GRANT BOOSTS LUMMI FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS

The Lummi Nation has been given a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Department of
Justice for the next three years to assist in its Community Mobilization
Against Drugs campaign.

The money will allow the tribe to hire a program coordinator and
statistician to help better coordinate law enforcement and treatment needs
on the reservation, said Chairman Darrell Hillaire.

In May, tribal officials opened a 10-bed safe house for youth, one of
several facilities planned as part of the tribe's CMAD initiative. Lummi
Nation leaders also have plans to open an in-patient drug treatment center
and battered women's shelter.

The grant was one of 25 awarded by the Department of Justice through its
Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Demonstration program, which is meant to
to help tribal governments combat drug and alcohol issues.