Riverhead Community Awareness Program Inc.

Riverhead Partnerships for Success - Riverhead Community Awareness Program, Inc. (CAP) Is Proposing a Riverhead Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success (spf-pfs) Project to Help Reduce the Onset and Progression of Substance Misuse and Its Related Problems by Supporting the Development and Delivery of Community Substance Misuse Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Infrastructure and Activities Using the SPF in the Riverhead Community. the Goals of the Project Are: Decrease Rates of 30-DAY Vape and Marijuana Use Among MS and HS Students Through Infrastructure Policy Change Efforts Affecting Ease of Access and Consequences of Use; Decrease Alcohol Availability at Public Events by Creating Infrastructure and Increasing Capacity to Support Riverhead Town's Alcohol Policy; Expand Sa and MH Prevention Infrastructure Through Policy Change Efforts in Schools and the Medical Community; Increase Parent Participation in Sa/mh Prevention Efforts as a Protective Factor Through Capacity and Outreach Initiatives; and Increase Community Support for Sa/mh Prevention as a Protective Factor Through Outreach and Education Initiatives. the Population of Focus Is Riverhead Area Youth Aged 20 and Younger Who Are 61% Hispanic or Latino and 39% Non-hispanic or Latino (ethnicity); and 82.7% White, 8.6 Black or African American, 2.7% Multiracial and 1.5% Other Races. Approximately 1/3 of the Students Are New English-language Learners and the Project Addresses Barriers to Participation. We Expect to Serve 5,000 Individuals Over the 5 Years of the Grant. the Project Partners Include Riverhead Police Department (RPD), Riverhead Central School District (RCSD), Suffolk County Office of Health Education (scohe), and Peconic Bay Medical Center- Northwell Health (PBMC). the Objectives of the Project Are: 5% Reduction in RCSD Youth in Grades 8, 10 and 12 Who Say Vape and Marijuana Are Easy/very Easy to Get; 90% Pass Rate for Responsible Budtender/marijuana Retail Training; 80% Compliance Rate of Ends/vape and Marijuana Retail Establishments; Establish a Formal Alternative to Suspension Program in RCSD; 80% Successful Completion Rate of Vape Out Program; RPD Will Develop a and Implement a Tips Training Tracking System for Public Events; Provide Outreach to 90% of Alcohol Vendors Prior to Public Events; Obtain an 80% Alcohol Vendor Compliance Rate at Public Events; Reduce Youth Access to Alcohol at Public Events by 5%; 90% of RCSD 7TH Graders Will Complete a Universal Sa/mh Ebp Program (too Good for Drugs) Annually; 75% of Students in MS and HS Will Be Screened for Sa/mh Using Sbirt During School-required Physicals; 75% of Youth 13-18 Seen at PBMC Riverhead Family Clinic Will Be Screened Using Sbirt; Train a Minimum of 10 Pbmc-northwell Health Family Medicine Residents Per Year in Sbirt; Increase Number of Parents/guardians Who Agree That Sa/mh Prevention Is a Priority by 15%; Increase Number of Parents/guardians Who Have Heard or Seen Prevention Messages by 15%; Increase Parent Participation in Prevention Workshops and Events by 20% Each Year; Increase Active Parent/guardian Participation in Parent Prevention Network (PPN) by 10% Each Year; Increase Number of Community Members Who Have Heard or Seen Prevention Media Messages by 15%; Develop Community Prevention Toolkit and Increase Number of Community Members Who Receive Toolkit by 5% Each Year.