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Our
vision: A safe and healthy community in which all people
feel valued.
Thanks
to great collaboration with and leadership by our local
partners, our Underage Drinking Town Hall meetings reached
nearly 700 people in five communities. Parents, teens,
school staff, law enforcement, town officials, service
providers and other community members participated in
meetings in Richford, Enosburg, Fairfax, Swanton, and
St. Albans. Thank you to all who participated!
Photo
by Greg Lamoreuz. For more photos from the Richford
Underage Drinking Town Meeting, click
here.
Vermont
Counterdrug Task Force: For information on how
to organize a week-long summer day camp with a safety
theme and for other prevention ideas and resources involving
the Vermont National Guard, Contact Marc at : (802)
338-3440.
Environmental
strategies -- changing community norms
A:
An approach/activity/initiative that changes the cultural
or physical surrounding in your neighborhood, town,
county, or state so that it no longer supports or promotes
substance use. Some examples include:
- Reducing
the number or density of liquor outlets in an area.
- Reducing
or eliminating storefront/outdoor advertising for
alcohol or tobacco products.
- Asking
retailers to limit underage access to tobacco products,
rolling papers, and gear with alcohol, tobacco, or
other drug advertsing and pro-use messages.
- Discontinuing
beer tents at community festivals.
- Neighborhood
watch programs.
- The
Vermont teen use line (1-866-TEEN USE).
- Creating
substance-free workplaces.
- Check
out http://www.udetc.org/documents/strategies.pdf
and http://www.prevnet.org/spfsig/common/pdf/environmental_strategies.pdf
for more on environmental strategies.
Youth
Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results
The bi-annual Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey
(YRBS) shows trends in risk behaviors and assets among
8-12th grade youth for the state and county. The statewide
YRBS can be viewed by clicking here
(this takes you to the Vermont Department of Health
site.) Angela Baker's PowerPoint presentation on the
2007 YRBS results for Franklin County is now available
here.
To see the entire Franklin County YRBS results by supervisory
union and county:
Franklin
County 2007 YRBS report
Franklin
Northeast 2007 YRBS report
Franklin
Northwest 2007 YRBS report
Franklin
Central 2007 YRBS report
Franklin
West 2007 YRBS report
Click
here for 2007 YRBS report Powerpoint presentation
Check
out all the events in May
and beyond!
Underage
drinking--
it's not just a minor problem.
How are our local liquor outlets doing? Caring Communities
would like to commend those local liquor outlets that
consistently pass compliance checks, as well as those
that have recently improved their compliance. In the
month of September, 11 out of 13 outlets passed their
compliance checks, including 3 who had failed earlier
in the summer. We also commend the Vermont Department
of Liquor Control for stepping up compliance checks
in Franklin County. This is an added incentive to retailers
to ensure that all their staff receive adequate training
and take our state's underage drinking laws seriously.
Visit http://liquorcontrol.vermont.gov/enforcement/
to see which stores and restaurants have passed compliance
tests and which have not.
Franklin
County, get your ASSETs in gear!!
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RESOURCE
CORNER
Become
a mentor today! Call Bob Atherton at 527-5049, x 0.
Click
here
for brochure about Franklin and Grand Isle Counties'
YOUTH NETWORK (formerly YAC)
New
for teens: Above
the Influence
Concerned
about substance abuse in your place of business? Click
here
for SAMHSA's drug-free workplace kit.
Just
added 10/16/07: Click
here for new prevention training opportunities.
Click
here for the Strategic Prevention Framework Powerpoint
Prevention
year round: click here
for a prevention planning calendar.
Frankin
Grand Isle United Way's
2007 Community Needs Assessment
List
of model programs compiled
by NY State Division of Criminal Justice
New!
Franklin County Schools' Student Assistance Counselors
listed here.
Click
here
to learn about Risk and Protective Factors
Northwestern
Vermont recovery resources--links and tips. Click
here.
Check
resource archives for information previously found
here.
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