Safe Harbor is a proud recipient of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Grant. Below are Safe Harbor’s goals and objectives as a community participant in the DFC support program. To learn more about DFC, please click here.

DFC Goal 1:

Increase and Strengthen Community Collaboration

OBJECTIVE 1

Enhance the effectiveness of the SHCC governance and processes. This objective will be measured by use of the Prevention Solutions Assessment, improving the average score by 10%*.

Strategy 1: Strengthen the Internal Capacity and leadership of SHCC

(*Baseline to be determined by survey conducted in September 2021)

OBJECTIVE 2

Increase youth coalition membership by 10% by 9/2022 as evidenced by Youth Ambassadors program membership and meeting attendance.

Strategy 1: Involve youth ages 12-17 in all phases of the Strategic Prevention Framework.

OBJECTIVE 3

Increase community participation and collaboration perceptions by 10% by 9/2022 as evidenced by event documentation.

Strategy 1: Provide targeted information across the community to increase adult membership.

DFC Goal 2:

Reduce Youth Substance Use

OBJECTIVE 1

 Reduce 30 day use of alcohol by Cohasset youth ages 14-17 by 2% by 9/22 as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey administered in Spring 2021 and compared to 2019 results.

Strategy 1: Provide information concerning youth social access of alcohol.

Strategy 2: Present programs to develop skills to minimize risky decision making around alcohol.

Strategy 3: Provide support by enabling people to participate in activities that reduce risk or enhance participation.

Strategy 4: Establish barriers to underage drinking or enhance access to treatment.

Strategy 5: Change consequences.(incentives/disincentives)

Strategy 6: Change physical design.

Strategy 7: Modify policies to inhibit youth alcohol use.

OBJECTIVE 2

Reduce 30 day use of marijuana by Cohasset youth ages 14-17 by 2% by 9/22 as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey administered in Spring 2021 and compared to 2019 results.

Strategy 1: Provide Information to educate parents and teens about the risks of marijuana.

Strategy 2: Present programs to enhance skills/minimize risky marijuana decision making.

Strategy 3: Provide support by creating opportunities to participate in activities that reduce risk or enhance protection.

Strategy 4: Establish barriers to youth marijuana use or enhance access to treatment.

Strategy 5: Modify Policies to inhibit youth Marijuana use.

OBJECTIVE 3

Increase perception of parental disapproval of alcohol use among Cohasset youth (ages 12-17), by a 5% by 9/2022 as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey administered in Spring 2021 and compared to 2019 results.

Strategy 1: Increase parental knowledge-dangers of youth substance use by providing info.

Strategy 2: Develop parent’s skill set –communications and role-modeling.

Strategy 3: Provide support by creating opportunities to participate in activities that reduce risk or enhance protection.

OBJECTIVE 4

Reduce lifetime use of non-prescribed painkillers and stimulants by Cohasset youth ages 14-17 by 1% by 9/22 as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey administered in Spring 2021 and compared to 2019 results.

Strategy 1: Educate community about the inherent dangers of opioids and stimulants.

Strategy 2: Present programs to enhance skills to combat prescription drug misuse.

Strategy 3: Establish barriers to prescription drug abuse/enhance access to treatment.