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The Alcohol & Drug Prevention Coordinator
is a State funded position employed through Tillamook Family Counseling
Center.
The focus of the coordinator is to bring prevention awareness, strategies and activities to Tillamook County in regards to underage drinking, drug use, and tobacco use. This is done through a variety of different activities, including: school based programs and groups, community education, community coalition, parenting classes, youth surveys and providing alcohol and drug prevention resources to parents and caregivers throughout the community.
All funding for the various prevention activities, classes and programs comes from grants, scholarships, Tillamook Family Counseling Center, the Commission on Children and Families and generous donations and contributions from citizens throughout Tillamook County.
2008-2009 Grants received:
Tillamook OPTIONS Com. 101 Grant - received in May 2008
Funding for Youth In Action
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$2,500 |
THS Charity Drive Scholarship - May 2008
Funding for t-shirts made by the Tillamook Junior High's Lion's Youth Coalition
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$500 |
State Farm Good Neighbor - March 2009
Funding for the Girls Circle and Youth In Action
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$2,500 |
THS Charity Drive Scholarship - May 2009
Funding for the Too Smart To Start East School Carnival
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$1,000 |
Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund - May 2009
Funding for the Girls Circle and Protecting You/Protecting Me
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$2,575 |
Nestucca Valley Development Council - May 2009
Funding for the Girls Circle
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$1,500 |
Trust Management Services, LLC - May 2009
Funding for County Parenting Classes
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$9,962 |
Additional Funding Needed
Funds still needed to support the Prevention Program:
$20,000.00
If you would like to donate to help Tillamook County families and youth, please email Daeh Christensen-Carney at
dchriste@co.tillamook.or.us.
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