Spotlighting Youth-Led Prevention Across the Nation
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Spotlighting Youth-Led Prevention Across the Nation
At CADCA’s 2025 Mid-Year Training Institute in Nashville, seven youth leaders from the Voices of Youth program presented the projects they’ve been building over the past year. Through hands-on training and mentorship, youth participants design and implement projects addressing substance use and mental health challenges where they live.
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Youth Leaders Awarded Scholarships to Attend CADCA Conferences
CADCA is proud to spotlight nine youth leaders selected for its Voices of Youth program, a SAMHSA-funded initiative run by CADCA in partnership with the HOSA Future Health Professionals.
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Maryland Teens Call Out Tobacco’s Influence
On June 14, teens from across the state of Maryland gathered for the Take Back Your 10 (TB10) Youth Summit, a day dedicated to celebrating the high school students’ efforts throughout the year and exploring how tobacco shows up in their everyday lives. TB10 is a youth-led, adult-guided program aimed at promoting youth voices through education and awareness of how the tobacco industry markets in their own neighborhoods.
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What’s My Role? Helping Youth Lead in Your Coalition
We talk a lot about bringing youth to the table and engaging them in coalition work, but what happens once they’re there? If we want to be serious about our prevention efforts, we must invest in youth leadership and make space for them to lead within the community coalition structure.
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Youth Leaders Convene for First Annual National Youth Action Council Retreat
Seventeen members of CADCA’s National Youth Action Council (NYAC) gathered at our headquarters in Alexandria, VA, for the first-ever NYAC retreat. Held April 11-13, youth leaders engaged in workshops on goal setting and action planning and collaborated in small groups to develop projects on key issues like fentanyl awareness and social media education.
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Youth Lead the Way at Mental Health Advocacy Day
On March 13, more than 200 Youth Leaders in Kansas (YLINK) members and sponsors came together to champion mental health awareness and youth advocacy in the state of Kansas.
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Youth Voices Featured at Kansas Prevention Advocacy Day
On February 26, youth leaders from the Kansas Youth Prevention Action Council (KYPAC) took to the Kansas State Capitol to participate in Kansas Prevention Advocacy Day.
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Kansas Youth Leaders Awarded Scholarships to Attend CADCA’s 35th Annual National Leadership Forum
CADCA is excited to announce that 16 youth leaders from the Kansas Youth Prevention Action Council (KYPAC) were offered a scholarship to attend its 35th Annual National Leadership Forum, February 3-6, in National Harbor, MD. The conference featured training sessions and networking opportunities specifically tailored for youth, allowing them to connect with fellow youth leaders and engage in development opportunities directly related to...
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Youth Leadership is Accepting Proposals for an Evaluator!
CADCA’s Youth Leadership (YL) team is now accepting proposals for an external evaluator to assess our extended-duration programs.
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Youth Empowerment and Community Leadership in Latin America: CADCA’s Global Impact
In recent years, CADCA has expanded its coalition-building efforts across Latin America, with a particular focus on empowering youth leaders to tackle pressing community issues.
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