Tuesday, May 20, 2025
5/20/2025
Kenton County Alliance STOP Grant - Kenton County Alliance STOP Act Grant, is a alcohol abuse prevention coalition to support alcohol free lifestyles among our youth. Project will focus on 1277 youth ages 12-20 annually throughout the project period in Erlanger and Elsmere, Kentucky. Erlanger and Elsmere Independent School District serves students from two mid-size cities. Over the years, the two cities have maintained separate government structures, but have merged many other services, including the school district and social services, including the school district and social services to function as one community. This has presented challenges in establishing Keg Registration Ordinance and Social Host Ordinances since each city must approve them. Other concerns are large pockets of extreme poverty; disconnects among parents, youth and community agencies; challenges to integration of prevention activities or collaboration among various community entities; easy access and low understanding of alcohol risks and schools using ineffective consequences when youth were identified as alcohol users all point to the need for immediate and sustained coalition action. Additional identified as alcohol users all point to the need for immediate and sustained coalition action. Additional policies and regulations should be established in Erlanger-Elsmere to discourage underage drinking. The goal of the STOP Grant is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12-20 in Erlanger-Elsmere. Objectives include; By July 1, 2023 past 30 day use of alcohol among Erlanger-Elsmere 12th grade students will decrease from 27% to 17% as measured by the biannual KIP Survey (Kentucky Incentive for Prevention). By July 1,2023, Erlanger-Elsmere 12th grade youths' perception of risk or harm from alcohol will increase from 33% to 50% reporting, "wrong" or "very wrong" as measured by the biannual KIP Survey. Another objective is by July 1, 2023 Erlanger-Elsmere 12th grade youth's perception of parents disapproval of drinking will increase 66% to 86% reporting "wrong" or "very wrong" as measured by the biannual KIP Survey. Measurement tools will be directly aligned with the goal, objectives and measurable outcome of the project. The Strategic Prevention Framework remains the center of all planning. Strategies included will be to coordinate efforts with government and law enforcement to introduce changes in underage enforcement efforts. This would include supporting advocacy for alcohol advertising restrictions for minors through local and county ordinances. Other activities would include target activities to influence community about decision-making about providing alcohol to youth. Mobilizing teen leadership to education youth to reject alcohol. KCA will use direct engagement with key stakeholders to promoted targeted activities. Monthly coalition meetings will provide settings where SPF will be used for strengthening collaboration for all community sectors to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and adults.
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