Parents Unite in Prevention

Our recent Parent Town Hall style meeting brought together parents with concern for underage drinking. It has prompted them to start meeting on a monthly basis. The next meeting will be Oct. 28 from 6-8pm at Christ United Methodist Church. Share information and explore ideas on substance abuse prevention and early intervention. Parents have said they want to support each other as they deal with substance abuse issues with their teenagers.

Parent Point Of View! It's Crucial!

Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition has spent a good deal of energy addressing youth retail access to alcohol. According to our surveys, social access through parents, relatives, and friends is the main way youth gain access to alcohol. We would like to focus on this area, however we need to know how the community thinks and views this issue. This Town Hall Meeting is an opportunity to allow the community a chance to hear information about underage drinking effects on health and well-being of youth. More importantly it is our chance to hear what to community believes in light o this information. All opinions welcome!

Community Tunes Into Prevention

OCSAPC Hosts Learning Opportunity for Community

County Coalition Project Directors from Region One WV decided they want to host a Substance Abuse Prevention Luncheon. The WV Statewide Prevention System includes all county coalitions, WV Prevention Resource Center and the WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being. The Partnership to Promote Comunity Well-Being is composed of members of state government and community agencies with a stake in prevention. Some of our coalition members have a counterpart at the state level representing them as they help with our community work . In order to sustain this prevention system, already in place, county coalitions across WV support codification of the partnership.

OCSAPC has the opportunity to host several WV legislators, Wheeling city officials, coalition directors and the community for a luncheon Sept. 10. We and the other county project directors aim to show off our activities and accomplishments in hopes to show the importance of prevention in WV. Wayne Coombs, Executive Director WV Prevention Resource Center, will address the group on the cost of substance abuse and the importance of state level support to continuing the statewide comprehensive prevention plan. It's very exciting and we will keep you posted on our progress.