The Wellness & Prevention Center has been awarded two new federal grants and secured the final year of a third. Together, they bring nearly $1 million to youth substance-use prevention and mental-health promotion in South Orange County over the next four years.
The Wellness & Prevention Foundation, doing business as the Wellness & Prevention Center (WPC), is a 501(c)(3) that provides mental-health and substance-use prevention and intervention services to South Orange County youth ages 12-25.
The funding received includes a Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) grant and a Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The WPC also begins the 10th and final year of its Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…