A Cleveland program to educate Hispanic youths about the dangers of excessive gambling is among those nationally to receive special grants newly announced by the National Council on Problem Gambling.
Cleveland’s Hispanic Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program, or UMADAOP, has been awarded $40,000 to expand its outreach through a focus on prevention of problem gambling. The program’s application to the NCPG stated its intent to educate 100 Hispanic students in middle school and high school about gambling disorders, with the idea that they would raise broader awareness:
“The program aims to raise awareness to the dangers of at risk and problem-gambling behaviors with Middle and High School youth, these youth can then relate this to their peers and their families via 1-1 conversations, social media, print, posters, and other created media.”
