Drug-Free Communities Support Program

The Centers for New Horizons is the fiscal agent for the Wells Community Initiative. The coalition serves the urban Bronzeville community in Cook County, Illinois. Bronzeville has a population of 28,006 of which 98.6% are African-American. The goals of the coalition are to: 1) strengthen and mobilize the coalition in the Bronzeville community; and 2) decrease alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth and, over time, among adults. To achieve these goals, the coalition will implement the following strategies:
1) increase citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors of the community;
2) enhance community efforts to promote and to deliver effective substance abuse prevention strategies among multiple sectors of the community;
3) assess the effectiveness of community substance reduction initiatives directed toward youth; and
4) provide information about effective substance abuse reduction initiatives for youth that can be replicated in other communities.
CA/NCF

The Centers for New Horizons is the fiscal agent for the Wells Community Initiative. The coalition serves the urban Bronzeville community in Cook County, Illinois. Bronzeville has a population of 28,006 of which 98.6% are African-American. The goals of the coalition are to: 1) strengthen and mobilize the coalition in the Bronzeville community; and 2) decrease alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth and, over time, among adults. To achieve these goals, the coalition will implement the following strategies:
1) increase citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors of the community;
2) enhance community efforts to promote and to deliver effective substance abuse prevention strategies among multiple sectors of the community;
3) assess the effectiveness of community substance reduction initiatives directed toward youth; and
4) provide information about effective substance abuse reduction initiatives for youth that can be replicated in other communities.
CA/NCF