented and purposeful a future through applying the cultural integration framework.
The project is ongoing and Encouraging Leaders has successfully initiated activities supporting mentorship and cultural enrichment among people of color. Some of the project activities that have taken root include the initiation of bicultural healthy living practices, the connection of the youth at crisis and affected youths with resources and peer education and support.
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Organization Spokes Person: Marcus Hamilton
Phone number: (612-MN-2-Lead) 612-662-5323
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