2016-2017 Highlights

DanversCARES is a partnership for a healthy community.

Our mission is to assist youth and families in making healthy decisions; to reduce youth substance use; and to ensure the future of a safe and healthy community.

We work toward this by encouraging collaboration, expanding programs and services for youth and families, and by supporting sustainable change.

A decrease in

30-day alcohol use

from 47% to 35%

Making A Difference

From 2008 to 2016, among high school students, DanversCARES has seen:

A decrease in the

number of students

riding in a car with

someone who has

been drinking from

29% to 17.5%

A decrease in

illicit use of

prescription drugs

from 10% to 5%

A decrease in

first alcohol use

before age 13 from

15% to 10%

A decrease in

30-day marijuana

use from 30% in

2010 to 24.5%

A decrease in

30-day tobacco use

from 21% to 9%

A decrease in high

risk drinking from

31% to 21%

About DanversCARES

Collectively our comprehensive prevention plan and the work of our partners are making a difference in youth substance use rates.

Community Education and Professional Development

• Jon Mattleman speaks to parents and professionals in the region on adolescent risks including depression, anxiety, substance use and suicide.

• Dr. Ruth Potee speaks to families and educators on the science of adolescent brain development.

• The Tri-Town Council, Healthy Peabody Collaborative, Healthy Gloucester Collaborative and Wakefield United Prevention Coalition share regional best practices with DanversCARES coalition members.

• DanversCARES hosts a free, regional TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) Training for local businesses licensed to sell and serve alcohol.

• DanversCARES staff attends a conference in National Harbor Maryland joining coalitionsacross the country in learning state-of-the-art prevention practice.

• DanversCARES works with Alex Doyle of Eaton Pharmacy to train new RCA employeeson use of Narcan.

• DanversCARES sponsors coalition partners to attend the Policy Roundtable of the Office of the Essex County District Attorney, the Youth at Risk Conference, the Massachusetts Ounce of Prevention Conference, the Harvard Medical School MentalHealth Conference and more.

NIGHTLIGHT

THE

PURPLE

2016 walk forsubstance useprevention,treatment and recovery.

Programs

Atlas & Athena:

Freshmen athletes learn to make healthy, substance-free choices. ParentsCARE:

Earlier this year DanversCARES launched ParentsCARE, a community information campaign designed to reinforce

positive parenting strategies.

The campaign was developed from results of a survey that was distributed to parents with childrenin the Danvers Public Schools. “We found there are many goodthings happening and parents inDanvers are engaging in healthypractices and conversations withtheir kids,” said Peg Sallade, Director, DanversCARES. “We felt we should celebrate thesepositive survey results through a campaign designed to show parents that they are not alone in making thesometimes difficult choices when it comes to raising children.”

The campaign, which began in January and will run throughMay, is focused on the following five statistics from the surveywith multiple points of supportive information:

Strengthening Families:

Families attend a six-week programwith their children, learning hands-on parenting and family management skills.

• DanversCARES youth leaders promote the GreatAmerican Smokeout withfellow students encouraginga tobacco-free school.

• DanversCARES youth leaders provide quarterlyeducation via school bulletin boards.

• DanversCARES leaderspromote “Holiday Cheer”sharing recipes for an alcohol-free holiday with shoppers at the Liberty Tree Mall.

Youth Leadership Highlights

Parents

• Assist the Danvers Public Schools (DPS) inimplementing the state-mandated Adolescent Substance Use Screening in grades 7 and 10.

• Provide funding for “From This Moment On,”an interactive assembly for DHS students andHRMS 8th grade students featuring Mr. JavierSanchez from Youth to Youth International.

• Donate backpacks for Project Graduation, a parent-organized substance-free all-nightevent for graduating seniors.

• Sponsor a freshman healthclass “Above the Influence”poster essay contest eachspring and fall.

• Connect local pharmaciststo speak in high schoolhealth classes about prescription drug safety.

• Host a resource table with DHS Athletics at their fall meeting.

• Participate in the St. John’s PreparatorySchool’s student health fair.

• Participate in Danvers High School career fair.

• Students attend two Regional Youth Leadershipforums with Beverly andGloucester at the Beverlyand Cape Ann YMCAs.

• Students serve the community at the EastBoston Savings Bank “Holiday Photos with Santa” part of Danvers annual holiday festival.

• DanversCARES leadersraise money for the Relay for Life.

• DanversCARES youth leaders promote the FalconsCARE campaignmodeling pro-social behaviors for their peers.

School Partnerships

DanversCARES works closely with the Danvers Public Schools to implement a variety of programming. This year, DanversCARES helped to:

Check out our FalconsCARE PSA

on https://youtu.be/2TCERvcDFeU

Text a Tip:

DanversCARES continues to support the Text a Tipcommunitysafety line,designed tohelp policeprevent possible juvenile andother crime incidents beforethey happen. Danvers Policecontinue a medication disposal program and regularalcohol compliance checks.Danvers police, fire and Lyons ambulance all carryNarcan to assist in opiateoverdose prevention.

Teen Health & Safety Guide:

Our third annual fundraisersupports two $1,000 HealthyLiving academic scholarshipsfor graduating seniors. The guide is a great source of health information and provides advertising opportunities for local businesses. 2016 scholarshiprecipients were OliviaThompson and Erin Flynn.

North Shore Community College:

DanversCARES is a host site forthe North Shore CommunityCollege Alcohol & DrugCounseling internship program.

Danvers YMCA:

Each year the YMCA lends its facilities and staff to host a fun, substance-free night of activities designed for middle school youth.

Community Partnerships

• Middle school leaders engage fellow students inthe HawksCARE campaignpromoting kindness, resiliency, peer support and acceptance.

• Middle school leaders conduct “Warming UpWinter” coat drive for area shelters in partnershipwith Aaron’s Presents.

Danvers Cable AccessTelevision and DanversRecreation Department:

DanversCARES employsyouth during the summer season as a positive way togain job skills and avoid unstructured time. Through a grant from the North ShoreWorkforce Investment BoardYouth Works program, DanversCARES employs six youths to work at the Recreation Department andDCAT gainingvaluable jobskills and service learningexperience.

Current Budget $188,500

with Expected Level

Funding for FY 2018

Income

� Federal Grant

� Sub Contracts

� School

� Donations

Expenses

� Personnel

� Fringe

� Program

� Supplies

� Travel / Training

� Other

64%

17%

16%3%

65%

12%

15%

3%

3% 2%

Core Partners

Danvers Board of Health

Danvers Board of Selectman

Danvers Educational Enrichment Partnership

Danvers Herald

Danvers Public Schools

Danvers Police Department

Danvers Public Library

Danvers Recreation Department

Danvers School Committee

Danvers YMCA

East Boston Savings Bank

Essex County District Attorney’s Office

Lahey Health & Lahey Health Behavioral Services

North Shore Community College: Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Certification Program

Maple Street Congregational Church

Recovery Centers of America

St. John’s Preparatory School

Thomson Communications, LLC

www.danverscares.org

FY 17 Funding• ONDCP/SAMHSA Drug Free Community Support Program

• Danvers Public Schools

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health:

Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative (SAPC)

through the City of Peabody

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health:

Massachusetts Opiate Abuse Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC)

through the City of Gloucester

Additional Project Funding• Lahey Health: Addison Gilbert /Beverly Hospital

Community Collaborative Grant for implementation

of school-based substance use screening.

• North Shore WIB: Youth Works summer job program.

Local DonationsDanversCARES thanks all the businesses that contributed

to our Teen Health & Safety Guide, our Student Scholarships,

and our Light the Night Purple Walk as well as those businesses

that contributed to our youth programming with in-kind gift

certificates and food donations.

• CareDimensions

• Dan Bennett Real Estate

• Danvers Kiwanis

• Danvers Rotary

• Danvers YMCA

• Danversport Yacht Club

• East Boston Savings Bank

• Foundation for Alcohol Education

• Glitterati

• First Ipswich Bank

• Joslin Advertising

• Kaffmandu

• Lahey Health

• Lyons Ambulance

• Maple Street Congregational Church

• Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR)

• North Shore Bank

• Pamela Spiros: Coldwell Banker Real Estate

• Recovery Centers of America

• Revival Fashion Consignment

• St. John’s Prep

• Thomson Communications, LLC

Policy and Advocacy

DanversCARES works to inform our community of the manyimportant substance use treatment and prevention bills thatour local and state government officials helped draft this year.

Opportunities to Get Involved

DanversCARES Partnership Meetings

First Monday of each month: 9 to 10 am at DHS

For more information on our alcohol, marijuana and opiatespecific prevention strategies, please visit our webpage atwww.danvercares.org.