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A drug-free community coalition supporting positive youth development in Franklin County.

 

About us: Franklin County Caring Communities is a positive youth development & substance abuse prevention coalition.

Our vision: A safe and healthy community.

Our mission: Caring Communities promotes conditions to build healthy communities in Franklin County by supporting positive youth development and substance abuse reduction. We do this through a collaborative process that engages community members in dialogue and issues identification, connects members to resources and information, and recruits and equips members as community leaders.

We support positive youth development and substance abuse prevention through community, school, family, and peer action. We aim to change community norms that support unhealthy behaviors in partnership with you--parents, youth, organizations, businesses, law enforcement, concerned community members.

The heart of Caring Communities is asset development. According to Search Institute, there is a direct correlation between healthy choices and the possession of developmental assets, such as support, empowerment, boundaries and expectations, constructive use of time, commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies, and positive identity. Social Development Theory (Hawkins and Catalano) identifies similar protective factors: pro-social bonds, "life" skills, such as refusal, negotiation, and decision-making, clear expectations for behavior, caring and support, high expectations for success, and opportunities for meaningful involvement.

Our coalition is a recipient of a Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFCSP) grant through the US Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA); a New Directions Grant from the Vermont Department of Health's Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs (ADAP).

Caring Communities is a member of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). We are a member of our regional Partnership, Franklin Grand Isle Community Partnership. Our fiscal agent is the Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union.

For more information or to become involved in prevention activities in your community, contact 527-5049.

Staff:
Beth Crane, coalition coordinator & drug-free communities project director 527-5049 ext. 1
Cindy Cook, coordinator, youth and parent outreach 527-5049 ext. 2
Robert Atherton, Missisquoi Mentoring coordinator 527-5049 ext. 4

Caring Communities Board:

Angela Baker - VT Dept. of Health, Dvision of Alcohol and Derug Abuse Programs
Jeff Benay, Ed. D - Franklin County Indian Education
Becky Hart, FNWSU

Katharine Hutchinson - Bellows Free Academy
Ron Larose - Franklin Regional Chamber of Commerce
Dan Marcellus - Vermont State Police, St. Albans Barracks
Jake Schuler/Michele Plouff - Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
Lindsay Snider - Franklin Grand Isle Youth Advisory Council
Marcheta Townsend - United Methodist Church



Franklin County Caring Communities
39 Barlow Street
St. Albans, VT 05478

(802) 527-5049 (voice) ~ (802) 524-3952 (fax)
e-mail: info@fcccp.org