Monday, April 28, 2025
4/28/2025
Jefferson County Prevention Task Force STOP Act project - The Jefferson County Prevention Task Force is a strong community coalition that serves the culturally diverse areas of Madras, Culver, Metolius and the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Jefferson County, Oregon. Jefferson County is a highly diverse, rural area with a population of approximately 22,865 people, with 27% being under the age of 18 (6,097 are children ages 0 to 17) (Children First for Oregon 2011). Our County is home to the largest Native American reservation in the state of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our coalition's recent community needs assessment in July of 2012 determined our focus areas to be: Underage Drinking, Marijuana, Prescription Drugs, and Bullying. The Jefferson County Prevention Task Force is focused on strengthening its community collaboration with the following environmental strategies: --Build capacity of the Youth Prevention Task Force (YPTF) at 509J and Culver School Districts in order to empower youth leaders in planning and implementing environmental strategies targeted for underage drinking prevention projects; --Reduce barriers and increase access for ID Checking/Liquor Law Classes and the OLCC Responsible Vendor program for clerks, businesses and liquor license vendors; --Increase compliance through enhancement of Minor Decoy Compliance Operations utilizing the Youth Prevention Task Force under the supervision of Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and/or local law enforcement; and --Enhance the Jefferson County Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Protocol through Town Hall educational meetings and consistent enforcement of underage drinking. Expand ATOD Protocol across county lines in partnership with Crook and Deschutes Counties.
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