Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5/13/2025
Hampden-Wilbraham STOP-Act: Collaborating to Prevent Underage Drinking - The Coalition will prevent and reduce youth substance use by implementing the following strategies: Using a social norms approach to normalize good decision-making; Offering the Life Skills Parents Curriculum Training and Youth Mental Health First Aid courses to educate parents on the issues of younger students as related to alcohol use, and to help them build stronger prevention skills; Engaging more community partners in sponsoring safe and healthy activities that appeal to youth in the pre-teen and early teen years; and Hosting Town Hall Meetings annually that maintains a community conversation about underage drinking and a shared responsibility for prevention.
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