OZAUKEE COUNCIL INC

Programs: Tobacco prevention is a program which its mission is to accomplish prevention by increasing knowledge and application of evidence-based practices. The organization works with the tobacco prevention and control program (tpcp) to address the burden of tobacco use and exposure. Together, we work to prevent the initiation of tobacco use by adults and youth, eliminate the exposure to secondhand smoke, promote the use of evidence-based strategies to treat tobacco dependence, and address tobacco-related disparities.

systematic alcohol, tobacco and other drug intervention linkage (sail) is a program coordinated by the organization and facilitated by organization staff in collaboration with school personnel in each of the five school districts. It includes an eight week program that assists the high school or middle school student in determining his/her own alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, its present and probable future effects on self, school performance and family life. Referrals to the sail program are made by parents, police, court system, school personnel, peers, ozaukee county human services and by students themselves. The sail education and discovery series is designed to serve as an early intervention tool for interruption of alcohol and/or other drug use by youth. The sessions are an effort to increase the participant's self-awareness about their use pattern, the use pattern's effect on the major areas of their life and their personal risk factors (e. G. Heredity) to alcohol and other drug use problems.

drug free community - the purpose of this program is to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The program also strives to reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.

intervention/information/referral (i/i/r) is informal atod assessments offered to clients and their families. A variety of resources are presented to the client(s). One resource is a family intervention: a carefully prepared confrontation of the alcohol or other drug abuser to encourage their acceptance of help. Other referral resources are inpatient treatment, outpatient counseling and self help and support groups. Public information/education (pi/ed) includes the ozaukee county alcohol, tobacco and other drug (atod) prevention consortium, which was developed by ozaukee organization. The consortium oversees atod prevention and early intervention programs and activities in ozaukee county. The consortium also promotes and coordinates specific atod prevention strategies selected annually by the atod coordinators from each school district. The aware program is based on individual school needs and is a flexible program of up to eight atod educational presentations designed for 6th, 7th and 8th grades. It is a primary prevention program that targets gateway drug use by giving students skills to choose an atod-free lifestyle. It is considered a universal intervention program because it is designed for all students in the classroom. Skills are taught using instruction, demonstration and practice through role-play. These techniques provide students with material to help them build drug-free attitudes, drug-free norms, and resistance skills. The aware program has been and will continue to be expanded to other schools. Participating schools may also select additional sessions. All of these aware programs are held within the school day on a monthly basis. This is accomplished in cooperation with classroom guidance counselors. Living everyday alcohol and drug-free (lead) is a program that began as a teen training program. Developed in 1978, the program was designed to address and reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug (atod) use by underage youth. Lead is a countywide network of high school students who annually agree to lead an atod-free lifestyle. Lead is based on the premise that teens relate best to other teens; they understand peer pressure. Peers are a major source of influence and information for one another. Members receive atod education, leadership skills and support for an atod lifestyle through meetings, educational training sessions and alternative activities. Lead serves as a model prevention program for the u. S. Department of health and human services in collaboration with the national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Positive parent involvement (ppi) is a countywide parent program designed to educate, motivate and mobilize parents. Parents then identify prevention strategies that will promote a healthy atod lifestyle for youth and low risk alcohol use by those adults choosing to drink. Developed in 1982, ppi volunteers support the ozaukee organization's belief that successful prevention must come from the leadership and commitment of parents. Ppi encourages parents to use their considerable influence with their children by guiding them in a pro-active role for the prevention of atod use by youth. Champions is a program with a purpose to make younger students aware of peer pressure and the effect it has on some of the decisions they make regarding drugs and alcohol. It is designed to help students make lifelong positive decisions concerning substance abuse. The main objective is to prevent substance abuse by providing students with positive peer role models through cross-mentoring to spread the message that you can succeed in life without using drugs and alcohol, and to attempt to identify some of the problems that can cause young people to resort to drug and alcohol use. Treatment alternatives and diversion (tad) is a program through ozaukee county and it serves non-violent offenders with substance abuse and/or co- occurring mental health problems through either pre-charging diversion or deferred prosecution. Through pre-charging diversion, individuals who successfully participate in case management and treatment services avoid having charges filed for their arresting offense. Through deferred prosecution, individuals enter a plea, judgment is deferred, and cases are held open for a period of time under the condition that program requirements are completed. Successful completion results in a dismissal or reduction of charges. Pre-trial, screening, case management and substance abuse services are referred. County wide school activities focus primarily on the red ribbon campaign. The red ribbon campaign is an annual countywide effort coordinated by the ozaukee organization to raise awareness and build support for an atod free lifestyle for youth. A countywide committee begins planning in january for the weeklong campaign held in october. Ozaukee county schools, ppi networks, merchants, law enforcement, clergy and bankers play an important role in advancing this campaign. It includes the distribution of over 27,000 bracelets, pencils, posters, and letters. The red ribbon campaign presents a unified positive message to youth as it encourages the cross- fertilization of ideas in bringing the no-use message to youth.