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

CURRENT FEATURES IN THE SECTION INCLUDE:

Kids Consortium Service Learning - click here to visit Kids Consortium Site

SAP is running! Student Assistance Counselors in Franklin County Schools

THREE FOR ME - Engaging Parents as Volunteers

OUR VOICES EXPOSED (OVX)


LINKS TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Student Assistance Program - student assistance counselors in each school are there to promote prevention, help students navigate the adolescent years, and identify and refer students who are having difficulties and require professional help to get through. These counselors are In Franklin County, the following student assistance counselors are available for your child and to answer questions you may have about substance use and other risk behaviors:

Bellows Free Academy/St. Albans: Deb Kalkstein-Lamb 527-6569
Enosburg Middle/High School: Sandra Brauer
Missisquoi Valley Union Junior/Senior High School:
Richford Elementary and Junior/Senior High: Lisa Greco
St. Albans City School: Marylin Abell
St. Albans Town School: Amie Koontz
Sheldon Elementary School: Joanna Jerose

Got Three Hours? A School Needs You Who could say no to giving three hours to their child’s school over nine months? That’s what the founders of the parent volunteer program Three for Me reasoned -- and they discovered once parents got a taste of volunteering, they were eager to keep coming back. Included: Tips for starting a Three for Me program. Visit Education-World.com for more practical ideas for educators and administrators.

OVX
Our Voices Exposed (OVX) is Vermont's youth led, youth run movement against tobacco. Like VKAT, we've listed OVX in two places because it is usually a school-based program and it is peer to peer. Visit the OVX website for more information or to download the grant application!

VTLSP
VTLSP stands for Vermont Teen Leadership in Safety Program.

SCHOOL LINKS
Visit the Enosburg Graded School District
Visit Missisquoi Valley Union

School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? Jonathan Caulkins, Rosalie Pacula, Susan Paddock

"Anti-Drug Education with The New York Times: Focus on Marijuana" is available online at www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/NIE/focusonmarijuana www.TeachersGuide.org.

Prevention Tips at the High School Level: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/NIE/earlyaction/

www.CollegeDrinkingPrevention.gov is an online resource center provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

The AfterSchool Alliance Website

Link to AHS Connections Web page: Assets in Action

Link to underage drinking prevention at the COLLEGE level

     


Franklin County Caring Communities
67 Fairfield Street
St. Albans, VT 05478

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