Wednesday, May 14, 2025
5/14/2025
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT): College Task Force - The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT), managed by FAMILYConnections, Inc., will be implementing their College Youth Task Force as a part of their STOP Act Grant project. Through this project, we aim to expand our youth-targeted efforts to include the college population. In addition, we believe this project will help us expand capacity by increasing collaboration with the five college/university campuses in our catchment area. Our intended target audiences for this project include college students between the ages of 17 and 20 years old attending five college/universities in Essex County, NJ (Montclair State University, Caldwell University, Seton Hall University, Rutgers University - Newark, and Essex County Community College); middle and high school students living in the four towns where college/university campuses are located (Montclair, Caldwell, South Orange, and Newark); local businesses in liquor licenses in the four surrounding towns; and police departments and public safety departments at the college/universities and surrounding towns. Through STOP Act funding, ADAPT will implement several new initiatives targeting college-aged students, college/university campuses, and middle/high school students in the select towns of Essex County, NJ. Examples of the new initiatives include: Law Enforcement procedural changes; developing a College Youth Task Force; enacting and enforcing the Private Property Ordinance; Special Events Harm Reduction Strategies; and, proposing procedural changes for landlords of properties near campuses that rent to traditional college-age students. We are proposing to serve 2,000 unduplicated youth in our catchment area on an annual basis, with a total of 10,000 unduplicated youth over the next four years. Our first goal is to decrease rates of 30-day use among underage college students through policy/procedural change efforts affecting ease of access. Our second goal is to strengthen the capacity of the coalition to reduce youth alcohol use through increased engagement of members and partners in environmental strategies.
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).