MC ² Connections for Youth

Goals and Objectives: 2007

Goal # 1

 

  1. Reduce substance abuse and violence among youths and adults
1.1 Increase retailer compliance with Marquette County laws and ordinances regarding alcohol and tobacco.    

 

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>Activity:  Compliance checks for alcohol or tobacco sales to minors

 

 

>Activity:  Develop Beverage Server Training Program

 

 

>Activity:  Increase enforcement of underage drinking laws

 

 

>Activity:  Passage of Community Event Alcohol Ban/Restriction

 

 

>Activity:  Passage of Community Event Alcohol Van/Restriction:  Powell Township

 

 

>Activity:  Developed and Implemented a Beverage Server Training Program

 

 

>Activity:  Youth Alcohol Enforcement at the Champion Horse Pull (Community Event)

 

 

>Activity:  Promote the 0-0-1-3 Program

 

 

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1.2  To increase parents skills and knowledge in ATOD use resulting in less access by youth

 

 

>Activity: Special Clearinghouse for ATOD info.www.upprevent.org website

 

 

>Activity:  U.P. Parent Awareness Conference

 

 

>Activity:  Westwood High school Parent Awareness Program

 

 

>Activity:  Family Systems and ATOD Presentations at NMU

 

 

>Activity:  Brain-Smart Training and Coaching Training

 

 

>Activity:  March PAM Activities

 

 

>Activity:  Increase knowledge through Family and Parental Counseling

 

 

>Activity:  General Community Education Programs

 

 

>Activity:  TV interviews

 

 

>Activity:  Strengthening Families Programs

 

 

>Activity:  Bullying Programs in the Schools

 

 

>Activity:  Distribute Funds for Mini-grants

 

 

>Activity: 

 

 

    1. Increase the number of alternative activities for youth by 10%

each year for the next five years

 

 

 

>Activity:  U.P. Youth Conference

 

 

>Activity:  Reach One Teach One Mentoring Program

 

 

>Activity:  School Athletic Events and concerts

 

 

>Activity:  U.P. Teen Leadership/Action Troupe

 

 

>Activity:  Late Night at the PEIF

 

 

>Activity:  Better Futures Program

 

 

>Activity:  Teen Tuesdays

 

 

>Activity:  Distribute funds for min-grants

 

 

>Activity:  AICC Mentoring Program

 

 

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1.4  Increase Enforcement of Drinking and Driving Laws

 

 

 

>Activity:  Increased enforcement of impaired-driving laws

 

 

>Activity:  Youth Alcohol/Traffic Education (YATE):  Student Drivers and Parents

 

 

>Activity:  Community Presentation of Drinking/Driving Laws/”Mocktail” documentation

 

 

>Activity:  Marquette County Overtime Youth Alcohol Enforcement

 

 

>Activity:  Office of Highway Safety and Planning Enforcement Grant Media Event

 

 

>Activity:  Media:  Ryan Report, Sunny 102:  Youth Alcohol Enforcement and the 0013 Program

 

 

>Activity:  Support and publicize the 0-0-1-3 Program

 

 

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1.5  Significantly increase Native American Youth Contact with

        non-using peers

 

 

>Activity:  Native Youth participation in the activities of U.P. Teen Leadership/Action Troupe

 

 

>Activity:  Native youth participation on Project WEAVE activities

 

 

>Activity:  Native youth participation in MARESA YAC

 

 

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1.6    By September, 2007, more than 10 collaborative

         prevention efforts will be held

 

 

>Activity:  Increase collaborative prevention efforts with MAPS Title VII Education Program

 

 

>Activity:  NMU Health Fair

 

 

>Activity:  Alcohol Education Classes at NMU and area high schools

 

 

>Activity:  Produce PSA’s on radio, TV

 

 

>Activity:  Participate in Health Fairs

 

 

>Activity:  Project Graduation

 

 

>Activity:  Coordinate activities with Project WEAVE

 

 

>Activity:  Coordinate with Fetal Alcohol activities

 

 

>Activity:  Great American Smoke Out activities

 

 

>Activity:  Coordinate with Bully Free schools activities

 

 

>Activity:  Teen Leadership/Action troupe activities

 

 

>Activity:

 

 

    1. Promote programming that helps to identify and refer persons at

risk for ATOD violence issues

 

 

>Activity:  Educational programming for violators and parents of underage violators of alcohol, tobacco and/or drug laws

 

 

>Activity:  Programming directed at athletic chemical abuse and dependence

 

 

>Activity:  Training of educators to refer youth at risk of ATOD

 

 

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Goal # 2

 

  1. Establish and strengthen collaboration

 

 

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 2.1  Expand membership and involvement of MC2 by a minimum of

      25% by September 2010

 

 

>Activity:  Monthly MC2 meetings

 

 

>Activity:  Marquette County Town Hall Meeting

 

 

>Activity:  Work with GLYD on Learning Network

 

 

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2.2 Increase level of Native American Involvement in MC2 Coalition

       activities by 5% by September

 

 

>Activity:  Significantly increase Native American Youth with Non-using peers who support non-use norms

 

 

>Activity:  Native youth participation in U.P. Teen Leadership

 

 

>Activity:

 

 

    1. Improve Coalition capabilities to provide appropriate researched based programming

 

 

>Activity:  CMCA Coalition Training Program:  Linda Borsma

 

 

>Activity:  Research on Community Event Policy: 0-0-1-3 Program

 

 

>Activity:  Strengthening Families Programming

 

 

>Activity:  Coordinate administration of “Profiles of Student Life”

 

 

>Activity:  Implement the “Michigan Model”

 

 

>Activity:  Coordinate Smoke Free Restaurant/apartment research

 

 

>Activity:  Oversee ATOD survey of NMU students

 

 

>Activity: Oversee and report on the effectiveness of community service work programming

 

 

>Activity:  P.A.N.T.S.A.G. Training for teachers

 

 

>Activity:

 

 

    1. Increase youth’s participation in Coalition prevention activities by a minimum of 20% by September,

 

 

 

>Activity:  U.P. Teen Leadership/Action Troupe Program

 

 

>Activity:  Youth involvement on the Youth Advisory Council

 

 

>Activity:  Promote Project WEAVE Teen Tuesday Programs

 

 

>Activity:  Student participation on “Youth for Truth”

 

 

>Activity:

 

 

    1. To intentionally recognize businesses and other organizations which promote the prevention of AT OD issues

 

 

 

>Activity:  Present awards to restaurants that pass smoke free policies

 

 

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