Fall River Mayor Jasiel
Correia II named Michael Aguiar as his proposed Substance Abuse
Coordinator, the third announced member of his new administration, on
January 11, 2016. "This position will coordinate different
non-profits throughout the City with drug abuse prevention,"
stated Correia. "He'll also be writing grants, internalizing a lot of
our grants so that we can create a more sustainable solution to some of
our drug problems," he added. "I want to congratulate the Mayor
on his leadership on this particular issue and welcome aboard Mr. Aguiar
who I've worked with for a long time," stated Fall
River Police Chief Daniel Racine. The Chief expressed concern with the
steady
rise in overdose deaths over the past several years, with numbers
moving from 16 in 2013 to 44 in 2014 and 36 in 2015. Mr. Aguiar has been
serving as prevention services coordinator at Stanley Street Treatment and
Resources. Part of his efforts will be to establish curriculum based
substance abuse prevention programs in the school. Click
here for a ten-minute 
video of the announcement. Click
here for the Herald News article and here
for a recent forum on the topic organized by State
Representative Carole Fiola. For more information, contact the Mayor's
Office at 508-324-2600. |
