Community Served


Goals and Strategies


Increase Community Collaboration

•    Through trainings, community events, and building awareness about the impact of alcohol and marijuana use on the teen brains

Reduce Youth Substance Use

•    Decrease youth (14 to 18 years old) 30-day alcohol and marijuana use by 1% by the 2020-2021 school year measured by the Georgia Student Health Survey.

o    Through limiting youth access to substances, decreasing social acceptability of alcohol use, educating parents, adults, and youth about the health impacts of marijuana use, and advocating and assisting with the enforcement of local ordinances through policy change and sustainability.


Strategic Prevention Framework


Strategic Prevention Framework

ASAPP is using the following 5 Steps in order to achieve the above goals via interventions using an environmental strategy.

  •    Needs Assessment
  •     Capacity Building (Training and Technical Assistance)
  •     Strategic Planning
  •     Implementation
  •     Evaluation

Important Dates- Meetings and Trainings


Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Athens (SAPCA)

Meetings will be every third Thursday of each month at 3:30pm
Held on GoToMeeting until further notice.
Please email tknox@livedrugfree.org to be added to email listserv

Safety and Community Stability Strategic Action Team (SCSSAT)

Meetings will be every third Thursday of each month at 8:30am  
Held on Zoom until further notice.
Please email tim.johnson@fc-cis.org to be added to email listserv

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