Center for Youth and Community Development - Coalition for Overdose Awareness & Recovery
233 West High Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325
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.
