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Cu\u00e9nteme sobre su comunidad y las comunidades a las que sirve su coalici\u00f3n: su poblaci\u00f3n y caracter\u00edsticas \u00fanicas. \u00bfCu\u00e1ndo se form\u00f3 la coalici\u00f3n?<\/strong> In response to the Surgeon General\u2019s call to action to prevent and reduce underage drinking, county leaders convened a Town Hall meeting in 2005. 77 community residents including parents, judges, court personnel, law enforcement, youth, and other key government and agency stakeholders attended the meeting. On April 20, 2006, as a result of that Town Hall meeting, the Delaware County Underage Drinking Coalition was formed. In the same year the first Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was conducted in county middle and high schools by the Delaware-Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services Board. Data from the YRBS, focus groups with youth and adults, and a community assessment indicated the importance of focusing on reducing both youth alcohol use and prescription drug misuse and abuse. The coalition adopted its mission statement in September 2006. In 2007 the coalition wrote by-laws, changed the name to the Drug-Free Delaware Coalition, and constructed its logic model.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00bfQu\u00e9 problemas \u00fanicos enfrenta su coalici\u00f3n?<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00bfDe qu\u00e9 actividad o programa est\u00e1 m\u00e1s orgullosa su coalici\u00f3n y\/o qu\u00e9 actividad le gustar\u00eda que destaquemos?<\/strong> The coalition has succeeded in affecting 119 community actions to create change and 134 community changes in policy, program, and practice, including 59 in overall AToD, 57 in the illegal use of prescription drugs, and 18 in underage drinking.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00bfC\u00f3mo llegaste all\u00ed y cu\u00e1les son tus resultados? <\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00bfQu\u00e9 consejo le dar\u00eda a otras coaliciones que puedan estar abordando algunos de los mismos problemas?<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n What do you hope to learn at CADCA\u2019s National Leadership Forum this year?<\/strong> \u200b Tell me about your community and the communities that your coalition serves \u2013 its population and unique features.\u00a0When was the<\/p>","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13612,"template":"","resource_type":[281],"drug_specific_issues":[],"action_to_do":[],"class_list":["post-17291","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_type-coalitions-online"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Drug-Free Delaware Coalition is in Delaware County, Ohio, a suburban community of 443 square miles that adjoins Franklin County\u2014home to the state\u2019s capital of Columbus. Delaware County has a median household income of $90,499, however, 4.7% of county residents live below the poverty level. The southern part of the county around Polaris is a highway and a market for drug deals, particularly heroin distribution.<\/p>\n
\nDrug-Free Delaware has two unique issues that it is currently facing.\u00a0The first is that the coalition is in its 10el<\/sup> and final year of the DFC grant. \u201cOur fiscal agent is actively working with our community partners in the health district, law enforcement and government agency to insure sustainability of the coalition beyond September 2019,\u201d said coalition coordinator Jamica Harper<\/strong>.\u00a0The second issue is the passing of HB 523 for the legalization of medical marijuana.\u00a0The coalition is considering the addition of marijuana as a substance the coalition should address. Discussion and planning has begun to adjust the logic model to include the problem of underage use of marijuana in addition to underage drinking and misuse\/abuse of prescription drugs.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cDrug-Free Delaware is proud of our partnerships with local police and Sheriff departments that assist with prescription drug take-back events at local pharmacies, stores, and businesses,\u201d said Harper<\/strong>. \u201cThe collection of prescription drugs during these events, in addition to those collected in our five prescription drug boxes, equals more than two tons since April, 2013.\u00a0Just in the past year, we have distributed 1200+ prescription drug disposal bags to the community, provided 37 community residents with MedSafe lock boxes, distributed 200+ Deterra Drug Deactivation packets to Fire Departments, EMS, local physician offices, and pharmacies and during local community events. We collaborated with SourcePoint to deliver 1700+ Medication Safety for Older Adult Brochures and partner with our fiscal agent RPR and Sheriff department to coordinate ATOD based prevention programming in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe Drug-Free Delaware Coalition is very fortunate to have active community collaboration,\u201d said Harper<\/strong>. \u201cTogether, our volunteers work very hard to promote the message of keeping our county\u2019s youth free from the harms of drugs and alcohol. They constantly look for opportunities in the community for the coalition to highlight its message and provide valuable information and resources to the residents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI believe that a coalition and its effectiveness is only as strong as the collaboration and unity of your partners,\u201d said Harper<\/strong>. \u201cSuccess comes when you make every effort to create opportunities that suite each sector so that you can increase volunteer\u2019s comfortability when representing the coalition in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI am looking forward to learning more about sustainability and what to do now that our state has commercialized medical marijuana,\u201d said Harper<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"