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Excellus awards North Country mental health and adolescent health programs $4,000 grants

Posted 11/24/13

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recently handed out Community Health Awards to St. Lawrence County health care providers. Transitional Living Services of Northern New York received a $4,000 grant to …

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Excellus awards North Country mental health and adolescent health programs $4,000 grants

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield recently handed out Community Health Awards to St. Lawrence County health care providers.

Transitional Living Services of Northern New York received a $4,000 grant to train two instructors in mental health first aid, in a public education program to help the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse disorders. The training will be offered across St. Lawrence, Lewis, and Jefferson Counties.

Excellus awarded a Community Health Award grant totaling $4,000 to ACR Health of Syracuse, which will use the funds for the Adolescent Health Initiative in St. Lawrence, Onondaga, and Jefferson Counties.

The ACR program trains peer educators to warn teens about the risks of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and alcohol or substance abuse.