Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5/13/2025
Coatesville Youth Initiative, Drug Free Communities Program - The Coatesville Youth Initiative Drug-Free Communities Program is focused on strengthening collaboration among the community residents, youth, area businesses, nonprofit and county agencies, youth-serving organizations, the Coatesville Area School District and other educational entities to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth and youth adults (ages 12-24) in the greater Coatesville community. Through collaboration, we hope to 1) Alter youth perception of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and prescription drugs, particularly norms of peer use and family approval; 2) Increase parental awareness of and access to programs target ATOD risk and protective factors; 3) Reduce the age of onset for alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs and Marijuana use; and 4) Alter youth perception of risk of alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs and marijuana use. We've begun implementing a series of activities designed to change consequences; change the physical design of key parts of our community; provide information; and enhance skills to reduce youth substance abuse-specifically marijuana, prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. For example, we've created the Compliance and Merchant Education Program; organized several beatification projects; conducted three community needs assessments; partnered with the local police department to implement a Prescription Drug Take Back and Gun Buy Back Event; and partnered with the local high school SADD Group to plan activities
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