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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Rep. Sutton Announces $83,450 to Reduce Youth Drug Use

Aug 14, 2009

Washington, DC - Today, R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), awarded $60 million in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Continuation Grants to 565 DFC coalitions and five DFC Mentor Continuation coalitions. These grants will assist local community coalitions as they work to prevent and reduce youth substance use.

 

Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) is pleased to announce that the Lorain County Communities That Care Partnership will receive $83,450 in funding to leverage the strengths of the local community by increasing neighborhood participation, encouraging dialogue and focusing on saving children's lives. The organization will provide a minimum of a 1:1 match of local funding for each Federal dollar awarded, which will further leverage the government's investment while increasing local community support for this important initiative.

 

"Substance abuse issues are best prevented and reduced at the local level, and this funding will allow the Communities That Care Partnership of Lorain County to continue to play its important role in preventing and reducing youth substance use within our community," Rep. Sutton said.

 

Research demonstrates that DFC-funded communities have lower rates of youth alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use, and they also reduce use rates at a faster pace than communities without DFC grants, according to the ONDCP. Community ownership of local drug problems and community involvement in preventing drug use are critical components of the effort to save kids' lives across the nation.

 

"The Drug-Free Communities program reaches about 27 percent of America's youth," said Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H., the Acting Administrator Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. "These new grants will expand the power of prevention to additional communities working to reduce drug abuse and promote healthy, productive lives."

 

Through prevention advocacy and education, the Lorain County Communities That Care Partnership serves as the catalyst for community change.  The ultimate goal of the organization is to reduce substance abuse, teen pregnancy, school dropout, delinquency, violence, depression and anxiety.

 

"Study after study shows that behaviors during youth and developmental years determine behaviors later in life," Rep. Sutton said. "By impacting our youth now, we will impact our entire population over time."

 

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