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Corporate Resume Founded in 1981, DREAM has been a pioneer in grassroots substance abuse prevention efforts at the local level and catapulted into providing innovative prevention materials and training at the state and national levels. Listed below are DREAM's Core Competencies, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention Memberships, Grants Management Experiences, Product Development Descriptions, and National Recognition and Awards.Over our thirty-year history, DREAM has managed multi-million dollar state and federal grant programs and contracts, served as fiscal agent for several programs, coordinated conferences and special events, and t DREAM's current budget is $1.7 million dollars and past budgets have reached $3.5 million. DREAM is primarily funded through grants, product sales and fees for services such as training, keynote speeches, and project management.Mississippi Department of Public Safety Planning/Office of Justice Programs Compliance Monitoring GrantDREAM's serves as fiscal agent for the Juvenile Assistance Grant ( JAG ), which provides regional compliance monitors to monitor juvenile detention facilities to ensure their compliance with federal juvenile delinquency compliance laws.The Mississippi Department of Mental Health has funded DREAM since 1984 to provide the following activities: coordinating the National Red Ribbon Week statewide drug awareness campaign ; hosting and maintaining the Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Resource Center ( RADAR ) ; delivering substance abuse prevention workshops and technical assistance to community mental health centers, community-based nonprofit organizations, and other professionals ; coordinating the Executive Prevention Council ( EPC ) ; and administering the SURE Tool data collection system.Mississippi Department of Mental Health ( MDMH ), Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse ( BADA ) Mississippi Underage Drinking Coalition of Madison and Rankin Counties Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant ( SPF SIG )