ATLANTIC COUNTY

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

PREVENTION WORKS!!

Prevention is a community-wide responsibility and coalitions are committed to providing leadership, resources, education and programming for our young people and communities through a variety of community initiatives. Join Together Atlantic County (JTAC) and Greater Atlantic Partnership (GAP) are uniquely designed to mobilize change because the infrastructure is in place to address substance use related issues and move upstream for more impactful outcomes. By utilizing comprehensive and effective strategies, JTAC and GAP target entire populations helping to create positive changes that impact substance misuse.

Seven Strategies for Community Change

The Seven Strategies for Community Change are utilized by Atlantic Prevention Resources. They are:

  1. Provide Information- through educational presentations, workshops, forums
  2. Enhance Skills- through activities designed to increase the skills of participants
  3. Provide Support- by providing alternative opportunities to participate in activities that reduce risk
  4. Enhance or Reduce Access & Barriers- through improving systems to increase the ease, ability and opportunity to utilize needed services.
  5. Change Consequences (Incentives/Disincentives)- by increasing or decreasing the probability of a specific behavior that reduces risk or enhances protection by altering the consequences for performing that behavior.
  6. Change Physical Design- changing the structure of the environment to reduce risk or enhance protections.
  7. Modify & Change Policies- changing written procedures, by-laws, proclamations, rules, or laws to meet needs of the community.

Community Sectors

We engage all sectors of our community in the work that we do. That includes, but is not limited to the following:

  1. Youth
  2. Parents
  3. Businesses
  4. Media
  5. Schools
  6. Youth Serving Organizations
  7. Law Enforcement
  8. Religious or Fraternal Organizations
  9. Civic and Volunteer Groups
  10. Healthcare Professionals and Organizations
  11. State, Local, or Tribal Government Organizations
  12. Other Local Organizations involved in reducing substance use
Atlantic Prevention Resources