Detroit — The Detroit Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency [DWCCMHA] has awarded the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) a $75,000 grant for its Teen Health Project. The Project’s goal is to help children and adolescents reach their optimum potential and grow into healthy and responsible adolescents and young adults  The program focuses on improvement of health status through health promotion and disease prevention interventions. ACC’s Teen Health Project serves a community that is racially, ethnically and culturally diverse. This Project serves children and youth ages 9-18 residing in Wayne County served by ACC who are current consumers of mental health services and/or members of the community. The Project’s goal will be accomplished through the following activities: health promotion and education dialogues (available to students in English, Arabic and Chaldean), comprehensive health screenings, workshops and educational activities in support of health topics, follow up activities for children who need referrals, and training that supports skill building, enhances social skills, improves communication, teaches problem solving, and enhances physical and emotional health decision-making. For further information regarding the Teen Health Project, call Monty Fakhouri, Director of Public Health, at 248.559.1990.