Our Partnerships
 Our approach to project development is based on the premise that no one organization can solve the complexity of health-related problems facing our communities today. After assessing community needs, we have learned how to establish effective partnerships with state and local agencies, schools, community- and faith-based organizations, and local businesses to maximize efforts and not duplicate services so that we can achieve our common goals.
Department of Mental Health
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
DREAM ® provides a variety of prevention services including training prevention professionals on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention (ATOD) topics; preparing professionals for prevention certification; coordinating the statewide National Red Ribbon Campaign; and managing substance abuse prevention data collection efforts on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse funded programs.
Funding source: Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Rankin School Districts Against Substance Use (RSASU)
Rankin School Districts Against Substance Use (RSASU)
DREAM ® serves as the grants manager for a three-year federal grant program that provides funding to implement random student drug-testing for voluntary and extra-curricular students in grades seven through twelve. DREAM ® partnered with the Rankin County and Pearl Public Schools Districts to implement this project, which began in 2005.
Funding source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition of Rankin, Scott and Simpson Counties

The Mississippi State Department of Health has contracted with DREAM, Inc. to coordinate the Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition of Rankin, Scott and Simpson Counties. The purpose of the grant is to reduce disease, disability and death associated with tobacco utilization and exposure.  The primary goals of the coalition are to:
  • prevent tobacco use initiation among youth
  • advance state-wide cessation services
  • minimize exposure to second-hand smoke
  • eliminate tobacco-related disparities
    If you are interested in being a part of this coalition contact DREAM today (mailto:tmlovorn@dreaminc.org)

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The Junior League of Jackson

The partnership between DREAM and the Jackson Junior League seeks to help reduce risky behaviors such as alcohol and drug use, bullying, gang involvement, teen pregnancy, school dropout, and academic failure by providing character education to kindergarten students in elementary schools within the Jackson Public School District.

Using DREAM ™s Drugless Douglass Big Book Series, League volunteers go in to classrooms and share stories and activities around nine life skills.
The Department of Health

Now in its third year, DREAM has coordinated the Empowering Communities for a Healthy Mississippi summit for the Mississippi Department of Health. This conference attracts more than 300  health professionals in Mississippi and offers cutting-edge chronic disease workshops and current trends in health promotion and prevention.
The Department of Education

Since 2001, the Mississippi Department of Education has worked in collaboration with DREAM to administer DREAM™s Web-based survey tool, Smart Track. Smart Track surveys students in grades 6-11 in public school districts in Mississippi on student substance abuse and other risk and protective factors.
Compassion Capital Fund/TRANSFORM Project - 2004-2007
Compassion Capital Fund/TRANSFORM Project
DREAM® serves as the Intermediary Organization, in partnership with the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits (MCN), for President George W. Bush’s faith-based initiative—the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF). Entitled TRANSFORM, we provide subgrant funding and organizational capacity-building training and technical assistance to small, grassroots community- and faith-based organizations statewide during the three-year federal grant project, which began in 2004.
Funding source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Transitions Mentoring Project - 2004-2007
DREAM® serves as the grants manager for a school-based mentoring program that targets students in grades six through eight by providing qualified and trained mentors for at-risk students “transitioning” through the middle school years. DREAM® partnered with Rankin County School District, Northwest Rankin Middle School to implement this three-year federal grant, which began in 2004.
Funding source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools