| The Jefferson Parish Alliance of Concerned Citizens was created in September 2003 by a group of representatives of organizations concerned with alcohol and drug use convened by Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick, Jr.
Mission: To increase public awareness and safety and to improve the quality of life in Jefferson Parish by developing and implementing strategies aimed at reducing the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, thus decreasing the negative impact of their use on our community.
What is a community coalition?
.....A community-wide approach to prevent and reduce substance abuse.
Multiple Strategies over Multiple Sectors
- Increasing knowledge and raising awareness about substance abuse issues, trends, the coalition approach and prevention strategies.
- Developing and improving skills and competencies of a given group to understand, resist and deal with substance abuse issues both personally and in the community.
- Supporting efforts of organization or institutions to initiate or continue policies relevant to substance abuse prevention.
- Increasing access to prevention services and providing for early identification of problem behavior and referral.
- Increasing the coalition’s viability and that of community groups to provide activities in the future.
- Addressing those issues in the environment that restructure people’s choices, change the way the community does business, and changes the way people perceive the community.
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