Funds will support a dedicated part-time Coalition Coordinator that will facilitate a new project, the Coalition to Combat Adolescent Substance Abuse in Oswego County. One of the intended outcomes of the Coalition is to raise awareness and prevention of alcohol and other drug use among youth throughout the county.

Funds will support the respite weekends of caregiving couples from Oswego County. David's Refuge works to breathe life into these caregivers, reducing their stress level and providing them with the chance to connect to other caregiving parents.

This grant will provide the CAC with resources and equipment to enhance the investigation and prosecution of child abuse investigations through the purchase of state of the art video equipment that will be used to address and reduce crimes against children, minimize the costs associated with such, and have a lasting impact on the healing of child abuse victims and their families in Oswego County.

This project will feed 250 elementary school children in Oswego and Fulton on weekends during the school year. This will result in better physical and emotional health and better school success among the children, leading to enriched social relationships, improved employment achievement and enhanced citizenship as adults.

Funds will be used to purchase aluminum ramps for terminally ill people referred by Oswego County Hospice, making it possible for those individuals to remain at home with their families and continue to have access to the community.

Funds will be used to develop a reconnection program for returning service men and women which includes the creation and distribution of an Oswego County Veteran Resource Guide that will contain information on local agencies that provide human and health services, as well as national programs that active duty military families and veterans may need.

Circle of Security Parenting: This project will establish an attachment-based parenting intervention and parenting program in Oswego County. Expected outcomes will be parents that become more effective caregivers.

Dogs2Vets Service Dog Training Program: As a growing organization, Clear Path for Veterans will use these funds to create remote training sites and reduce barriers Veterans face by bringing these sites closer to them. The first site will be at Paws Across Oswego County, a collaborator on this project.

Home Access For All: Home Access for All is a two-part program. It will use the CAPS (Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist) assessment process to educate the community, perform assessments, and make it possible for people to prevent falls, remain safely at home or return from a hospital, rehab center or nursing home.

Long Point Summer Camp: Funding will send 20 campers from Oswego County to Long Point Summer Camp.