Local, prevention-oriented partnerships/coalitions exist in most of West Virginia's 55 counties, and they are the front line of the state's prevention system. Some have been in existence for quite some time, while others are fairly new. Many were formed because of West Virginia's Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG), and some are members of Community Anti-Drug Coaltions of America (visit www.coalitionsforabetterwv.org/ for a complete list).
The following is a draft inventory of County Prevention Partnerships. Please contact Michele Burnside at michele.burnside@marshall.edu with updates and/or corrections. Some partnerships/coalitions fulfill multiple roles and tackle various issues, while some counties have multiple groups tackling various things. The WV Division of Tobacco Prevention also has a county coaltion directory that lists many of these entities while also listing other more tobacco-specific groups.
Barbour
Barbour County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
Contact: Linda Watson (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 457-2691
Email: bcfrn@verizon.net
Website:
Mission: To engage people from every sector of Barbour County to form a community alliance dedicated to strengthening the health and well-being of our youth and families.
Berkeley
Berkeley County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership
Contact: Christa Shifflett
Phone: 725-3433
Email: erizac@comcast.net
Website:
Mission: A grassroots organization to combat alcohol and drug abuse in our communities.
Boone
Boone County Stop Watch
Contact: Michele Baranaskas
Phone: 414-4470
Email: executivedirector@regionalfrn.org
Website: http://www.regionalfrn.org/
Mission: Boone County Stop Watch is made up of concerned citizens from across the county who are interested in substance abuse prevention, reducing vrime, and promoting treatment options that fit the needs of Boone County Residents.
Braxton
Braxton County SAFE (Substance Abuse Free Enviroment) Coalition
Contact: Kandy Dennison
Phone: 765-2848
Email: kandy.dennison@verizon.net
Website:
Mission: To work together as concerned citizen's and organiztions to decrease the amount of substance abuse and addiction in our community so that every man, woman and child can live in a safe, healthy and drug free enviroment.
Brooke
Cabell
Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership
Contact: Anne McGee (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 523-8929 ext.17
Email: anne.mcgee@unitedwayrivercities.org
Website: www.unitedwayrivercities.org/ccsapp.html
Newsletter: Next Steps: Reducing Substance Abuse in Our Community
Mission: The mission of the Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership is to reduce local substance abuse with strong collaborative partnerships and community ownership using awareness, education and community wide solutions.
Calhoun
Calhoun Middle High School Youth Force
Contact: Shari Johnson (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 940-0115
Email: talk2shari@gmail.com
Website: www.calhounpride.com
Mission: To guide the youth of Calhoun County, by example, to become leaders, role models and servants in their community by accepting the responsibility and the accountability of themselves and those around them. Through education the primary focus of our youth will be the prevention of Substance Abuse and Violence and to be Disaster prepared, be it in our home, our community or our country and to train the next generation.
Clay
Clay County Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco, Education (D.A.T.E.) Partnership Committee
Contact: Linda Klotzbach
Phone: (304) 587-4269
Email: lindaklotzbach@wvdhhr.org
Website:
Mission: To develop programs, support systems, education and information distribution to decrease the substance use and abuse within Clay County.
Doddridge
Doddridge County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
Contact: Terry Hutson (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 266-9160
Email: doddridgeprevent@yahoo.com
Website: www.doddridgepride.com
Mission: The Doddridge County Coalition for the Prevention of Substance Abuse through the collaborative efforts of its members continually works to eliminate substance abuse in our county thereby improving the quality of life for all residents.
Fayette
Fayette County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Carri Strunk (SPF SIG Project Director) or Nonie Roberts (Partnership Member)
Phone: 619-2126 (Carri); 877-6342 (Nonie)
Email: prevention@fayettefrn.com; nonieroberts@suddenlink.net
Website: www.fayette.com
Mission: Committed to defining, facilitating the implementation of, and sustaining effective substance use and abuse prevention and treatment efforts throughout Fayette County.
Gilmer
Grant
Grant County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Martha Garton
Phone: 257-4688
Email: ewvca@frontiernet.net
Website:
Mission:
Greenbrier
Greenbrier County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Hillary Justus Gore
Phone: 438-6188
Email: hjgore@rmchealth.org
Website:
Mission: Meet the prevention needs of Greenbrier County in order to promote healthy communities.
Hampshire
Hampshire County Community Prevention Partnership
Contact: Amy Pancake
Phone: 822-5787
Email: erfrn@frontiernet.net
Website:
Mission:
Hancock
Hancock County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Carol Farish
Phone: 564-3311 ext 286
Email: cfarish@hancockcountywv.org
Website:
Mission:
Hardy
Hardy County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Rick Smith
Phone: 538-7711
Email: ewvca@frontiernet.net
Website:
Mission:
Harrison
Harrison County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Jason Webber, Chairperson
Phone: 624-1600 extension 124
Email: jewebber@harrco911.org
Website:
Mission: We are a concerned and involved community based partnership, working for the overall health and wellness in the Harrison County community through proactive education, enforcement, and environmental strategies using prevention, intervention and treatment with an emphasis on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
Jackson
Jackson County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Rhonda Davis
Phone: 273-0909
Email: projectcelebration4u@yahoo.com
Website:
Vision/Mission: Committed to bringing awareness and solutions to the drug problems in our community.
Jefferson
FOCUS Coalition
Contact: Christa Shifflett
Phone: 725-3433
Email: erizac@comcast.net
Website: www.focusprev.com
Vision/Mission: To create a safe, healthy and drug-free Jefferson County.
Kanawha
Kanawha County Communities That Care
Contact: Eric Tissenbaum (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 437-3356
Email: tissenbaum@kanawhacountyctc.org
Website: www.kanawhacountyctc.org/
Mission: To increase awareness of the substance abuse problems and issues facing the citizens of Kanawha County and to lead to a long term, dynamic community-wide effort to create a safe and healthy environment for all of our citizens through the development and maintenance of strong interventions that use scientific, researched-based programs and services with measurable outcomes.
Lewis
Lewis County Prevention Coalition
Contact: Jacqueline Weeks
Phone: 269-4000
Email: wvlewisfrn@hotmail.com
Website:
Mission: To develop a multi-dimensional substance abuse prevention plan based on the results of a community assessment, collaboration with community partners and consideration of effective public health practices.
Lincoln
Lincoln County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Michael Tierney or David Chairez (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 414-4452
Email: mtierney@stepbystepwv.org or dchairez@stepbystepwv.org
Website: www.stepbystep.org/
Mission:
Logan
Prevention Is Everyone's Concern Especially Schools (P.I.E.C.E.S.)
Contact: Stephanie Birchfield (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 792-2016
Email: steph_birchfield@yahoo.com
Website: www.pieceswv.org
Mission: To provide our children a safe school and community environment by eliminating the use of illegal drugs/alcohol so that we can prepare them to be a productive part of their community.
Marion
Prevention Planning Network
Contact: Susan Riffle, Communities of Shalom (Board President)
Phone: (304) 333-4444
Email: shalom26554@aol.com
Website:
Mission: To provide a forum for member agencies to work together to develop a plan to address the overall substance abuse related issues for Marion County residents.
Marshall
Marshall County Anti-Drug Coalition
Contact: Latrisha Whitelatch (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 845-3300
Email: marshallcountyspfsig@comcast.net
Website: www.marshallcountyfrn.com
Blog: www.marshallcountyantidrugcoalition.blogspot.com
Mission: To implement comprehensive, long-term strategies to reduce substance abuse among Marshall County residents, particularly youth, on a sustained basis.
Mason
McDowell
DREAMS: Drug Reduction Education and Mentoring Strategies
Contact: Christy Lester
Phone: 436-5255
Email: mcdowelldreamteam@yahoo.com
Website: www.mcdoweldreamteam.com
Mission: To reduce substance abuse among youth and strengthen the drug-free coalition in McDowell County.
Mercer
Mercer County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Wendy Watson (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 324-0456
Email: prevention@ccifrn.org
Website:
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Mineral
Mineral County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Gerri Mason
Phone: 788-9099
Email: mcfrn@hotmail.com
Website:
Mission:
Mingo
Strong Through Our Plan (STOP)
Contact: Amy Turner (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 664-3986
Email: aptpresbyterian@verizon.net
Website: http://stopcoalition.org/default.aspx
Mission: The STOP Coalition is a family-focused community-based organization that is committed to a high quality of life free of the impact of substance abuse and its adverse affects through service and mobilization of our communities.
Monongalia
Monongalia County Prevention Coalition
Contact: Christina Hupp (Coordinator)
Phone: 372-7568
Email: chupp@hrdfwv.org
Website:
Mission:
Monroe
Monroe County Prevention Coalition
Contact: Don Dransfield
Phone: 772-3094
Email:
Website:
Mission: The Monroe County Prevention Coalition is a community wide partnership dedicated to reducing substance abuse, underage use, and associated risky behaviors through effective prevention strategies that include: policy setting, education, communication, programming, mentoring, and role modeling.
Morgan
Morgan County Partnership
Contact: Susan Caperton (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 304-258-7807
Email: susan@morganpartnership.org
Website: www.morganpartnership.org
Mission: Individual, community based organizations and agencies working together to make Morgan County a health and positive environment for youth and families.
Nicholas
Community Efforts and Action for a Safe Environment
Contact: Robin Brown
Phone: 872-4707
Email: ncfrn@verizon.net
Website:
Mission:
Ohio
Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
Contact: Kristen Kroflich (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 233-2045 ext. 305
Email: KKroflich@YSSWV.com
Website/Blog: ocsapcoalition.blogspot.com
Mission: The Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition will use our collective resources to prevent and/or reduce substance abuse in Ohio County.
Pendleton
Pendleton County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Jennifer Taylor-Ide or Karen Stevens
Phone:
Email:
Website:
Mission: PCPP works to raise awareness of substance abuse among citizens of Pendleton County. We want to effectively address and reduce the use of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco among all members of the community, especially youth.
Pleasants
OPTIONS Planning Team
Contact: Kristi Venderlic (Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club)
Phone: 684-7643
Email: kvender41@frontier.net
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County Prevention Coalition
Contact: Virginia (Ginny) Ramos (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 304-799-2509
Email: Vramos67@aol.com
Website: http://www.pocahontasprevention.org
Mission: To implement and facilitate school, family and community partnerships and to promote a safe and drug-free lifestyle for the well being of all county residents.
Preston
Preston Prevention Partnership
Contact: Denise Knoebel, MPH
Phone: 329-0096
Email: deniseknoebel@wvdhhr.org
Website:
Mission: Increasing awareness of substance abuse and decreasing drug use in the County.
Putnam
Putnam On Wellness
Contact: Michele Baranaskas
Phone: 414-4470
Email: executivedirector@regionalfrn.org
Website: http://www.regionalfrn.org/
Mission: Putnam On Wellness is a community Coalition focusing on Substance Abuse Prevention, health, fitness, and obesity issues that effect the residents of Putnam County.
Raleigh
Raleigh County SHAPED Youth Coalition
Contact: Carrilyn Carey (SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 253-9361
Email: Carrilyncarey@aol.com
Website: http://www.raleighcountyshapedyouthcoalition.com
Mission: The Raleigh County SHAPED (Safe, Healthy, Active, Positive, Empowered and Drug-Free) Youth Coalition creates partnerships, promotestrust,and empowers youth through coordinated resource development which encourages...
Randolph
Randolph County America's Promise Coalition
Contact: Rebecca Vance (FRN Coordinator) or Steve Belan or James Dean(SPF SIG Project Director)
Phone: 636-4454 (Rebecca or James) or 636-4515 (Steve)
Email: rvance@rcfrn.org or sbelan@rcfrn.org or SPFSIGDirector@rcfrn.org
Website:
Mission: To support and mobilize community resources to increase local capacity to promote character, competency, healthy lifestyles, and resiliency in youth.
Ritchie
Ritchie County Substance Abuse Coalition
Contact: Herk Conner
Phone: 659-3352
Email: RCFRNHerk@yahoo.com
Website: www.RitchiePrevention.org
Mission: To promote a seamless system around substance abuse issues that provides appropriate and effective prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
Roane
Roane County Family Health Care
Contact: Judy Dillon
Phone: 927-8058
Email: jdillon@rcfhc.org
Website:
Mission: Identify behaviors in our community which diminish individual quality of life, diminish the value of an individual in a society, and create a high probabilty of long term financial independence.
Summers
Summers County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Kristal Straub
Phone: 466-2226
Email: reachhfrc@suddenlinkmail.com
Website:
Mission:
Taylor
PATCH Coalition of Taylor County
Contact: Mary Shuttlesworth (Executive Director)
Phone: 265-4482
Email: maryshuttlesworth@hotmail.com
Website:
Mission:
Tucker
Tucker County Prevention Partnership
Contact: April Miller
Phone: 478-3827
Email: tuckerfrn@hotmail.com
Website:
Mission:
Tyler
Tyler County Prevention Resource Council
Contact: Lisa Seagrave
Phone: 652-2399 x 2468
Email: seagrave2@verizon.net
Website:
Mission: To organize resources and increase awareness of substance abuse within Tyler County through a coalition of citizens,businesses and organizations.
Upshur
Upshur County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (Also Known As UCARE)
Contact: Joyce Harris-Thacker (Chairperson)
Phone: 473-1051
Email: upshurfrn@yahoo.com
Website:
Mission: To develop a multi-dimentional substance abuse prevention plan based on community assessment, collaboration with community partners and consideration of effective public health practices.
Wayne
Wayne County Family Resource Network (FRN) - Coalition
Contact: Charity Damron (FRN Coordinator)
Phone: 208-6806
Email: waynefrn@frontiernet.net
Website:
Mission:
Webster
Webster County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Julie Surbaugh (Webster County FRN Coordinator)
Phone: 847-2943 or 644-5450
Email: coordinator@wcfrn.com
Website:
Mission: The Webster County Prevention Partnership has formed to make a substance abuse free Webster County reality.
Wetzel
Wetzel County Center for Children and Families
Contact: Beth Glow
Phone: 455-2468
Email: eglow@access.k12.wv.us
Citizens Against Prescription Drug Abuse
Contact: Tim Haught, Wetzel Co. Presecutor
Wirt
Wirt County Family Resource Network
Contact: Kathy Mason
Phone: 275-4833
Email: wirtcountyfrn@citynet.net
Website:
Mission:
Wood
Wood County Prevention Partnership
Contacts: Larry Johnson (SPF SIG Project Director) or Kelly Shook (SPF SIG Project Coordinator) or Allison Bennett (SPF SIG Community Mobilizer)
Phone: 424-1711
Email: kelly_shook@suddenlink.net
Website:
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Wyoming
Wyoming County Prevention Partnership
Contact: Kathy Brunty
Phone: 732-7070
Email: wyofrn@aol.com
Mission: To coordinate prevention and addiction treatment services that are comprehensive, generational, and encompass the entire county resulting in cultural, environmental, and attitudinal change.