Fy 2004 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Application for Continuation Funding

The Child and Family Services Department of New Hampshire is the fiscal agent for the Caring Community Network of the Twin Rivers Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Team (CCNTR-ADAPT)which serves a rural population of approximately 31,000. This southern part New Hampshire, known as the Twin Rivers region, encompasses twelve-towns including: Alexandria, Andover, Bridgewater, Bristol, Danbury, Franklin, Hill, New Hampton, Northfield, Salisbury, Sanbornton, and Tilton. The coalition's primary focuses are young people and their parents. The goals of the coalition are to reduce substance abuse among youth and to strengthen the community through reinforcing its capacity to effectively deal with problems related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. To achieve these goals, the coalition will implement the following strategies:
1) support research-based prevention curricula and student assistance counseling programs in the area schools;
2) increase the number of positive, supervised activities for youth during the high-risk, out-of-school hours;
3) organize community-wide prevention activity that will reach parents and other adults across the community; and
4) recruit and strengthen community coalition

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