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Passaic City Coalition briefs council on youth substance-use prevention efforts
Summary
At the Dec. 6 meeting, Passaic City Coalition program coordinator Vanessa Pasa described the group's prevention programs, partnerships with city departments and schools, training of staff and parents, and enforcement-related results tied to underage sales inspections.
Vanessa Pasa, program coordinator for the Passaic City Coalition, used the council’s public-comment period on Dec. 6 to summarize the coalition’s substance-use prevention work aimed at youth in Passaic.
Pasa told the council the coalition has worked with the mayor’s office since 2019 to establish a youth council and to run prevention and education programs. She said youth-council members have…
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