Morgan County Partnerships for Success - Project Summary: The Morgan County Partnership for Success will serve Morgan County participants in Morgan County, West Virginia, ages 9 to 20. The Morgan County Partnership (MCP or The Partnership ) will be the lead organization along with the help of committed partners. The Morgan County Partnership's main focuses is on drug and alcohol prevention. Morgan County is a community that has high student poverty rates (approximately 67% county-wide). There is a high percentage of young people using drugs and alcohol at rates higher that the national average, the probability of health and social risk is of high concern. The first goal of the MCP's Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnershipo for Success (SPF-PFS) program is to reduce youth substance abuse, specifically among youth ages 9-20, by implementing evidenced based programs (EBP) and practices in local youth-serving agencies, the school system, and higher education. This goal will be accomplished through the following objectives: Objective 1: Reduce 30-day alcohol use for youth ages 9-20 by 5%, measured by the PRIDE Survey, youth focus groups, CMCA, and Compliance Checks, Objective 2: Reduce 30-day marijuana use for youth ages 9-20 by 5%, measured by the PRIDE Survey, Asset Survey, youth focus groups, and law enforcement interviews, Objective 3: Reduce 30-day methamphetamine use for youth ages 9-20 by 5%, measure by the Pride Survey, Asset Survey, youth focus groups,CMCA, and law enforcement interviews, and Objective 4: Increase perception of risk of alcohol and marijuana among youth and parents by 3%, as measured by the PRIDE Survey, Asset Survey, youth and parents focus groups, and community conversations. The second goal of the MCP's SPF_PFS Program is to strengthen the coalition's infrastructure to increase its capacity to effect positive community change by promoting the coalition's prevention and intervention services and provide training and support to the coalition members. This goal will be accomplished through the following objectives: Objective 1: The partner organizations will promote the coalition's prevention and intervention services to their constituents, as measured by organizational websites, newsletters and brochures, Objective 2: The coalition membership will be knowledgeable on the strategic prevention and strategies to prevent youth substance abuse, as measured by coalition member survey and training attendance logs, and Objective 3: The coalition will leverage its collective resources to increase funding for prevention programming, as measured by the increase of funds raised pre and post SPF-PFS grant. From these goals and objectives, we hope to expand our capacity along with reducing underage drinking, use of marijuana and methamphetamines. At a minimum, 6,000 people (yearly) will be part of our efforts or be affected by our initiatives. We intend to serve all sectors of our community throughout the lifespan of this grant.
