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2 This grant was awarded to the Health Department beginning March 1, 2003 by the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust. It seeks to prevent youth from beginning tobacco use and assists those that are users to stop. The grant is a collaborative effort between the Orange County Schools, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools, the Orange County Department of Social Services, and the Orange County Health Department. The overall focus of the project is on reducing tobacco and marijuana use among middle and high school students and on developing the skills necessary to prevent the use of these substances. A coordinator was hired and began work in August of 2003. Attached to this abstract is a Summary of Accomplishments in the seven months since the coordinator was hired. A few notable accomplishments include: • 14 peer educators from each school system have been recruited and are being trained • An Alternative to Suspension program was approved on a trial basis in 2003-04 in Orange County Schools high schools and middle schools • Adolescent Parenting Program participants received skill building interventions to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke in the home • Reached 50 private providers with information an initiating tobacco prevention and cessation conversations with youth patients • Youth peer educators were successful in convincing AMF-Durham Bowling Lanes to make half of the bowling lanes smoke free (increase from 10 to 16). The project's funding duration is three years and began on March 1, 2003, the original date of the acceptance of the grant; with each year's funding being renewable upon successful completion of project activities. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The original grant amount for Year Two was $75,506. There was approximately $47,459 in unspent Year 1 grant funds due to the late hiring date for the project coordinator. The project staff is requesting that the Health and Wellness Trust allow a carry forward of $18,967.13 to Year Two with the remainder being carried forward to Year Three. The total amount of the grant over the three year period remains at $232,848. The Year Two allocation will cover the salary and benefits of the Senior Public Health Educator/Project Manager and includes all operational expenses for the project. In-kind contributions by the County include office space and supervisory time. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve receipt of Year Two of the grant fund for Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Project and authorize the Board Chair to sign the grant agreement with the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Commission.