Alliance for Wisconsin Youth
Welcome! The Alliance for Wisconsin Youth brings together coalitions, individuals, and resources to prevent substance abuse and related behavioral health concerns affecting young people, and to promote positive youth development.
The Alliance’s mission is to enhance and support the capacity of local Alliances (member coalitions) in their prevention and youth development work. Over 100 local coalitions are members of the Alliance.
Look inside this website for membership services and benefits, information about each Local Alliance, opportunities for youth and important links to partners and resources, and much more.
WASTED IN WISCONSIN-One Year Later: Journal Sentinel 25 Aug 2010
CONGRATULATIONS goes to La Crosse Police Department as the recipient of the 2010 OJJDP Law Enforcement Agency of the Year Award for their extraordinary work preventing and reducing under age drinking. Years of effort by Officers Al Iverson and Bob Wiesczorek, Captain Robert Abraham and Chief Ed Kondracki prove that evidence based policies and practices, implemented and sustained with community support make a difference in the community alcohol environment.
In addition, Baron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald received an honorable mention in the 2010 OJJDP Law Enforcement Partner of the Year awards.
ALCOHOL POLICY IN WISCONSIN: Municipal Action to Promote a Positive Alcohol Environment
A specialized one day seminar wil be held for Local Elected & Appointed Officials, Law Enforcement, and Community Leaders and Coalitions. There will be two opportunities to listen, learn and converse: In Madison on Sep 22 at the Pyle Center and In Stevens Point on Sep 23. REGISTRATION OPENS Monday AUG 9. $25 includes all materials and lunch. Learn about Wisconsin's Alcohol Policy Framework as well as topics of professional concern, such as The Alcohol Industry in the 21st Century, the Limits of Parental Authority and related issues in Underage Drinking, and Managing Evidence Based Change in a hostile environment.
STRYVE or Striving To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere, is a national initiative, coordinated by the National Center for Injury Prevention at CDC, to prevent youth violence before it starts among young people ages 10 to 24. A cornerstone of this public health initiative is the STRYVE Web site, www.safeyouth.gov, an online, interactive youth violence prevention resource center. Designed to help your community prevent youth violence before it starts, the site offers an up-to-date set of tools to plan, carry out, and evaluate sustainable youth violence prevention strategies that are based upon the best available evidence.
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