Tuesday, May 20, 2025
5/20/2025
Orange Partnership for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth Preventing Underage Drinking in Rural Orange County, NC - Orange Partnership for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth is a community coalition with the experience, capacity and passion to reduce and prevent underage drinking in Hillsborough and rural Orange County, North Carolina using environmental strategies. The area of focus includes the small town of Hillsborough, which is the county seat, and surrounding rural areas. Seven townships comprise the predominantly rural county. The catchment area serves a lower income population, as noted by nine schools eligible for Title 1 funding; four of which are designated. Orange County Schools (OCS) has seven elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools and one alternative high school, serving a total of 7,526 students. Students in the OCS district are 60% White, 20% Hispanic, 15% African American and 4% are multi-racial. The 19% of Hillsborough area residents living in poverty, combined with the upper middle-class professionals associated with close-by academic institutions, has created a disparity of access and resources. This project will expand our work serving middle and high school youth and their parents/guardians, in addition to increasing our scope to include attendees of community events serving alcohol and youth not served by the county public school system
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