Friday, April 19, 2024
4/19/2024
The Town of Stratford Partnership for Youth and Families mobilizes youth and community partners to reduce youth substance abuse and create a safe, healthy drug-free environment where youth and families thrives. The Partnership works to reduce underage drinking, marijuana use and prescription drug misuse/abuse among Stratford youth, ages 12-17, by changing our local conditions in a diverse, suburban coastal community of 52,000. We are committed to a youth-adult partnership to bring community level change that focuses on changing favorable attitudes, adopting and enforcing policies, and reducing availability and access. The Partnership conducts bi-annual alcohol and tobacco compliance checks and surveillance of local hot spots, such as beaches and parks. We have conducted campaigns around various holidays and high risk underage drinking events, such as Thanksgiving, New Years Eve, Memorial Day, Prom and Graduation. We support community service, youth leadership and positive youth and adult peer relationships through mini-grants, and recognize individuals, businesses and organizations that are making a positive impact on the quality of life in Stratford. Also, we focus on strengthening developmental assets of our youth and initiated Asset Building Classrooms in the school district. The more assets (e.g. family support and positive peer influence) that youth have, the more likely they are to succeed and resist underage drinking and drug use. What makes the Partnership unique is that it was originally established as the Stratford Youth and Family Advisory Board in 1976, and has been implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) prevention model since 2006.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
