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WHEREAS, The mission of the Substance Abuse Prevention Program Multi-Neighborhood Pilot is to target risk and protective factors for alcohol and other substance use and abuse at the individual, family and environmental levels through a comprehensive approach, including individual programming, media campaigns and advocacy; and
WHEREAS, This is done with collaboration with City agencies in the participating communities of Back-of-the-Yards, Brighton Park, Bridgeport, and Englewood, all within Chicago Police District 9; and
WHEREAS, The goals of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot are to prevent adolescent substance use particularly relating to alcohol; decrease rates of alcohol, tobacco and other substance abuse among young adults and youth; build capacity at the community-level to address substance abuse-related issues; promote health and well-being in Chicago by replication of the Multi-Neighborhood Pilot; and
WHEREAS, The objectives of the SAPP Multi-Neighborhood Pilot include but are not limited to, increasing awareness of the negative effects of alcohol use with a focus on youth from 11 to 19 within the 54 schools in the Pilot Communities; and
WHEREAS, Engaging in Public Education Campaign around youth and adolescent alcohol use prevention; partnering with Chicago Public Schools to incorporate alcohol prevention into health and science curriculum at the middle school and high school level; and
WHEREAS, Partnering with Chicago Park District to promote healthy activities and enforcement of alcohol ordinances in Chicago Parks; partnering with other Chicago agencies (CTA, CHA, FSS, CDPH) to inundate neighborhoods with alcohol prevention messaging; and
WHEREAS. To establish family and community support systems for youth with a focus on training and program development; evaluating existing family and community services; implementing evidence-based trainings through utilizing faith and community based infrastructure; and assessing full range of social service agencies for service referral; and
BE IT RESOLVED, An Interagency Working Group is hereby established between and among the various City Departments listed above, with the Department of Public Health designated as the lead agency, and working with existing interdepartmental and collaborative efforts, including without limitation, the Adolescent Health Access Committee and the Healthy Chicago Interagency Council, for the purposes of assessing and implementing family and community support services for underage substance use, as more specifically herein set forth.
George A. Cardenas Alderman, 12th Ward
AGREED AMENDMENT #1 TO R2Q12-359
An Interagency Working Group is hereby established between and among the various City Departments listed above, with tho Department of Family and Support Services the Department of Public Health designated as the lead agency, and working with existing interdepartmental and collaborative efforts, including without limitation, the Adolescent Health Access Committee and the Healthy Chicago Interagency Council, for the purposes of assessing and implementing family and community support services for underage substance use, as more specifically herein set forth.