WHAT IS NORTH COAST PREVENTION WORKS?

North Coast Prevention Works

To promote substance free, healthy, safe communities for our children, families and neighbors

(NCPW) was founded in 2010 to serve as a partnership between a broad spectrum of Clatsop County community leaders, private citizens, local & state government, and CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION promote community-level change in the prevention of substance abuse. The NCPW utilizes a variety of strategies to engage the community by encouraging education, Meetings are held on the 3 Thursday of every month at the Warrenton City Hall, Fire Department - 225 S. Main Avenue Warrenton
MEETINGS START AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES: 3:00pm Reduce Under Age Drinking Task Force
BELOW: The 4-H afterschool cooking program in Seaside. Programs like these provide positive activities and teach valuable skills to youth.
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ABOVE: Warrenton Police Chief Matt Workman discusses the affects of alcohol on the body with Mrs. Dowaliby's 5th grade class at Warrenton Grade School, April 2011.

volunteers in a unified effort to OR TO LEARN HOW TO PARTICIPATE

prevention, and enforcement.

3:30pm North Coast Prevention Works

To learn more or to join, please contact North Coast Prevention Works 800 Exchange, Suite 200 Astoria, Oregon 97103 Phone | 503.325.8673 Email | NCPreventionWorks@gmail.com

MISSION STATEMENT
To educate, collaborate, and create community level change in Clatsop County in order to prevent and reduce substance abuse
RECRUITING FROM CLATSOP COUNTY

Parents, youth, civic organizations, community leaders, media, schools, business community, churches, healthcare, treatment, government, law enforcement, etc.

MEMBER PROJECTS

Subcommittees of North Coast Prevention Works

Reduce Underage Drinking Task Force
The mission of the Reduce Underage Drinking Task Force is to engage in activities that work toward the elimination of underage drinking in Clatsop County through the changing of community norms. The five goals of the Task Force are to Educate, Enlist, Engage, Enforce, and Evaluate. Strategies include, school and community presentations, retailer education, reward and reminder campaigns, community mobilization, youth activities, and minor decoy operations. The prescription subcommittee has also created community presentation on the dangers of prescription drug abuse that has been shared with several community groups and organizations. Warrenton Police Dept, Seaside Police Dept, and the Cannon Beach Police Depart.

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Tobacco Free Coalition

The Tobacco Free Coalition focuses on reducing the health and economic consequences that are attributed to tobacco. The coalition does this by creating smoke free environments, increasing access to cessation services and working to eliminate youth tobacco use.

The Prescription Drugs Subcommittee

The Prescription Drugs Subcommittee was
In line with our mission, we work to coordinate many functions throughout Clatsop County to help engage and educate the community.

formed by concerned citizens alarmed about the emerging trend of prescription drug abuse. We participate in an annual prescription

Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force

The purpose of the YSPTF is to reduce suicide and suicide attempts among youth ages 15-24 by providing training and delivery of comprehensive suicide prevention and intervention skills programs and increasing public awareness of youth suicide and related risk factors. YSPTF works with schools and facilitates Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) programs in the community.

Member projects include:

Prescription Take Back events (IMG. 2) Advocating for smoke free parks and colleges (IMG. 1) Alcohol awareness month events Bottle tagging events (IMG. 4) Reach Out Now Teach Ins Minor Decoy Compliance Checks Public Service Announcements (IMG. 3) Community Presentations & Education

medication collection event where citizens can turn in their unused or expired medication. We have to date collected over 600* lbs of medication. The success of the turn in events led to the instillation of permanent, year-round collection boxes located at the Astoria Police Dept.,

Contact us for more information on our projects or subcommittees

Email | NCPreventionWorks@gmail.com Phone | 503.325.8673
UPDATED 10/7/11