Wednesday, March 12, 2025
3/12/2025
Since 2010, Boone County Alliance for Healthy Youth has devoted its energy to develop and implement individual and community strategies to combat substance abuse. In order to achieve its mission of a united community where all youth are drug free, BCA engages in activities related to prevention, advocacy, and collaboration. BCA focuses on prevention of underage drinking, marijuana use, and prescription drug misuse/abuse. The project, which plans to serve 20,000 Boone County youth ages 13-18, will focus on collaborating with various community sectors in order to educate youth, parents, and the overall community on youth substance abuse prevention. The overall goal of the proposed project is to prevent misuse of alcohol and marijuana and increase perception of risk of underage drinking and marijuana usage by Boone County youth. The objectives include areas of impact for Individual Services Delivery and Collaborative and Systemic Change: 1. Provide opportunities for shared leadership and use of effective collaborative principles, processes, and tools for coalition members to implement community change strategies. 2. Increase youth participation in coalition work and activities 3. Increase communication with other local drug-free community coalitions 4. Limit youth access to alcohol and marijuana 5. Increase youth perception of risk of alcohol and marijuana usage
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).