October-November 2022 Coalition Newsletter

Joining School, Family, and Community in a partnership to promote healthy, resilient, and drug free youth and to prevent youth suicide.

Coalition to Survey Chippewa Valley Schools Middle and High School Parents

The Coalition will soon conduct an online survey to gain parental perspectives
about youth use of alcohol, marijuana and vape products, as well as related issues.
Survey results will be considered in planning future programming for students and parents.

Coalition Mailing to the Homes of Parents of Chippewa Valley Schools 4th – 12th Graders

A full-page parent prevention piece was mailed to nearly 7,000 district parents. This informational material guides parents through a conversation with their children/teens about the dangers of the use of alcohol, marijuana, and vaping. The mailing was funded by a grant from the Prevention Network.

Translation of Prevention Materials for Parents into Albanian, Arabic and Spanish

The Coalition Youth Vape Prevention and Youth Marijuana Prevention Committees have worked with the Chippewa Valley Schools Bilingual Program to translate informal materials about the dangers of youth substance use for Albanian, Arabic and Spanish speaking parents. This information will soon be on the Coalition website.

A series of prevention videos translated into Albanian, Arabic and Spanish will soon be produced and available on the Coalition website. This project is funded by a grant from Prevention Network.

Drug Prevention/Resiliency Building Program

SMART Moves, a 9 session drug prevention program for 5th graders sponsored by the Coalition, was recently conducted at Clinton Valley, Huron, and Miami Elementary Schools. It provides age-appropriate information about the health and other effects of the use of alcohol, marijuana, vape products and other drugs, addiction, refusal skills, and the influence of media. The program is provided by Coalition partners – Clinton Township Police, Henry Ford Community Health Education and CARE of SE Michigan,
as well as Chippewa Valley High Coalition Teen Council members.

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