Ruthanne McCormack<\/strong>. \u201cIncorporated as a village in 1893, the primary residential community includes a village police force, two public libraries, a college, a hospital, eight schools and fourteen parks. The socioeconomic indicators show a higher than average income and education median from the rest of the state, valuable housing stock and small rates of adult unemployment, but the village is also home to low income housing including a housing authority and section eight housing. The village has a number of support services for low income and immigrant population, including an Economic Opportunity Commission, Hispanic Brotherhood, the Martin Luther King Center, Parish Outreach at St. Agnes Parish and the Vineyard Church Food Pantry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cBecause the school district and private regional schools are exceptional, our students are college directed, but this also poses its own set of risks for young people coming of age in the village,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cExpectations on young people are high, with tremendous pressure on our young people to achieve. Drugs and alcohol are easy to come by. The Long Island Railroad’s Babylon line runs through town, and the first urban stop is Brooklyn, which is a high crime inner city neighborhood, and police and local drug counselors describe this as an easy pathway for illicit drugs into suburban communities like Rockville Centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cPast 30-day alcohol use by teens is significantly higher than the national average, with teens reporting easy access to alcohol at home, at parties, and where teens congregate outdoors,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cPolice and parents regularly report serious issues with teen drinking, and the police report nearly 200 hospital runs a month for alcohol and drug use. Combating these dangers must be a priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn August of 2014 many Rockville Centre community groups, after working together for years to address the problems with teen substance misuse, formally became a coalition, and together filed a grant application to bring federal funding from the Drug-Free Communities grant program into the Village of Rockville Centre,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cMembers of the RVC Youth Council, Inc., wrote the grant and in September of 2015 the RVC Youth Council, Inc., as legal representative for the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth, was awarded a Drug-Free Communities grant worth $125,000 every year for five years, contingent on quarterly outcome measurement reports being written and approved.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYouth suicide is on the rise in Rockville Centre. During the 2019 school year two youth committed suicide at our Long Island Railroad Station \u2013 one in January 2019 and another in March 2019,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cWe have partnered with coalition sector members to better educate our parents and youth on the dangers of substance use to treat depression and the signs to look for when a person may be at risk for suicide.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWe offer programs for the entire community explaining the dangers of substance misuse by using educational speakers, awareness walks, billboards, PSAs, vinyl banners, sticker shock, prevention campaigns and more,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cOur Billboards are seen by thousands of youth every day and our prevention messages really help to educate them on the dangers of substance use.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIn 2017 we partnered with CVS and the New York National Guard to receive a permanent medication drop box at our local police station,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cAs a result of our efforts, 30-day youth alcohol use is down in grades 8\u00ba<\/sup> to 11\u00ba<\/sup>. We are in the process of presenting our latest survey results to the school board later this month.<\/p>\n\u201cOur youth coalition spearheads our prevention campaigns,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cThe youth see firsthand what is going on in our community and where our prevention efforts should be focused. Mental illness and substance use is a top priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cFour of our coalition\u2019s members will be attending CADCA\u2019s National Leadership Forum this year,\u201d said McCormack. \u201cWe expect to bring back ideas to strengthen our advocacy efforts regarding the legalization of commercial marijuana as well as information from other coalitions regarding best practices and community involvement. As recipients of the CADCA\u2019s Non-Opioid Choices Grant we are looking forward to educating our community on the dangers of opioid use.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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