Prevention works: a community collective to address underage alcohol use and binge drinking in throggs neck, bronx NY - the throggs neck community action partnership's (TNCAP) project, prevention…

Prevention works: a community collective to address underage alcohol use and binge drinking in throggs neck, bronx NY - the throggs neck community action partnership's (TNCAP) project, prevention works: a community collective to address underage alcohol use and binge drinking in throggs neck, bronx NY, brings together schools, residents, law enforcement and the community board to promote initiatives to prevent underage alcohol use and binge drinking. Throggs neck is a 3.8-mile-long neighborhood, with 46,311 residents (2020 US census) located in the bronx, NY. IT is surrounded by water on three sides and is isolated from the rest of the borough. The only form of public transportation is public bussing, unlike the rest of the bronx and NYC which has direct access to the subways. According to the US census bureau (2022) american community survey, 49% of the population are males and 51% female. The racial breakdown is 36% white, 47% hispanic, 10% black, 4% asian, and 1% other. Based on this data, there are 12,040 youth under 19 living in 10465. In addition, the community is home to the throggs neck community housing (TN houses), part of NYC housing authority's low-moderate income, public housing units. TN houses will also be served by this grant. TN houses consists of 29 buildings with a population of 5,657. TNCAP proposes the grant focus on expanding its reach to this section of the community, not previously served by other funding to reduce barriers to prevention services. The goals of the project are to 1)decrease 30-day alcohol use and binge drinking among youth in the throggs neck community by implementing multiple evidenced-based environmental strategies to address the risk factors of retail and social access and perception of harm and 2) delay the onset of alcohol use by youth and decrease use among youth ages 12- 18 by implementing multiple evidenced-based strategies designed to increase the perception of harm among adults and youth and increase peer disapproval. With a focus on equity and reducing barriers, prevention strategies will be conducted throughout the community at 12 school sites over the life of the grant and offered at TN houses, giving access to prevention services to throughout the community. Multiple evidence-based strategies include, community and youth education, mini-town hall meetings on-site at 12 schools in the community over 4 years, the development of youth leadership coalition cohorts, designed to give voice to a larger number of youth in the community to create prevention-oriented projects in selected participating schools, and the use of social marketing and social norms strategies to increase the perception of harm among youth and adults, as well as increase peer disapproval of use. In addition, law enforcement will conduct compliance and hot spot checks of alcohol-selling businesses to reduce retail access. Information will be shared on the coalition website, at monthly meetings, and on social media. To ensure language access, all materials will be translated to spanish. Working with our coalition partners, resources will be shared on the community resource APP, as well as on the coalition website. . TNCAP believes this community collective of law enforcement, local school administrators, parent coordinators, community board 10, youth, parents and the coalition members, can serve the entire 10465. However, conservative estimates of 10 percent of the population yearly will be served.