EMPOWERING OUR YOUTH 

Our goal is to prevent youth from heading toward substance use and other risk behaviors. Teenagers don’t like to be lectured about what they can or cannot do. Thus, we empower our youth by directing them to have a voice. We provide them with the facts that allow them to make informed decisions on their own to remain drug-free and to promote drug-free living.

WORKING WITH PARENTS

Drugs, including tobacco and alcohol, are easily available to children and adolescents. Parents have a major impact on their children’s decision to not use drugs. Our goal is to provide prevention information and resources to help parents get the conversation started or how to find help if they discover their child or loved one is in need of substance abuse counseling or techniques to stop.

DISCOVER A DRUG FREE COMMUNITY

We envision a community that is free of alcohol, drugs, and other forms of abuse. And that vision is beautiful. To succeed, we not only work with the youth of our community, but also with local law enforcement to check the compliance levels of local alcohol and tobacco vendors. We help raise community awareness about the dangers presented by underage drinking and tobacco use--maintaining and supporting our community prevention standards.

Growing Healthy Teens

Members of ECSAAG  developed a Growing Healthy Teens asset map in 2019 to visually depict all the support resources available to youth and their families throughout the county. We know that prevention cannot happen in a silos. We need to work together in a coordinated way to reach the most people with the most comprehensive support possible. Our partners at Barry Eaton District Health Department helped us come up with this graphic, and we hope you will share it widely to help spread the words about all the great resources Eaton County has to "grow healthy teens." ​You can download a PDF of the map and resource links below the graphic.
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