Jefferson Township Youth Coalition

Vision & Mission
About Drug Free Communities (DFC)
Community Partners
Meeting Dates & Minutes
Timeline

VISION

Empowering positive choices for a stronger community.

MISSION

To build an alliance that engages the community to create conditions toward the prevention and reduction of substance use by our youth.

About Drug Free Communities (DFC)

The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program is the nation’s leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. Created in 1997 by the Drug-Free Communities Act, administered by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and managed through a partnership between ONDCP and CDC, the DFC program provides grants to community coalitions to strengthen the infrastructure among local partners to create and sustain a reduction in local youth substance use.

All DFC Coalitions have two goals:

Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth.

Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.

Representatives from 12 sectors organize and meet to address local youth substance use. Together, as a coalition, they are driven by local conditions to implement local solutions that will build a safe, healthy and drug-free community.

Parents Business Media Schools Youth Serving Organizations Law Enforcement Civic/Volunteer Organizations Religious/Fraternal Organizations Healthcare Professionals State/Local/Tribal Government Substance Abuse Organizations Youth