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City of Palm Springs, Boys and Girls Club receive $1 million grant for cannabis education program

The Desert Sun · City News Service, Published P.M. Pt April · last updated
CLOSEKids create pottery during summer camp at the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Springs. (Photo: courtesy photo)The city of Palm Springs and the Boys and Girls Club of Palm Springs together received a $1 million state grant to be used to implement a youth education program that will focus on the individual and systemic impacts of cannabis legalization, the city announced Monday. The California Board of State and Community Corrections awarded the city and the Boys and Girls Club the Cannabis Youth Education Grant, and the city will serve as the lead public agency in implementing the program. “Over the course of the next three years, we will be turning our Health and Wellness Center into a cannabis learning facility, said Margaret Keung, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club. In addition, a citywide youth substance use and intervention program will be created, and the Boys and Girls Club will serve as the location for youth substance abuse education and prevention classes.
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