Monday, May 19, 2025
5/19/2025
Together to STOP Underage Drinking - The Asian Health Coalition (AHC) proposes the Together to STOP Underage Drinking program to address the increasing trends of alcohol use and misuse among youth aged 12-20 in the South Lawndale, Lower West Side, Archer Heights, Brighton Park, and McKinley Park neighborhoods of the Chicago’s Southwest Side. AHC will partner with the Coalition for Achieving Substance Abuse Prevention (CASAP) serving communities of color in the target neighborhoods to implement culturally tailored evidence-based prevention strategies to reduce underage drinking. The program is designed to run for four years and will achieve the following goals: 1. Strengthen the capacity of CASAP by increasing citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors and organizations to address alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in the target neighborhoods; 2. Reduce alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in the target neighborhoods by implementing evidence-based programs that address behaviors that may lead to the initiation of use; 3. Enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination to reduce alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in the target neighborhoods by reengaging local and state government agencies to develop a strategic plan and logic model that addresses youth alcohol use at the policy level. Additionally, by the end of the 4-year project, the AHC will target these measurable objectives of the Together to STOP Underage Drinking Project: - Four (4) community town hall meetings will be held to obtain public feedback about issues related to underage drinking in the community and utilize this feedback to inform the development of the strategic and action plans; - At least 80 youth will complete the Youth ACT program on SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework to address substance use/misuse related problems, 48 Youth ACT participants will become youth advocates by joining Youth Advisory Board (YAB), and 2 YAB members will join CASAP to represent the youth sector; - Ten (10) parents will be trained and become community advocates to implement the “Talk. They Hear You” campaign and other evidence-based programs and 2 parent participants will join CASAP to represent the parent sector; - At least 320 youth will participate in Photovoice, Reward & Reminder, and other selected evidence-based programs to improve their knowledge about the consequences of underage drinking and increase perceptions of risk or harm, perceptions of parental disapproval of use, and perceptions of peer disapproval of use of alcohol; - At least 320 parents will be reached through the “Talk. They Hear You.” campaign and other selected evidence-based programs, implemented in partnership with local middle and high school’s Parent Teacher Associations (PTA), to teach parents and caregivers about the prevalence and risk of underage drinking and the importance of talking with their children about avoiding alcohol; - CASAP will work in partnership with state and local government agencies to develop a strategic action plan and logic model that addresses youth alcohol use at the policy level. The AHC strives to build off the successes of our previous work and deliver more robust and culturally relevant prevention services through Together to STOP Underage Drinking.
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