New Opportunity for Youth Coalition Leaders

CADCA and A&E Television, home of the award-winning show "Intervention," are seeking candidates for the CADCA Youth Delegate program.

Through an application process, A&E and CADCA will select a young person who is actively involved in their local coalition and has participated in CADCA's National Youth Leadership Initiative (NYLI). The selected youth delegate will be honored, along with the 51 state adult delegates, for his/her service to the drug abuse prevention and recovery community. The Youth Delegate does NOT have to be in recovery from addiction to drugs or alcohol.

As the CADCA Youth Delegate, he or she will be integrated into a major National Recovery Month celebration taking place on September 25, 2010 in Philadelphia, and will share their story of their work with the coalition with others in attendance, including local and national media. The selected delegate will also receive complimentary transportation to and from the host city and hotel accommodations from September 24-26, 2010 .

Applicants for the CADCA Youth Delegate position must be between the ages of 18 and 21 and must be an active part of a CADCA-member coalition in their community for a minimum of two years and have received training from CADCA. The CADCA Youth Delegate will also be asked to share their thoughts and observations about recovery with The Recovery Project’s online community through therecoveryproject.com and The Recovery Project’s Facebook page. They will be able to choose from a number of activities to get involved in, ranging from blogging and periodic email updates to posting videos and photographs from their community. All content will be used to help inspire others.

To qualify as the Youth Delegate, he or she must:
• Be between 18 and 21 years of age
• Reside in a city near a major airport/travel hub (or be willing to travel to a major hub)
• Be active in a local CADCA-member community coalition for two years
• Have received training from CADCA, to include the National Youth Leadership Initiative.
• Be willing to travel from September 24-26, 2010
• Be willing to talk to the media
• Submit a digital headshot for media purposes if selected
• Be willing to provide periodic digital (e.g. email and/or photo) updates for online purposes
• Provide 2 references, including 1 from your local coalition leader
• Fill out additional consent forms as may be required by A&E.

To apply
You must complete an application form and e-mail your completed application to nmartinez@cadca.org. The deadline has been extented until June 25! For questions, please call 703-706-0560, Ext. 256.