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Fairfield youth coalition reports declines in student substance use, asks trustees to consider future funding
Summary
Members of the Fairfield Prevention Coalition—including student leaders—updated trustees on prevention campaigns and survey results showing declines in youth substance use; coalition requested future funding consideration and said it used a $10,000 township award for prevention work.
Joe Marcus, the executive director of the Fairfield Discussion Foundation, told the Fairfield Township Board of Trustees on March 11 that the Fairfield Prevention Coalition used a $10,000 township award for youth substance-use prevention programs and returned to the board to report results. "We were so gracious when we got the $10,000 to do prevention work," Marcus said, adding the coalition focuses on prevention rather than treatment.
The coalition's student leaders described activities and recent survey results. "We actually have 4 youth coalitions in and around our community," Julia Shuster, student coalition president, told trustees, saying the groups run red-ribbon-week events, safe prom and…
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