Project Grant H79SP085487

COLLABORATING TO STOP UNDERAGE AND ALCOHOL USE - COLLABORATING FOR YOUTH (CFY), A FORMER DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) COALITION IN RURAL ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WILL USE STOP ACT FUNDING TO PREVENT AND REDUCE ALCOHOL USE AMONG APPROXIMATELY 12,000-14,000 YOUTH AGES 12-20 ACROSS SIX PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITIES THROUGH COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES, SOCIAL-NORMS CAMPAIGNS, CAREGIVER EDUCATION, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ENFORCEMENT ALIGNMENT - BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COALITION CAPACITY TO CONTINUE A DEMONSTRATED DOWNWARD TREND IN YOUTH DRINKING. GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT NEED ADAMS COUNTY IS A RURAL, SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY (POPULATION ~107,914) SITUATED ALONG THE I-81/I-83 TRAFFICKING CORRIDOR, HOME TO GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK AND ONE OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S LARGEST AGRICULTURAL/CIDER-PRODUCING REGIONS - AN ECONOMY THAT MAKES ALCOHOL HIGHLY VISIBLE TO YOUTH. CFY SERVES SIX SCHOOL-DISTRICT COMMUNITIES: BERMUDIAN SPRINGS, CONEWAGO VALLEY, FAIRFIELD AREA, GETTYSBURG AREA, LITTLESTOWN AREA, AND UPPER ADAMS. CAPACITY GAPS INCLUDE UNEVEN DISTRICT-LEVEL POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT, LIMITED COORDINATED MESSAGING ACROSS SIX DISTRICTS AND MULTIPLE LAW-ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTIONS, AND NO DEDICATED STOP-FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION. POPULATION OF FOCUS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 12-20 ENROLLED IN GRADES 6-12 ACROSS ADAMS COUNTY'S SIX PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS (~12,000-14,000 STUDENTS). THE COUNTY IS APPROXIMATELY 50/50 FEMALE/MALE; ~24% OF HOUSEHOLDS FALL WITHIN THE ALICE THRESHOLD; MOST SCHOOLS REPORT FREE-AND-REDUCED-LUNCH RATES OF 50% OR HIGHER. THE POPULATION INCLUDES YOUTH INVOLVED WITH JUVENILE JUSTICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CHILD WELFARE, AND FAMILIES OF VETERANS. STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS CFY WILL IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED AND EVIDENCE-INFORMED STRATEGIES ALIGNED WITH THE STATE PERFORMANCE AND BEST PRACTICES FOR THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF UNDERAGE DRINKING, INCLUDING: (1) PARENTS WHO HOST LOSE THE MOST (PWHLTM) CAREGIVER CAMPAIGNS IN ALL SIX DISTRICTS; (2) SPRING/PROM SOCIAL-NORMS PROJECTS REACHING 4,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY; (3) POSITIVE SOCIAL-NORMS MESSAGING ON TEEN-APPROPRIATE STREAMING PLATFORMS (30,000 LISTENERS/YEAR); (4) SCHOOL ALCOHOL-POLICY REVIEW AND DISTRICT-SPECIFIC PAYS DATA PRESENTATIONS; (5) A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION PROCESS; (6) TOWN HALLS ON UNDERAGE-DRINKING LAWS, RISKS, AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL-HEALTH CONCERNS; (7) A CROSS-DISTRICT YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP CO-CREATING PROGRAM DESIGN AND MESSAGING; (8) THE NATIONAL TALK. THEY HEAR YOU. CAMPAIGN ADAPTED FOR LOCAL AUDIENCES; AND (9) TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING FOR YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS.