The purpose of this project was to design a program, identifying potential funding sources, and write a grant to fund an aftercare substance abuse program that would provide services to adolescents recovering from alcohol and drug dependency.

A search for potential funding sources via the interne and a grant database resulted in the selection of the Nationwide Foundation grant as the best funding source for this project. A grant proposal was written to fund Project SHARE, an adolescent aftercare substance abuse program at MELA Counseling Services Center, Inc., in Los Angeles, California. The goal of Project SHARE is to support adolescents who are completing their inpatient or intensive outpatient treatment programs by providing intervention that enhances motivation and strengthens cognitive skills related to maintaining substance use abstinence.

Actual submission and or funding of the grant were not required for the successful completion of this project.