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The Healthy City Fall
River Design Team held its first meeting following the
March
25th Summit. Fall River Health and Human Services Director led the
agenda with a discussion of an application that he is filing later this
month with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Bureau of
Substance Abuse Services and Executive Office of Health and Safety, Safe
and Drug Free School and Communities to develop and implement
youth-focused
Comprehensive Environmental Prevention Plans for the prevention of
heroin and other opiod use. If successful, the City of Fall River will be the lead agency
for the $80,000 grant.Tthe application will be based on the Action Plan
currently being developed by Healthy City Fall River and Partners for a
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Design Team Meeting held at the UMass Professional and Continuing Education Center 139 South Main Street |
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The first draft of the Healthy City Fall River 2004-2009 Action Plan was reviewed by the Design Team. This plan will be submitted to Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr. for final review, and once adopted, will be distributed widely throughout the city. The plan is based on input received from city residents during visioning sessions held throughout the city last summer and voted on last fall. The final shape of the action plan was discussed at the March 25th Healthy City Summit held at Bristol Community College. The plan will include over 40 existing activities that address five Action Priority Areas as well as a number of new activities funded by Healthy City Micro-grants to be awarded in June. |