S.E.T.T. 26-Year Run May Come to an End due to Lack of Funding

Sojourner’s Truth Staff

After 26 years of after-school programs and summer sessions, the Self Expression Teen Theater may be forced to close its doors due to lack of funding.

In the past years the Lucas County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities LCBMRDD) has been the main source of funding for the agency whose mission is to use theater and other programs to prevent teen violence and drug abuse. S.E.T.T. was recently informed that those funds have dried up.

“The decision of the Mental Health Board is misguided,” said Keith Mitchell, local attorney and president of the S.E.T.T. board of directors noting that S.E.T.T. and the Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (UMADAOP) are the only two certified substance abuse prevention programs in the central city and LCBMHDD has denied funding to both agencies.

S.E.T.T.’s problem in staying afloat will be acute since it received upwards of $180,000 from LCBMRDD which accounted for virtually all of its operating funds.

S.E.T.T. has filed a request for mediation with the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) in an effort to get the local decision reversed. Failing that, the S.E.T.T. board sees very little alternative but to cease their efforts in working with youth.

S.E.T.T’s mission is to offer a “holistic approach to family life education.” Rather than taking the passive approach of “just saying, no” the programs are geared to activities that present a range of positive choices.

A Summer Education Camp reaches out to students from age 11 to 17 to participate in and convey relevant information about substance abuse, violence prevention, community services and developmental opportunities to thousands of area high-risk youth.

During the school year, in school and after school programs promote non-violent norms and healthy lifestyles for students.

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