Lawrenceburg nonprofit receives $125,000 federal award for Dearborn County youth substance-use prevention

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C.A.S.A., based at 423 Walnut St. in Lawrenceburg, received a $125,000 fiscal year 2026 award for the Dearborn County Prevention Project.

C.A.S.A., a Lawrenceburg-based nonprofit, received a $125,000 federal award for the Dearborn County Prevention Project, according to an award record from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The award action date was July 13, 2026. It is listed for fiscal year 2026 and is administered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under HHS.

C.A.S.A. is listed at 423 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025. The project area is Dearborn County, connecting the Lawrenceburg organization to prevention work intended to address youth alcohol and nicotine use across the county.

Focus on prevention

The Dearborn County Prevention Project will strengthen collaboration in the community and implement evidence-based prevention programs and policies. Those two elements establish the award’s central approach: coordinating local efforts while using prevention strategies identified as evidence-based.

The project is focused on youth alcohol and nicotine use. The award description identifies prevention programs and policies as the planned work, rather than describing the funding as direct treatment or counseling.

That focus gives parents, schools, youth-serving organizations and other community groups a defined area for cooperation. C.A.S.A.’s Lawrenceburg address provides the local base for the project, while the stated service area is the county.

What the award establishes

The $125,000 award is assigned to C.A.S.A. for the Dearborn County Prevention Project. It is not identified as funding to the city of Lawrenceburg. The available award information identifies the recipient, amount, program focus and county project area.

The award action is the confirmed funding step. HHS does not identify the project’s start date, staffing, local partners, performance targets or spending schedule in the award record. Those operational details were not included in the announcement of the award.

For now, the funding establishes federal support for collaborative prevention work addressing youth alcohol and nicotine use in Dearborn County. The next phase is implementation of the project’s stated plan: strengthening community collaboration and putting evidence-based prevention programs and policies into practice under the fiscal year 2026 award.

The award also places a Lawrenceburg organization at the center of a countywide prevention effort. Its impact will depend on how C.A.S.A. organizes the collaboration and carries out the programs and policies described in the award.

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