The CAC is affiliated with CADCA and the Drug Free Communities program.  The following is an email we just received and wanted to pass on to all community members who support Prevention work. Please take a minute to read and sign your name to the petition.  Thank you for your support!

Dear CADCA Member,

President Obama has given YOU a very unique opportunity to have a real voice in shaping U.S. policy through his recently launched “We the People” website, which allows petitions to be posted about various issues of importance. CADCA has posted a petition to raise the profile of effective drug prevention, generally, and the DFC program, specifically on this website.

If we can get 25,000 people to sign on to it within 30 days, then President Obama has committed that his cabinet will discuss our issue. 

Given that drug use is increasing, Americans are receiving mixed messages, and perceptions of harm and disapproval are being eroded.  We need to send our message to President Obama and his Administration. Those pushing for “medical marijuana” and legalization initiatives have already posted many petitions and have collected more than 80,000 combined signatures. Therefore, this is a huge opportunity to ensure that the Administration understands that drug prevention is critical! As a result, CADCA is challenging each of its members to get at least 100 people to sign the petition within the next 30 days.

 

ACTION STEPS TO BE TAKEN

Viewing and signing on to the petition is easy, and takes less than 1 minute – all you have to do is:

1.     Go to: http://wh.gov/2Yh
      2.     Login or Create a username and password
      3.     Click ‘Sign Petition’

 

Please help support the petition by posting this information on your Facebook and Twitter accounts!

Thank you in advance for taking the time to sign this petition, and for disseminating this broadly to your networks so that we can achieve a minimum of 25,000 signatures! If we all make this a priority, we can secure many more than the 25,000 signatures.

If you have any questions about the petition, please contact Kelly Lieupo, Director of Public Policy, at klieupo@cadca.org.

 

Sincerely,

CADCA’s Public Policy Team

The Prevention Needs Assessment is one way the CAC helps to grow a healthier Central Kenai Peninsula community.

We, in partnership with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, give the PNA to our students every other year.  The answers provided by this amazing scientific tool assist the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and our community, that we might better learn the various areas (school, community, home, etc.) where our youth feel supported and strengthened, as well as those areas that need more help.

Many community organizations, as well as our local school district, use this data to discover how we can both build and improve support systems for our area youth, helping to give them the best opportunities we can at having a healthy and positive future. In addition, this data is used by local organizations to bring in over $2,000,000 into our community annually through grants and other sources.  This money is used in our community to benefit our community.  The more student participation, the more accurate our information is, and the more the community benefits.

Learn more about the PNA!  View the results of last year’s PNA.  Download a permission slip or print off a promotional flyer for your work place to help support Prevention Efforts in our area.  Get all that and more by clicking right here.