DAY DRUG COURT GETS $7,500 GRANT

Superior Court's Day-Reporting Drug Court will benefit from the largest of
$45,000 in grants distributed for 2002 by the Substance Abuse Council of
Vanderburgh County. Drug Court Executive Director Debbie Mowbray said most
of the $7,500 grant will be used to fund the continual urine testing
required of Drug Court participants to verify that they are drug-free - an
ironclad requirement for staying in the program.

"The testing is expensive," Mowbray said.

The grant actually will go to the Foundaton Assisting in Recovery Corp.
(FAIR), a nonprofit entity for raising funds to support the Drug Court program.

Established last spring, Drug Court is a highly structured therapy and
support program with judicial authority that requires a commitment of at
least 18 months. It is offered as an alternative to trial and sentencing to
some addicts facing felony drug charges but who are not charged with crimes
involving violence or serious drug-dealing. Money from the Substance Abuse
Council comprises a second major infusion of money to the Drug Court
program this year. County government just allotted $40,000 toward salary
and benefits for Jon Voight, a full-time day-reporting officer. He makes
between $35,000 and $36,000 a year.

The next-largest grants of $3,000 each went to Family and Children's
Services for its community service director, to Youth Resources of
Southwestern Indiana for its Teen Power camp, and to Youth First Foundation
for a power point projector.

A $2,572 grant went to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department for a
digital recorder.

The Substance Abuse Council awarded a total of 28 grants for this year.