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For Release: Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Contact: Heather Lepeska, (202) 225-5661

CONGRESSMAN COSTELLO ANNOUNCES SUBSTANCE ABUSE GRANT FOR ALEXANDER COUNTY

WASHINGTON- Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) today announced that Community Health and Emergency Services, Inc., in Cairo, will receive a $100,000 grant under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program.

"This is good news for Alexander County and Southern Illinois," Costello said. "Preventing substance abuse by young people is of utmost importance, and these funds provide a great means for doing so."

The Drug-Free Communities Support Program is designed to strengthen community-based coalition efforts to reduce youth substance abuse. The program is overseen by the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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