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New Healthy Futures Coalition director outlines youth-led plan to curb substance misuse
Summary
The Aspen–Pitkin County Healthy Futures Coalition, supported by a Drug-Free Communities grant, formed a youth advisory and is moving to implement prevention strategies focused on culture change and limiting access to substances.
Kayla Bailey, the newly appointed director of the Aspen–Pitkin County Healthy Futures Coalition, briefed the Pitkin County Board of Health on Jan. 16 about a new, federally supported effort to prevent youth substance misuse in the valley.
Bailey said the coalition — formed last January and led in part by Aspen Family Connections — received Drug-Free Communities funding and used it to hire a full-time director in December. “It is a family epidemic,” Bailey told the board, describing a community with…
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