Drug-Free Communities Support Program

Mountain Communities Supporting Education acts as the fiscal agent for the Flood Brook Community Collaborative Coalition. The coalition serves the rural counties of Windsor, Windham, and Bennington, VT, with a combined population of approximately 2,918. To achieve the two goals of reducing substance abuse among youth and of strengthening community anti-drug coalitions, this coalition will implement the following strategies:
1) disseminate information to successfully familiarize the community with the coalition's goals and objectives;
2) organize a variety of education strategies to include school-based prevention curricula, parenting support programs, peer leadership and mentor training;
3) work in tandem with school clinicians and prevention specialists to implement a pre-teen referral program;
4) partner with statewide agencies, including the Department of Liquor Control, Vermont Department of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Office, and Green Mountain Prevention Projects, to provide numerous prevention education programs; and
5) receive large, in-kind donations to support substance-free recreational and asset development strategy that enables the coalition to access a substantial number of school children for prevention programming. ca/ncf