C'YA Prevention Team's DFC Project - C'YA Prevention Team's DFC Project’s mission is to “lower youth substance abuse in Southeastern Idaho through community collaboration, by promoting positive involvement and sustainable prevention efforts." C’YA adheres to the mission by implementing evidence-based practices and following a comprehensive action plan that uses all seven strategies for community change.
With significant support and representation across all sectors of the community, the focus will be to reduce youth alcohol, marijuana, and prescription drug abuse. We will increase youth, parent, peer, and community perception of harm, increase parent education, reduce youth in the juvenile justice system, and connect with local businesses to provide more drug-free alternatives for young people in Bonneville County, Idaho. The goals of the coalition are to establish and strengthen community collaboration in support of local efforts to prevent youth substance use. The coalition will achieve its goals by implementing these strategies: Life Skills, Strengthening Families, after-school programming, skill-building classes, alternative activities, and evidence-based prevention programming.
The C'YA Prevention Team's DFC Project’s has two goals; the first is to increase community collaboration by increasing membership, providing leadership opportunities for youth, strengthening coalition capacity and creating sustainability. The second goal is to reduce youth substance abuse, by increasing perception of harm, reducing access, and enhancing youth resiliency skills. C’YA will achieve these goals through Increase Perception of Harm and Consequences of Youth Marijuana Use and Enhance Youth Coping Skills by Providing Supervised Prosocial Opportunities during summer and after-school hours.
C’YA will provide preventions services to Southeastern, Idaho in the areas of underage drinking, and youth marijuana use. C’YA services place a high priority on after-school programming, safe & sober activities, Life Skills, Strengthening Families, parent education, youth skill building, in addition to partnerships with Bonneville County Juvenile Probation, and specialty courts for high-risk youth.
The population of Southeastern Idaho is 112,232, with 50.2% being female and 49.8% male. With regards to ethnicity and race, 82.7% White, 13.3% Hispanic/Latino, 0.7% African American, 1.2% Asian, 1.3% American Indian, .8 % Other. Idaho is the fastest growing state in the nation with a 2.2% growth per year; Southeastern Idaho has increased over 8,000 people since the 2010 Census. Most C”YA prevention programs will target Southeastern Idaho secondary youth.
