The board of commissioners may appropriate annually, out of the general funds of the township, a sum to be divided in amounts as the commissioners may determine and to be used for education and development of programs within the community dealing with drug and alcohol abuse. The funds may also be contributed to existing programs available to the township's residents in adjacent communities or in the county where the township is situate at the discretion of the board of commissioners.
53 P.S. § 56579.50