Border Initiative Grant (B.I.G.)

The purpose of the New Mexico Border Substance abuse prevention project is to:

* Enhance local and regional collaboration.

* Implement strategically planned and culturally

   relevant prevention services along the New

   Mexico-Mexico border.

* Support and facilitate federal, state and

   community-level substance abuse prevention

   efforts for youth, parents, and families.

* Allow for greater collaboration among state

   and local organizations working along the

   four-state region and their counterparts in

   Mexico.

* Identify, develop and deliver programs to

  reduce youth violence in rural communities in

  Southwestern New Mexico located in Doña

  Ana County and the metroplex of El Paso and

  Juarez.

* Implement Olweus Bullying Prevention

  Program in local schools when funding permits.

* B.I.G. coalition recruits key stakeholders in the

  community such as schools, faith-based, social services

  organizations, law enforcement businesses, and

  parents and youth.

* Sponsor annual BI-National conference highlighting

   the year's activities and training providers on latest

   science based programs that have proven successful

   at the US/ Mexico border.

SNMHD B.I.G. RECENT ACTIVITIES

2010 B.I.G. Bi-national Confenence "Violence along the border / Violencia en la frontera".

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Border Initiative Grant (B.I.G.)