Editorial : Keeping Score on Children's Well – Being

Editorial : Keeping score on children's well – being

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

Strong declines have been recorded in the teen birth rate, but we aren't doing as good a job as many other states in reducing teen alcohol and drug use. As across the nation, the biggest challenge for Massachusetts is in economic well-being, with 15 …
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Resources for veterans and employers

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

Piquette Square, a 150-unit apartment project in Detroit, provides mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, on-site job training, computer labs, educational programs and other support services to help veterans develop healthy and …
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Kay Heimmer's 'calling' turned small advocacy group into big nonprofit

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

Heimmer, 67, built Prevent's programs to stop drug abuse and violence from a small advocacy group into a not-for-profit that helps some 20,000 clients a year, board president Darcia Jones Francey says, with a yearly budget exceeding $ 1 million.
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