Friday, June 9, 2023
6/9/2023
The City of Pomona has rallied in recent years to provide prevention strategies to reduce the incidence of substance abuse among local youth. Activities will focus on environmental prevention to include: - Hiring a full-time, bi-lingual Youth Coordinator - Formation of an Underage Drinking Workgroup of the P3 coalition - Inclusion of additional collaborative partners who are key stakeholders in underage drinking (especially youth and parents) - Additional collaboration with the Pomona Unified School District to provide an "Above the Influence Campaign" to 11 middle schools, reinforcing the PUSD's Botvin Life Skills program and providing additional refusal skills to prevent underage drinking - Developing a teen Peer Advocacy Group that will form from the ATI campaign to advertise a new social norm through the art/media created by youth o Enhanced collaborative partnership with Pomona law enforcement's Shoulder Tapping and Alcohol Compliance Checks and the sharing of data related to underage drinkingo Advocacy and support for the City of Pomona's efforts on initiates such as the Social Host Ordinance and Deemed Approved Ordinance that have proven to be effective in preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth; and - Establishing a Parent Watch group o Developing additional social media networking for youth and parents. The activities proposed reflect the 2007 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking by taking into account the dynamic developmental processes of adolescence, the influence of an adolescent's environment, and the role of individual characteristics in the adolescent's decision to drink. The STOP Grant evaluation and outcomes will be integrated with the DFC project by having the same staff and evaluator working on the evaluation and outcomes, using the California Healthy Kids Survey and the PRIDE surveys administered by the Pomona Unified School District to determine outcomes of the four core measurements.
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).
