Team Fort Collins Inc

TEAM WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROMOTES HEALTHY LIFESTYLES THROUGH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION.

SPF-PFS TEAM LOVELAND PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PREVENTION IN THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH AIMS TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND STRENGTHEN PREVENTION CAPACITY. PFS PROGRAMS PROVIDE ELIGIBLE STATES AND JURISDICTIONS WITH FUNDS TO ACHIEVE QUANTIFIABLE DECLINES IN RATES OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE. PFS PROGRAMS ADDRESS GAPS IN PREVENTION SERVICES AND INCREASE STATES' ABILITIES TO ASSIST HIGH-NEED COMMUNITIES WITH EMERGING PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE. PFS PROGRAMS HELP LEVERAGE, REDIRECT, AND REALIGN STATE- WIDE FUNDING STREAMS FOR PREVENTION. PFS IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT CHANGES AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL WILL LEAD TO MEASURABLE CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL. STATES AND THEIR PFS-FUNDED COMMUNITIES OF HIGH NEED CAN EFFECTIVELY OVERCOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE.

THE DECREASING PERSISTENT DRUNK DRIVING PROGRAM FOCUSES ON A SOCIAL NORM CAMPAIGN AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, AND INCREASED SUPERVISION OF PERSISTENT DRUNK DRIVERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS EXPANDING A PROGRAM TO A NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITY.

OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY COALITION, A GROUP OF KEY LEADERS ON THE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY, WITH A GOAL OF REDUCING THE HIGH RISK OF UNDERAGE DRINKING AND MARIJUANA USE. PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH YOUTH IS A GROUP OF KEY LEADERS IN THE FORT COLLINS COMMUNITY WHOSE GOAL IS PROMOTION HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AMONGST THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTER PROVIDES CURRENT AND RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR EDUCATION THE COMMUNITY ON THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND DRUG USE.