RSAPP AmeriCorps
The Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Partners bring together community anti-drug coalitions and community organizations in southwest Colorado to facilitate regional substance abuse prevention through the Strategic Prevention Framework, including: needs assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation and evaluation.
 
The RSAPP/AmeriCorps Program is an AmeriCorps*State program. As part of the Corporation for National and Community Service, AmeriCorps provides opportunities that engage thousands of Americans in intensive service to meet critical community needs. RSAPP’s AmeriCorps members have committed to serve their communities for one year, acting as Community Prevention Organizers at Site Partner organizations located throughout Southwest Colorado. Each AmeriCorps Community Prevention Organizer implements, develops and enhances current projects while increasing organizational capacity and sustainability.

 


  • RSAPP has the long-term goal of decreasing youth substance abuse in the Southwest Colorado. RSAPP's regional network of community programs work towards this goal by reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors for our region's youth.

  • RSAPP promotes regional collaboration while supporting programs and solutions that are customized for each of the communities it serves.

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     Site Partners
    Dolores County - STUD (Students Taking action against Underage Drinking)
    • Amber Fisher amber@rsapp.org
      STUD's Mission: We are student leaders conversing within our community to prevent substance abuse. STUD's goals are to lower the rate of underage drinking in Dove Creek, increase Dove Creek's readiness to identify and address the problem of underage drinking, and to continue the success of STUD.
    Montezuma County
    • School Community Youth Coalition
      The mission of the School Community Youth Coalition is to invest in our area youth by addressing substance abuse and violence issues among the youth of Montezuma and Dolores counties, including prevention, programming, education, assessment, treatment and sustainability.
    PPC
    • Promoting Prevention Coalition Inc.
      The PPC is a consortium of Pagosa Springs community partners promoting healthy cultural lifestyles. A PPC partner is the Pagosa Springs Youth Center (PSYC), offering the community youth ages 13-18 a safe, supervised facility to enjoy after school game activities and life enriching courses. A summer camp is operated from the Youth Center for young people ages 5-12.
    SUCAP
    • Southern Ute Community Action Programs, Inc.
      Vision: Healthy, engaged, substance free youth. Mission: to reduce substance abuse among youth by creating a continuum of prevention services, education and positive youth development
    SKID
    • Silverton Kids Independent of Drugs
      SKID is a substance abuse prevention program providing interactive, dynamic education to young people regarding the risks of alcohol, tobacco and other substances abuse. As a safe drug free program that offers healthy alternative activities; SKID supports the Silverton Youth Center providing youth a safe haven with opportunities to learn how to select and enjoy healthy, drug free activities and events.
    Americorps

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