North Carolina's Outer Banks is home to more than 200 nonprofits, and the Community Foundation of the Outer Banks has just awarded $47,700 in grants to four of them.
The grants were awarded to the Saving Lives Task Force, OBX Go Far, Ocracoke Preservation Society, and Water's Edge Village School, reports Grant's TV.
Saving Lives Task Force has been fighting substance abuse and addiction in the Outer Banks since 2014, tackling the problem strategically in five areas: Prevent, Reduce Harm, Connect to Care, Track and Measure, and Track and Measure.
A $2,950 grant from the Community Foundation will go toward weekly life-skills training workshops for people in recovery.
"Life skills training offers tools and information to building self-esteem and achieving greater independence, which can help prevent relapse," says the task force in a press release.
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