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Drug-Free Communities Support Program
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This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about the supplemental awards but the information about the original award is unavailable.
Mendocino County Department of Public Health is the fiscal agent for the Asset Building Coalition (ABC). The coalition serves Mendocino County, California, a rural area with a population of 88,200. The Asset Building Coalition has two goals: 1) to reduce substance abuse among Mendocino County youth; and 2) to strengthen collaboration among ABC members to increase their capacity to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse. To achieve these goals, the coalition will implement the following strategies:
1) develop a long-term strategic plan;
2) increase the number of collaborative opportunities for coalition members,
supporting agencies, and the community;
3) increase knowledge of substance abuse prevention strategies, including asset
building and youth development;
4) incorporate asset-building principles into the programs and activities of
community agencies and businesses;
5) provide youth with positive alternative activities;
6) reduce community acceptance of drug use; and,
7) provide youth with the opportunities to build their internal and external assets
as defined by the Search Institute.
CA/NCF
