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Center for Youth and Community Development - Coalition for Overdose Awareness & Recovery

233 West High Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325

No limitations or restrictions
Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm

Spanish

None

Services free of charge

Adams, PA

Description

Supports a grassroots effort to empower the community to help people struggling with substance use. Hosts International Overdose Awareness Day Walk, Black Balloon Day, and destigmatization campaigns. Assists county law enforcement with National Prescription Take Back events.

Providing organization

Center for Youth and Community Development

Serves as the home of Collaborating for Youth (CFY), the CFY Youth Coalition, la Comunidad, and the Coalition for Overdose Awareness & Recovery (COAR). Facilitates Youth Coalition meetings in each of the county high schools and a county-wide meeting each month. Runs after-school programs in Bermudian Springs Elementary, Dover Elementary/North Salem, Franklin Township Elementary, James Gettys Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, St. Francis Xavier School, Alloway Creek Elementary, Fairfield Elementary, Conewago Valley Intermediate School, Upper Adams Intermediate School, Biglerville Elementary, Conewago Township Elementary, and New Oxford Elementary. Offers a Strengthening Families Program in English and Spanish. Provides prevention education, substance-free events, naloxone, Medicine Take Backs, lock boxes, and referrals to treatment and other assistance.