Community youth in action - partnership for success - community youth in action (CYA), the department of health and human services substance abuse and mental health services administration (samhsa),…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded Community Youth In Action Inc. $1,939,089 on September 30, 2025, under the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.492) to reduce youth substance abuse in southeastern Idaho through comprehensive prevention and mental health services.

Community Youth In Action Inc. implements evidence-based prevention practices targeting youth in grades 6–12, with emphasis on tribal, middle, and high school-aged participants. Core delivery activities include after-school programming, safe and sober activities, parent education, youth skill building, life skills training, strengthening families interventions, skill-building classes, alternative activities, service projects, media campaigns, and case management. The project addresses underage drinking, marijuana use, and vaping as primary substance targets, with secondary objectives to bridge gaps in access to recovery agencies and mental health services. Key performance objectives include reducing 30-day average substance use among grades 6–12 youth and influencing perceptions of risk and peer and parental disapproval.

Performance occurs in Idaho Falls, Idaho, with a period of performance from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2030. The award is a Project Grant, assistance type for direct support to organizational delivery of community-based prevention and mental health promotion.

Community youth in action - partnership for success - community youth in action (CYA), the department of health and human services substance abuse and mental health services administration (samhsa), and the strategic prevention framework-partnership for success (SPF-PFS) collaboration project aims to lower youth substance abuse in southeastern idaho through reducing progression of substance misuse in youth through comprehensive prevention efforts, and promotion of mental health support services and case management. CYA implements evidence-based practices targeting the entire community, with a an emphasis on youth, and follows a comprehensive action plan encompassing all seven strategies for community change, with significant support and representation across all sectors of the community. CYA prioritizes after-school programming, safe and sober activities, parent education, and youth skill building. We aim to expand referral services and increase participation rates among tribal, middle, and high school-aged youth. The project's goals address underage drinking, marijuana use, and vaping as primary substance targets, and secondary objectives aim to bridge gaps in access to recovery agencies and mental health services. Key objectives include reducing the 30-day average use among 6 to 12-grade youth, influencing perceptions of risk, perception of parental disapproval, and perception of peer disapproval. These goals and objectives mirror the samhsa PFS FOA: preventing the onset and reducing the progression of substance abuse, reducing substance abuse-related problems' and strengthening prevention and mental health promotion capacity/infrastructure at the state, tribal, and community levels. The coalition will achieve its goals through various strategies, including but not limited to: life skills, strengthening families, daily after-school programming, skill-building classes, alternative activities, service projects, media campaigns, case management, policy change initiatives, school assemblies, rallies, community health fairs, and service connection efforts, alongside evidence-based prevention programming, resilience skills training, and service coordination.