Saturday, May 18, 2024
5/18/2024
Manatee County Substance Abuse Coalition (MCSAC) will expand its efforts to reduce underage alcohol use by youth ages 12 to 20 by positively impacting community norms, reducing access and availability and increasing awareness and enforcement of current laws through its Manatee STOP Underage Drinking Initiative that includes: the Safe Teen Intervention Task Force: On the Beach intervention and enforcement effort, a Parents Who Host Lose the Most media campaign, and the re-launch of the Manatee Youth Commission to give young people a community voice. These activities integrate smoothly into our current Drug Free Communities strategies by increasing community collaborations; implementing comprehensive, branded media campaigns; media advocacy and social marketing activities that broaden the discussion about underage alcohol use as a public health, community wellness and safety issue; presenting policy-based solutions to the issue; providing technical assistance to organizations and other community groups in their efforts to take action on underage alcohol use; and by reducing factors in the social/cultural environment that encourage youth alcohol use. The project conforms to the Surgeon General's Call to Action on Underage Drinking that asks for a developmentally sensitive approach recognizing the complex social and cultural systems that influence teens. MCSAC's planned project also aligns with SAMHSA Strategic Initiatives that call for using a comprehensive mix of evidence-supported prevention strategies to build social connectedness, community cohesion and strengthen families. Strategies will impact over 30,000 Manatee youth ages 12 to 20 annually. Through the successful implementation of these activities, in conjunction with current and ongoing efforts, MCSAC will bring Manatee's youth alcohol rates to better-than-state-average levels, effectively an additional 3% drop from 2010 Manatee students' 30-day use rates (as measured by the Florida Youth Survey.
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