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Impact Montevallo says CDC grant sectors verified; invited to statewide conference on substance issues

Montevallo City Council · March 1, 2026

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Impact Montevallo reported Jan. 26 that it has verified the 12 community-sector representatives required by its CDC grant, will display substance-prevention posters in a vacant storefront and was invited to present at the statewide ASADS conference in March; the organization also summarized pending state bills related to vaping and controlled substances.

Sarah Hogan Shaw, program director for Impact Montevallo, told the council at a Jan. 26 work session that the local coalition has verified the 12 community-sector representatives required by a CDC grant and is using community outreach—including planned posters in the empty Serendipity storefront—to share substance-education messages.

Shaw said Leaders of Tomorrow students will have a field trip to Columbiana and that School Resource Officer David Holloway will lead Impact’s presentation at the Alabama School of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies (ASADS) conference in March in Tuscaloosa. She also said the group will promote the SPOT trailer as a statewide resource.

Shaw provided a series of legislative and news updates, attributed in the meeting minutes to Impact’s report: she described a recent local fatality tied to a THC vape-pen robbery and summarized several Alabama bills under consideration, including a proposal to add electronic nicotine delivery systems to the state’s Clean Indoor Air Act (Senate committee action referenced), a House bill to criminalize smoking or vaping marijuana in a vehicle with a child (HB72), and a bill addressing classification and sale conditions for psychoactive cannabinoids (SB1). The items were reported by Shaw as legislative context for local prevention efforts.

The Impact coalition plans to hold its next meeting on Feb. 3 at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom and will coordinate local outreach and school presentations in the weeks ahead. Shaw also noted coordination with the state opioid coordinator and invited city partners to participate in upcoming events.