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Substance abuse prevention program targeting alcohol and marijuana for youth ages 18 and younger with a special emphasis on the Hispanic population.

Independence County Hometown Wellness Coalition Drug Free Communities Support Program

Wood County Prevention Coalitions Drug-Free Communities Support Program-Competing Continuation Application

Westbrook Partners for Prevention Drug Free Community Support Program

Headway Coalition Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Project

Drug Free Communities Coalition to reduce youth alcohol and drug use

Multnomah County Drug Free Communities/Big Village Coalition

Drug Free Communities Support Grant

Substance Abuse Prevention in Graham County, Arizona

Union County Drug Free Coalition - strengthening community collaboration to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse in Union County, Ohio

The Partnership for Substance Free Youth in Buncombe County

South Hadley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition

Washington County Prevention Coalition Initiative to reduce youth substance abuse.

San Marcos Prevention Coalition

Meriden Healthy Youth Coalition

Burnett County Prevention Coalition

The ALL Together coalition of the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont is applying for the Drug Free Communities Competing Continuation grant opportunity. This funding will allow the regional coalition to sustain current initiatives and begin new comprehensive strategies to reduce the harms of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and prescription drug misuse. ALL Together’s goal if awarded this funding is to decrease rates of 30-Day alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and prescription drug use among over 1,175 middle and over 2,700 high school students in our region, both annually and throughout the lifetime of the project by: providing information, education and training; through policy change efforts affecting ease of access, community and school enforcement and norms. We will do this by focusing on the following objectives: increasing the perception of parent disapproval of substance use; decreasing adult attitudes favorable toward youth substance use; increasing the perception that youth substance use is harmful; and decreasing youth access. All of these objectives will be measured by the Vermont and New Hampshire Youth Risk Behavior Survey. All Together has identified the following strategies and interventions to accomplish this goal: increase the prevention capacity in the region by joining, supporting and interlocking with existing coalitions and organizations; provide information and education via multi-media social marketing campaigns to parents and community across the region to strengthen protective parental/adult social norms; strengthen school and community policies related to substance use violations and improve the quality of policy implementation; community mobilizing for change on youth substance use by supporting healthy substance free activities for youth to socialize within the community; utilize community forums/town hall events to gain feedback from the communities on youth substance use issues and utilize this feedback to implement change; strengthen collaboration among communities, state and local governments to reduce substance misuse among youth and young adults. ALL Together’s Drug Free Communities Partnership Coordinator shares office space at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with the Upper Valley Public Health Region’s Substance Misuse Prevention Coordinators. ALL Together is a workgroup of the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley and ALL Together staff are employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock. This structure and these relationships allow for the aligning of and collaboration on prevention efforts and collective health goals for our region.

River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition's River Valley Rising project is a multi sector coalition working to prevent and reduce youth substance use in the River Valley Region.

Project Abstract Summary The Partners for Prevention of Erie County (PPEC) project was awarded a FY 2019 Drug Free Communities Support Program grant in the amount of $125,000 by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in cooperation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The project is administered by the Erie County Health Department and serves Erie County, Ohio, a community of 75,000. This project, in its sixth year, has the goal of strengthening and sustaining community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use. Objectives are to increase membership in both the PPEC (adult) coalition and the SPARK (youth) group and increase members’ capacity for their role through skill development and specialized trainings. Other objectives include reducing youth access to alcohol by working with local vendors (sales compliance), increasing consequences for illegal sales to or consumption of alcohol by youth, increasing general substance use messaging, increasing education regarding marijuana use, and increasing student exposure to a top-tier, school-based youth prevention curriculum. Strategies include: 1) increase community awareness of coalition efforts to encourage new partnerships and build diverse membership; 2) strengthen coalition capacity through skill development and specialized training; 3) reduce youth access to alcohol by conducting vendor compliance checks and environmental scans and targeting vendors not in compliance with prevention methods such as product stickers, ServSafe Alcohol training, and strengthening policies/practices for non-compliance consequences; 4) continue to provide multiple educational presentations on the health effects of marijuana use; 5) expand use of an evidence-based youth prevention curriculum in local school systems; 6) follow the marketing plan to distribute prevention materials and disseminate messaging. The PPEC will also expand the use of an established school-based youth group known as SPARK (Students Preventing Abuse & Raising Knowledge) to lead peer-to-peer activities and interactions that focus on the prevention of youth substance use. This group of over 50 students will receive training to enhance their knowledge and skills regarding youth-led prevention strategies and leadership. There are about 19,000 youth in Erie County who will benefit from and have some exposure to the efforts provided by PPEC and SPARK, with an additional 4,000 youth added during the next five years of the project.

Summary: The PLT will increase community collaboration and reduce youth substance use in DuPage County, Illinois, focusing on the targeted substances of alcohol and marijuana. Year 1 objectives will focus on coalition building to raise awareness, accountability and action; reducing 30-day use; strengthening social hosting policies throughout the county and increasing perception of harm. Population to be Served: The PLT will serve communities throughout DuPage County, Illinois, the second most populous county in Illinois. DuPage County spans an area of 336.55 square miles and is home to 931,826 people (American Community Survey, 2017). About 78.3% of residents are White/ non-Hispanic, 4.7% African American, 11.4% Asian, and 0.2% American Indian/Alaskan Native. Of all races, 14.1% are Hispanic. DuPage County is one of the five suburban collar counties in the Chicago metropolitan area. Historically, DuPage County has been identified as one of the wealthiest counties in the nation. It is also among the healthiest counties in the country according to the National County Health Rankings. Despite plentiful resources, the public health system in DuPage County is challenged by significant socio-economic changes among its residents. Strategies: The PLT will focus on alcohol and marijuana as the 2018 Illinois Youth Survey and supplemental coalition data confirm that these substances are the greatest threats to DuPage youth both in terms of 30-day use and permissive social norms. Numerous strategies relate to the following goals and objectives. Goals and Objectives: Two goals and five measurable objectives will guide the coalition in Year 1: Goal #1: Increase community collaboration. Objective 1: Increase coalition participation in the business sector by adding 2 representatives to the coalition as recorded by meeting attendance and meeting minutes, by October 30, 2020. Objective 2: Increase member involvement in work committees by 10% of current coalition membership as recorded by committee meeting attendance and minutes, by October 30, 2020. Objective 3: By October 30, 2020, increase coalition sustainability by obtaining an additional $5,000 in-kind/match donations, as reported by coalition accounting match documentation. Goal #2: Reduce youth substance abuse. Objective 1: By October 30, 2020, increase the percentage of parents who report social host laws prevent them from allowing underage drinking at home from 60% to 70% as reported by a community survey. Objective 2: Increase perception of harm (moderate risk or great risk) from 66% to 75% in grade 10 and from 48% to 58% in grade 12 as self-reported for marijuana use through the Illinois Youth Survey by June 30, 2020. Numbers Served: Year 1: 150,000. Total Five Years: 250,000

The Gadugi Coalition serves Afton, Ketchum, and the Grand Lake Area in northeastern Oklahoma, a population of 6,730. The goals of the coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use. The coalition will achieve its goals by using the Strategic Prevention Framework to implement data-driven strategies such as 1) providing information through media, print, and other outlets/venues; 2) reducing access to alcohol, tobacco/vape products, and marijuana; 3) changing policies/ordinances; 4) enhancing barriers using mystery shoppers, compliance checks, Sticker Shock, and regular retail server/sales training. All strategies align with the Seven Strategies for Community Change, are culturally competent, and are designed for institutional sustainability.

The Alliance of Coalitions for Change (AC4C) will serve Iowa, a rural area, with the DFC Support Program funding by implementing strategies to reduce underage drinking and youth marijuana use with a focus on population-level work and policy changes. Examples of these strategies include Responsible Beverage Service Training, Alcohol Compliance Checks, and Zoning Ordinances. The goals of the coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration and to do this in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use. An objective in the project includes increasing the capacity of AC4C by involving more communities and providing evidence-based strategy training and resource sharing opportunities. Over 30 community and county coalitions are currently involved in AC4C’s work, including 200 youth who are involved in leadership training. Engagement of the youth in more leadership capacity of AC4C is also a main activity goal in this project. More than a dozen state partners work together with the communities across Iowa through AC4C to impact the positive substance use outcomes for Iowa’s youth. The population in Iowa predominately identifies as Caucasian (91%); followed by Hispanic/Latino (6%), Black/African American (3%) and Asian (2%). Reaching more minority youth will be a focus, as well as establishing sustainability for the AC4C Coalition when the project is complete.

The Schuyler County Coalition on Underage Drinking and Drugs (SCCUDD) is applying for a FY 2019 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant in the amount of $ 625,000 by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in cooperation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Coalition serves Schuyler County, a community of 17,912 people. The goals of the coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use. The coalition will achieve its goals by collaborating with our community partners, promoting prevention education and substance-free activities, and implementing environmental strategies.

TPAUD, Trumbull's Prevention Partnership, was born in 2006 of the commitment of educators and community members in Trumbull, CT to address a startling surge in underage drinking among our youth. With state and federal grant funding, TPAUD has expanded its mission to include prevention activities that address underage drinking, marijuana use (including vaping) and prescription drug misuse by Trumbull youth in grades 7-12. Our prevention activities focus on education, community outreach, and enforcement. TPAUD has a dedicated membership of school staff, parents, youth, and community members. The goals of the coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use by implementing the following strategies: 1) Increase coalition capacity through training and community outreach, 2) Provide information to students, parents, and community members about the risks and consequences of alcohol and drug use, 3) Deliver school-based program that provides information and prevention strategies to students and their parents, 4) Increase the capacity of the police department through education and training, 5) Reduce access to alcohol and drugs through education to merchants, parents, community members, and healthcare professionals. 6) Increase the barriers to alcohol and drugs through increased enforcement activities, such as additional party patrols and anonymous Underage Drinking & TipsLine, and merchant compliance checks. Our efforts are data-driven and use evidence-based, environmental strategies. We measure our success through student and parent surveys that assess the attitudes and behaviors around substance use in our community including past 30-day use, perception of harm, perception of parental disapproval, and perception of peer disapproval. Our prevention efforts have been a success; student survey data continues to show declining rates of youth substance use, as well as rising rates of parental disapproval and vigilance. By engaging and mobilizing youth, parents, and community partners to reduce youth substance abuse, TPAUD works to create a safe, healthy, and thriving community free of underage drinking and drug use.

The Sherburne County Substance Use Prevention Coalition was awarded a FY 2019 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant in the amount of $125,000 by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in cooperation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Coalition serves Sherburne County, MN, a community of 96,036. The goals of the coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use. The coalition will achieve its goals by identifying and implementing strategies that will affect community attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs around underage drinking, youth marijuana use, and youth tobacco use. The development of Youth Leadership Councils will assist with these efforts by building capacity and teamwork among youth, clarifying misperceptions regarding levels of use, influencing positive decision-making, and educating the greater community of emerging trends. Efforts to educate, change policies, and provide help for those in need have been, and continue to occur, through the work of the coalition.