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DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM-NEW APPLICATION FOR YEARS 1-5 ON BEHALF OF HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP - THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AOD PARTNERSHIP UNITING COMMUNITIES, WILL REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE BY ADDRESSING RISK FACTORS AND IMPROVING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN'S WOOD COUNTY BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 1) IMPROVED SYSTEMS AND/OR PROCESSES, 2) ADDRESSING FACTORS IN A COMMUNITY THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 3) INCREASING THE PROMOTION OF FACTORS THAT MINIMIZE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 4) DECREASING THE EASE, ABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR TARGET POPULATION TO ACCESS SUBSTANCES, AND 5) CHANGING THE CULTURE AND CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH DECISIONS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE ARE MADE. LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY HAD AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 72,999 IN 2019 WITH 15,768 YOUTH AGES 0-17 YEARS OF AGE COMPRISING 21.6% OF THE POPULATION.1 SITUATED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES APART AND SURROUNDED BY RURAL FARMS AND HUNTING LAND ARE TWO MAIN CITIES, MARSHFIELD AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP (AOD PARTNERSHIP) DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOCUSES ON YOUTH AGES 12-18 RESIDING IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY, WHERE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND RATES OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE ARE HIGH. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY IS DEFINED BY ZIP CODES 54457, 54469, 54494, AND 54495 AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND NEKOOSA, THE TOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, AND THE VILLAGE OF PORT EDWARDS AS WELL AS THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAS LESS RACIAL DIVERSITY THAN THE STATE OVERALL, BUT DOES INCLUDE MINORITY POPULATIONS OF NOTE. WISCONSIN RAPIDS IS ONE OF 22 WISCONSIN CITIES WITH HIGH HMONG CLAN POPULATIONS,2 AND PORTIONS OF HO-CHUNK TRIBAL NATION LIE WITHIN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY.3 DIVERSITY IS GREATEST AMONG THE AREA'S YOUTH (85.3% WHITE, 6.1% ASIAN, 2.3% TWO OR MORE RACES, 1.6% BLACK, 1.4% AMERICAN INDIAN, AND 0.1% PACIFIC ISLANDER; 5.1% HISPANIC ETHNICITY)1 AND CONTINUES TO RISE PROVIDING ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE GREATER INCLUSIVITY AND RACIAL EQUITY. LOCATED ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER AND LONG KNOWN AS A PAPER MILL TOWN, WISCONSIN RAPIDS WAS DEVASTATED IN 2000 BY THE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC., A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY. FROM 2000 TO 2014, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FELL FROM $60,000 TO $36,299 AND ROUGHLY 39% OF LOCAL JOBS WERE LOST, CAUSING 37% OF RESIDENTS TO COMMUTE OUT OF THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA FOR WORK.4 THE IMPACT OF THIS HISTORIC ECONOMIC EVENT WAS A CRITICAL FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE IN THE AREA WHERE, AMONGST YOUTH, ALCOHOL USE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. WISCONSIN HISTORICALLY LEADS THE NATION IN NEARLY ALL ALCOHOL-RELATED STATISTICS; A FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY TENDS TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE IN THE BADGER STATE WHERE PARENT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS SERVE AS A MAIN DRIVER OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.5 WOOD COUNTY'S ESTIMATED ADULT BINGE DRINKING RATE IS 21%, WHICH IS BELOW THE STATE RATE OF 24%, BUT EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 16%. TWO MUNICIPALITIES IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAVE A CRUDE RATE OF ALCOHOL LICENSES PER 500 POPULATION (WISCONSIN RAPIDS 1.95, NEKOOSA 2.29) HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE (1.47), WHICH INCREASES YOUTH ACCESS AND ALCOHOL MARKETING.6 SEVERAL PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE ALSO REPORTED ISSUES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE, INCLUDING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO DESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE AS ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL'S HIGHEST CONCERNS. THE COUNSELOR ALSO INDICATED A LACK OF DISTRICT STAFF CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT PREVENTION MEASURES. AOD PARTNERSHIP WILL WORK TO ADDRESS UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY BY BUILDING COALITION CAPACITY AND FOCUSING ON REDUCING RISK FACTORS AND BUILDING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18.
$125.0k 8/16/24 Not listed
DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM-NEW APPLICATION FOR YEARS 1-5 ON BEHALF OF HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP - THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AOD PARTNERSHIP UNITING COMMUNITIES, WILL REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE BY ADDRESSING RISK FACTORS AND IMPROVING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN'S WOOD COUNTY BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 1) IMPROVED SYSTEMS AND/OR PROCESSES, 2) ADDRESSING FACTORS IN A COMMUNITY THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 3) INCREASING THE PROMOTION OF FACTORS THAT MINIMIZE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 4) DECREASING THE EASE, ABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR TARGET POPULATION TO ACCESS SUBSTANCES, AND 5) CHANGING THE CULTURE AND CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH DECISIONS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE ARE MADE. LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY HAD AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 72,999 IN 2019 WITH 15,768 YOUTH AGES 0-17 YEARS OF AGE COMPRISING 21.6% OF THE POPULATION.1 SITUATED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES APART AND SURROUNDED BY RURAL FARMS AND HUNTING LAND ARE TWO MAIN CITIES, MARSHFIELD AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP (AOD PARTNERSHIP) DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOCUSES ON YOUTH AGES 12-18 RESIDING IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY, WHERE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND RATES OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE ARE HIGH. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY IS DEFINED BY ZIP CODES 54457, 54469, 54494, AND 54495 AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND NEKOOSA, THE TOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, AND THE VILLAGE OF PORT EDWARDS AS WELL AS THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAS LESS RACIAL DIVERSITY THAN THE STATE OVERALL, BUT DOES INCLUDE MINORITY POPULATIONS OF NOTE. WISCONSIN RAPIDS IS ONE OF 22 WISCONSIN CITIES WITH HIGH HMONG CLAN POPULATIONS,2 AND PORTIONS OF HO-CHUNK TRIBAL NATION LIE WITHIN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY.3 DIVERSITY IS GREATEST AMONG THE AREA'S YOUTH (85.3% WHITE, 6.1% ASIAN, 2.3% TWO OR MORE RACES, 1.6% BLACK, 1.4% AMERICAN INDIAN, AND 0.1% PACIFIC ISLANDER; 5.1% HISPANIC ETHNICITY)1 AND CONTINUES TO RISE PROVIDING ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE GREATER INCLUSIVITY AND RACIAL EQUITY. LOCATED ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER AND LONG KNOWN AS A PAPER MILL TOWN, WISCONSIN RAPIDS WAS DEVASTATED IN 2000 BY THE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC., A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY. FROM 2000 TO 2014, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FELL FROM $60,000 TO $36,299 AND ROUGHLY 39% OF LOCAL JOBS WERE LOST, CAUSING 37% OF RESIDENTS TO COMMUTE OUT OF THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA FOR WORK.4 THE IMPACT OF THIS HISTORIC ECONOMIC EVENT WAS A CRITICAL FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE IN THE AREA WHERE, AMONGST YOUTH, ALCOHOL USE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. WISCONSIN HISTORICALLY LEADS THE NATION IN NEARLY ALL ALCOHOL-RELATED STATISTICS; A FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY TENDS TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE IN THE BADGER STATE WHERE PARENT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS SERVE AS A MAIN DRIVER OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.5 WOOD COUNTY'S ESTIMATED ADULT BINGE DRINKING RATE IS 21%, WHICH IS BELOW THE STATE RATE OF 24%, BUT EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 16%. TWO MUNICIPALITIES IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAVE A CRUDE RATE OF ALCOHOL LICENSES PER 500 POPULATION (WISCONSIN RAPIDS 1.95, NEKOOSA 2.29) HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE (1.47), WHICH INCREASES YOUTH ACCESS AND ALCOHOL MARKETING.6 SEVERAL PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE ALSO REPORTED ISSUES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE, INCLUDING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO DESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE AS ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL'S HIGHEST CONCERNS. THE COUNSELOR ALSO INDICATED A LACK OF DISTRICT STAFF CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT PREVENTION MEASURES. AOD PARTNERSHIP WILL WORK TO ADDRESS UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY BY BUILDING COALITION CAPACITY AND FOCUSING ON REDUCING RISK FACTORS AND BUILDING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18.
$125.0k 7/12/23 Not listed
DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM-NEW APPLICATION FOR YEARS 1-5 ON BEHALF OF HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP - THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AOD PARTNERSHIP UNITING COMMUNITIES, WILL REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE BY ADDRESSING RISK FACTORS AND IMPROVING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN'S WOOD COUNTY BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 1) IMPROVED SYSTEMS AND/OR PROCESSES, 2) ADDRESSING FACTORS IN A COMMUNITY THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 3) INCREASING THE PROMOTION OF FACTORS THAT MINIMIZE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 4) DECREASING THE EASE, ABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR TARGET POPULATION TO ACCESS SUBSTANCES, AND 5) CHANGING THE CULTURE AND CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH DECISIONS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE ARE MADE. LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY HAD AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 72,999 IN 2019 WITH 15,768 YOUTH AGES 0-17 YEARS OF AGE COMPRISING 21.6% OF THE POPULATION.1 SITUATED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES APART AND SURROUNDED BY RURAL FARMS AND HUNTING LAND ARE TWO MAIN CITIES, MARSHFIELD AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP (AOD PARTNERSHIP) DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOCUSES ON YOUTH AGES 12-18 RESIDING IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY, WHERE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND RATES OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE ARE HIGH. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY IS DEFINED BY ZIP CODES 54457, 54469, 54494, AND 54495 AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND NEKOOSA, THE TOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, AND THE VILLAGE OF PORT EDWARDS AS WELL AS THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAS LESS RACIAL DIVERSITY THAN THE STATE OVERALL, BUT DOES INCLUDE MINORITY POPULATIONS OF NOTE. WISCONSIN RAPIDS IS ONE OF 22 WISCONSIN CITIES WITH HIGH HMONG CLAN POPULATIONS,2 AND PORTIONS OF HO-CHUNK TRIBAL NATION LIE WITHIN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY.3 DIVERSITY IS GREATEST AMONG THE AREA'S YOUTH (85.3% WHITE, 6.1% ASIAN, 2.3% TWO OR MORE RACES, 1.6% BLACK, 1.4% AMERICAN INDIAN, AND 0.1% PACIFIC ISLANDER; 5.1% HISPANIC ETHNICITY)1 AND CONTINUES TO RISE PROVIDING ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE GREATER INCLUSIVITY AND RACIAL EQUITY. LOCATED ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER AND LONG KNOWN AS A PAPER MILL TOWN, WISCONSIN RAPIDS WAS DEVASTATED IN 2000 BY THE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC., A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY. FROM 2000 TO 2014, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FELL FROM $60,000 TO $36,299 AND ROUGHLY 39% OF LOCAL JOBS WERE LOST, CAUSING 37% OF RESIDENTS TO COMMUTE OUT OF THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA FOR WORK.4 THE IMPACT OF THIS HISTORIC ECONOMIC EVENT WAS A CRITICAL FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE IN THE AREA WHERE, AMONGST YOUTH, ALCOHOL USE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. WISCONSIN HISTORICALLY LEADS THE NATION IN NEARLY ALL ALCOHOL-RELATED STATISTICS; A FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY TENDS TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE IN THE BADGER STATE WHERE PARENT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS SERVE AS A MAIN DRIVER OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.5 WOOD COUNTY'S ESTIMATED ADULT BINGE DRINKING RATE IS 21%, WHICH IS BELOW THE STATE RATE OF 24%, BUT EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 16%. TWO MUNICIPALITIES IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAVE A CRUDE RATE OF ALCOHOL LICENSES PER 500 POPULATION (WISCONSIN RAPIDS 1.95, NEKOOSA 2.29) HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE (1.47), WHICH INCREASES YOUTH ACCESS AND ALCOHOL MARKETING.6 SEVERAL PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE ALSO REPORTED ISSUES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE, INCLUDING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO DESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE AS ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL'S HIGHEST CONCERNS. THE COUNSELOR ALSO INDICATED A LACK OF DISTRICT STAFF CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT PREVENTION MEASURES. AOD PARTNERSHIP WILL WORK TO ADDRESS UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY BY BUILDING COALITION CAPACITY AND FOCUSING ON REDUCING RISK FACTORS AND BUILDING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18.
$125.0k 9/7/22 Not listed
DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM-NEW APPLICATION FOR YEARS 1-5 ON BEHALF OF HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP - THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AOD PARTNERSHIP UNITING COMMUNITIES, WILL REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE BY ADDRESSING RISK FACTORS AND IMPROVING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN'S WOOD COUNTY BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 1) IMPROVED SYSTEMS AND/OR PROCESSES, 2) ADDRESSING FACTORS IN A COMMUNITY THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 3) INCREASING THE PROMOTION OF FACTORS THAT MINIMIZE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 4) DECREASING THE EASE, ABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR TARGET POPULATION TO ACCESS SUBSTANCES, AND 5) CHANGING THE CULTURE AND CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH DECISIONS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE ARE MADE. LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY HAD AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 72,999 IN 2019 WITH 15,768 YOUTH AGES 0-17 YEARS OF AGE COMPRISING 21.6% OF THE POPULATION.1 SITUATED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES APART AND SURROUNDED BY RURAL FARMS AND HUNTING LAND ARE TWO MAIN CITIES, MARSHFIELD AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP (AOD PARTNERSHIP) DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOCUSES ON YOUTH AGES 12-18 RESIDING IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY, WHERE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND RATES OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE ARE HIGH. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY IS DEFINED BY ZIP CODES 54457, 54469, 54494, AND 54495 AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND NEKOOSA, THE TOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, AND THE VILLAGE OF PORT EDWARDS AS WELL AS THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAS LESS RACIAL DIVERSITY THAN THE STATE OVERALL, BUT DOES INCLUDE MINORITY POPULATIONS OF NOTE. WISCONSIN RAPIDS IS ONE OF 22 WISCONSIN CITIES WITH HIGH HMONG CLAN POPULATIONS,2 AND PORTIONS OF HO-CHUNK TRIBAL NATION LIE WITHIN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY.3 DIVERSITY IS GREATEST AMONG THE AREA'S YOUTH (85.3% WHITE, 6.1% ASIAN, 2.3% TWO OR MORE RACES, 1.6% BLACK, 1.4% AMERICAN INDIAN, AND 0.1% PACIFIC ISLANDER; 5.1% HISPANIC ETHNICITY)1 AND CONTINUES TO RISE PROVIDING ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE GREATER INCLUSIVITY AND RACIAL EQUITY. LOCATED ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER AND LONG KNOWN AS A PAPER MILL TOWN, WISCONSIN RAPIDS WAS DEVASTATED IN 2000 BY THE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC., A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY. FROM 2000 TO 2014, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FELL FROM $60,000 TO $36,299 AND ROUGHLY 39% OF LOCAL JOBS WERE LOST, CAUSING 37% OF RESIDENTS TO COMMUTE OUT OF THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA FOR WORK.4 THE IMPACT OF THIS HISTORIC ECONOMIC EVENT WAS A CRITICAL FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE IN THE AREA WHERE, AMONGST YOUTH, ALCOHOL USE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. WISCONSIN HISTORICALLY LEADS THE NATION IN NEARLY ALL ALCOHOL-RELATED STATISTICS; A FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY TENDS TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE IN THE BADGER STATE WHERE PARENT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS SERVE AS A MAIN DRIVER OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.5 WOOD COUNTY'S ESTIMATED ADULT BINGE DRINKING RATE IS 21%, WHICH IS BELOW THE STATE RATE OF 24%, BUT EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 16%. TWO MUNICIPALITIES IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAVE A CRUDE RATE OF ALCOHOL LICENSES PER 500 POPULATION (WISCONSIN RAPIDS 1.95, NEKOOSA 2.29) HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE (1.47), WHICH INCREASES YOUTH ACCESS AND ALCOHOL MARKETING.6 SEVERAL PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE ALSO REPORTED ISSUES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE, INCLUDING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO DESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE AS ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL'S HIGHEST CONCERNS. THE COUNSELOR ALSO INDICATED A LACK OF DISTRICT STAFF CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT PREVENTION MEASURES. AOD PARTNERSHIP WILL WORK TO ADDRESS UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY BY BUILDING COALITION CAPACITY AND FOCUSING ON REDUCING RISK FACTORS AND BUILDING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18.
$125.0k 9/7/22 Not listed
DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM-NEW APPLICATION FOR YEARS 1-5 ON BEHALF OF HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP - THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AOD PARTNERSHIP UNITING COMMUNITIES, WILL REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE BY ADDRESSING RISK FACTORS AND IMPROVING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18 IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN'S WOOD COUNTY BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 1) IMPROVED SYSTEMS AND/OR PROCESSES, 2) ADDRESSING FACTORS IN A COMMUNITY THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 3) INCREASING THE PROMOTION OF FACTORS THAT MINIMIZE THE RISK OF YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, 4) DECREASING THE EASE, ABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR TARGET POPULATION TO ACCESS SUBSTANCES, AND 5) CHANGING THE CULTURE AND CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH DECISIONS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE ARE MADE. LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY HAD AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 72,999 IN 2019 WITH 15,768 YOUTH AGES 0-17 YEARS OF AGE COMPRISING 21.6% OF THE POPULATION.1 SITUATED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES APART AND SURROUNDED BY RURAL FARMS AND HUNTING LAND ARE TWO MAIN CITIES, MARSHFIELD AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE HEALTHY PEOPLE WOOD COUNTY AOD PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP (AOD PARTNERSHIP) DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES (DFC) SUPPORT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOCUSES ON YOUTH AGES 12-18 RESIDING IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY, WHERE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND RATES OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE ARE HIGH. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY IS DEFINED BY ZIP CODES 54457, 54469, 54494, AND 54495 AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS AND NEKOOSA, THE TOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, AND THE VILLAGE OF PORT EDWARDS AS WELL AS THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAS LESS RACIAL DIVERSITY THAN THE STATE OVERALL, BUT DOES INCLUDE MINORITY POPULATIONS OF NOTE. WISCONSIN RAPIDS IS ONE OF 22 WISCONSIN CITIES WITH HIGH HMONG CLAN POPULATIONS,2 AND PORTIONS OF HO-CHUNK TRIBAL NATION LIE WITHIN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY.3 DIVERSITY IS GREATEST AMONG THE AREA'S YOUTH (85.3% WHITE, 6.1% ASIAN, 2.3% TWO OR MORE RACES, 1.6% BLACK, 1.4% AMERICAN INDIAN, AND 0.1% PACIFIC ISLANDER; 5.1% HISPANIC ETHNICITY)1 AND CONTINUES TO RISE PROVIDING ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE GREATER INCLUSIVITY AND RACIAL EQUITY. LOCATED ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER AND LONG KNOWN AS A PAPER MILL TOWN, WISCONSIN RAPIDS WAS DEVASTATED IN 2000 BY THE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC., A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY. FROM 2000 TO 2014, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FELL FROM $60,000 TO $36,299 AND ROUGHLY 39% OF LOCAL JOBS WERE LOST, CAUSING 37% OF RESIDENTS TO COMMUTE OUT OF THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA FOR WORK.4 THE IMPACT OF THIS HISTORIC ECONOMIC EVENT WAS A CRITICAL FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE IN THE AREA WHERE, AMONGST YOUTH, ALCOHOL USE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. WISCONSIN HISTORICALLY LEADS THE NATION IN NEARLY ALL ALCOHOL-RELATED STATISTICS; A FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY TENDS TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE IN THE BADGER STATE WHERE PARENT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS SERVE AS A MAIN DRIVER OF UNDERAGE DRINKING.5 WOOD COUNTY'S ESTIMATED ADULT BINGE DRINKING RATE IS 21%, WHICH IS BELOW THE STATE RATE OF 24%, BUT EXCEEDS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 16%. TWO MUNICIPALITIES IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY HAVE A CRUDE RATE OF ALCOHOL LICENSES PER 500 POPULATION (WISCONSIN RAPIDS 1.95, NEKOOSA 2.29) HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE (1.47), WHICH INCREASES YOUTH ACCESS AND ALCOHOL MARKETING.6 SEVERAL PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE ALSO REPORTED ISSUES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE, INCLUDING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO DESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE AS ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL'S HIGHEST CONCERNS. THE COUNSELOR ALSO INDICATED A LACK OF DISTRICT STAFF CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT PREVENTION MEASURES. AOD PARTNERSHIP WILL WORK TO ADDRESS UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE IN SOUTH WOOD COUNTY BY BUILDING COALITION CAPACITY AND FOCUSING ON REDUCING RISK FACTORS AND BUILDING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH AGES 12-18.
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