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| Social Services Home Page | Child Welfare Services |
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| NAME | TITLE | PHONE # | |
| (719) 336-7486 | |||
| Meg Day | Project Coordinator | ext. 123 | meg.day@prowerscounty.net |
| Gail Frost | Assist. Coordinator/ Evaluation Liaison | ext. 124 | gail.frost@prowerscounty.net |
| Brian Faust | Youth Coordinator | (719) 688-9666 | wizmo9921@hotmail.com |
| Our program is fully funded by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Colorado Department of Health and Human Services, through Prowers County. |
| Vision | |
| To address the prevention needs of Prowers County families and individuals; to improve their overall quality of life and to create safe and nurturing communities. |
| Mission | |
| To collaborate on efforts to develop strong, sustainable, and effective prevention systems and build community capacity to reduce youth substance abuse. | |
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| We are guided by our 27 member Coalition that meets monthly. These meetings are held at the Prowers County Annex Building at 1001 S. Main St. in Lamar. We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. and the public is welcome to attend. Our Youth Coalition meetings are held at the Lamar Public Library Cultural Events Center at 102 E. Parmenter St. in Lamar. They are open to any youth ages 12 - 20. P3y meets on the 3rd Monday from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. | |
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| Our Issue Statement as Stated in our Implementation Plan | |
| Our study of underage drinking in Prowers County has resulted in this conclusion: To have an impact on the issue we should educate beverage retailers and servers, educate parents and other adults, and educate our youth. Knowledge is power...even among kids. Educating and increasing public awareness about underage drinking are strategies in keeping with our community's level of readiness, "vague awareness". | |
| We want to reduce the accessibility and acceptability of underage alcohol use and increase the perception of the risk of ATOD. The previous efforts to address underage drinking in Prowers County have been minimal and "hit and miss" at best. We plan to reinstate some programs and start an ongoing county-wide campaign to reduce underage drinking. We will continue to work with the school districts, the community college, other agencies, and community members to make the plan as comprehensive as possible, so the impact is as great as possible. | |
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| Our Goals as Stated in our Implementation Plan. | |
| Goal 1 |
| To address easy retail access of alcohol among underage youth by implementing a beverage training program for retail sales and service establishments. |
| Goal 2 |
| To address the low perception of risk and social acceptance of underage alcohol use held by adults and youth by developing and implementing a social norms process and subsequent media advocacy campaign. |
| Goal 3 |
| To address the use of alcohol by underage persons by sponsoring evidence based ATOD prevention curricula in the schools. |
| Goal 4 |
| To supplement the evidenced based prevention curricula with positive ATOD free alternative activities for youth. |
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