The 84 Grants
The 84 Movement – formerly known as Mass Youth Against Tobacco (MYAT) – aims to celebrate the fact that 84% of Massachusetts youth are not regular smokers and push that number even higher. Last year, over 850 youth leaders helped address local tobacco policy and shift social norms. We are committed to continuing to support this youth-led tobacco prevention movement to build a healthy, smoke-free Massachusetts!The 84 Movement is excited to award 12-15 youth mini-grants this year to further the work of The 84, particularly in the area of advancing local policy change to make Massachusetts’ communities healthier. The two categories of mini-grants for The 84 Movement are as follows:
Grant Category 1: Research Grant – Assessing the impact of Big Tobacco in our communities
- 10-13 projects will be funded
- Funding Range: $4,000-$7,000
- Grant Period: Sept 28, 2009-June 14, 2010 (with the possibility of extension for up to two years)
- Grant Goals: Research grantees will conduct community surveys to set the groundwork for local policy change efforts in order to decrease tobacco-related harm done to their communities and increase their wellbeing. Specific policy change areas grantees will address through surveys are: 1) retail store advertising and 2) other tobacco products. Grantees will also determine a policy change issue to be worked on in Year 2, if funds are available.
- 2-3 projects will be funded
- Funding Range: $5,000-$8,000
- Grant Period: Sept 28, 2009-June 14, 2010
- Grant Goals: Action grantees will advance local policy change efforts that decrease tobacco-related harm done to communities and increase their well-being. The specific policy change area we want to address is to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies. Other policy change areas may be considered if certain criteria are met.
The 84 Movement is managed by Health Resources in Action and funded by the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program.
