Previous GOT OUTCOMES! Winners

• The Maine Community Youth Assistance Foundation, based in Park Ridge, Ill., won in the “Intermediate Outcomes Category,” which recognizes coalitions that are showing progress toward meeting long-term outcomes. The group implemented a variety of community-level strategies to reduce alcohol use rates, increase enforcement of underage drinking ordinances and reverse the perception among parents and teens that the majority of youth drink regularly. While only a few years old, the coalition is on the right path to meeting its goals, helping to pass several environmental strategies to reduce the availability of alcohol and zero tolerance policies, launching media and social norms campaigns to change the community’s favorable attitudes toward underage drinking, and creating evidence-based prevention programs in local schools to involve youth in substance abuse prevention.
• The California-based Santa Barbara Fighting Back was selected in the “Single Substance or Substance-Related Problem category,” which highlights coalitions that have successfully implemented multiple strategies to address one unique drug-related issue in their community. After realizing in 1998 that there were not enough treatment services available in the community, Santa Barbara Fighting Back developed a number of initiatives that expanded and dramatically improved treatment services for youth and families in the Santa Barbara area.
• The Genesee County Drug-Free Communities Coalition was chosen in the “Coalition as a whole” category. The Genesee Coalition, which began in 1998, made big strides in reducing alcohol and other drug use in a predominately rural area of New York State, by implementing environmental interventions and raising awareness among students about the dangers of drug use. The coalition also helped curb underage drinking in Genesee County by working with parents to reduce alcohol availability among youth. Among their key efforts was the “SafeHomes Program,” which asked parents to sign a pledge agreeing never to serve alcohol to youth in their homes. These strategies, partnered with collaboration with law enforcement, a strong media campaign and community education have enabled the Genesee County Coalition to produce impressive outcomes.
• The Tri-County Northland Coalition, in Kansas, Mo., won in the “Single Substance or Substance-Related Problem category,” for their successful efforts to cut down on alcohol use among middle- and high-school students. The six-year-old coalition implemented a number of community-wide strategies that led to a drop in alcohol use rates among 8th graders, less acceptance of underage drinking among parents, decreased availability of alcohol and increased awareness about the harmful effects of underage drinking.

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• The Community Roundtable targets the geographic area of School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties in the Midlands of South Carolina. While The Community Roundtable addresses a variety of issues facing young people, such as alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, gang involvement, sexual activity and race relations, the coalition submitted a successful application focused on its efforts to reduce underage alcohol consumption in its target area. To address the issue of underage drinking, the coalition and its partners undertook a comprehensive initiative including a social norms campaign, alcohol enforcement team, implementation of the Guiding Good Choices program for parents, and the development of Youth Advisory Action Councils.
• CIRCLE (Citizens Impacting Relationships Creating Lasting Efforts) Coalition. The Circle Coalition serves the greater Wooster, Ohio area. CIRCLE Coalition’s aims include reducing rates of substance abuse among youth and over time, adults; and strengthening collaborative efforts among community systems working with youth and their parents. Through the implementation of a comprehensive, data-based set of strategies, this coalition has successfully contributed to reducing their local substance abuse problems.

2004 Got Outcomes! Awards Winners:

• Boyd and Greenup Champions from Eastern Kentucky--Boyd and Greenup Champions implemented the NREPP model program known as “Project Northland” and reduced drug use among youth in grades 6-12.
• The Youth Leadership Institute’s Marin County Prevention Youth Council in Marin County, California--Based in Marin County, California, the main goal of the Youth Leadership Institute’s Marin County Prevention Youth Council is to train and support youth to be local leaders in the prevention of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. The organization focuses on two approaches to prevent youth drug use: environmental prevention and youth development.

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