Friends of Prevention Coalition aims to identify needs and gaps in the community, access funding to enhance prevention programs and provide networking and training opportunities for prevention professionals.
‘A vision for a healthy community’; the SPF uses a five-step process known to promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build assets and resilience, and prevent problem behaviors across the life span.
Our Main Prevention Initiatives 
Needs Assessment – the coalition surveys community needs and risks that interfere with the healthy development of individuals and the community.
Training – the coalition provides training opportunities for prevention professionals.
Environmental – the coalition produces media campaigns raising awareness on various prevention issues
Collaboration/Networking – the coalition hosts networking opportunities and engages community partners in collaborative projects.
Project Highlights
Community Seminars: FOPC provided funding for community organizations to host educational seminars on various topics (i.e. health and wellness, financial security, prevention and the faith community etc.)
Too Smart to Start: Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign: On-going project to raise awareness about underage drinking funded by the Governor’s Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (GOSAP).
Too Smart to Start Project Components
- Reduce youth access to alcohol: Sticker Shock activities for youth, hosted by partner agencies December 20, March 21, April (date TBA), and August (date TBA)
- Educate youth: Learn about the effects of alcohol on the brain/body utilizing the Reach Out Now curriculum for Alcohol Awareness Month in April
- Host an alcohol-free event: 2009 Too Smart to Start Teens Against Underage Drinking Step Team Exhibition, Saturday May 2nd, Landmark Theatre, 2-5pm, Tickets are $5 at the door
- Increase community awareness: Underage drinking prevention media messages
Our Partners
Membership is free and open to community members (youth and adults) and prevention professionals
Coalition Meetings:
We meet bi-monthly on the second Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
RBHA – 2nd Floor
107 S 5th St
Richmond, VA 23219
Prevention Resources
2007 Prevention Needs Assessment
What Every Parent Needs to Know About Underage Drinking DVD
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