Coalition Spotlight:

Hancock County ASAP

The ASAP (Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention) Coalition is located in Hancock County in north central Iowa.  Kelly Hutcheson is the director and Taylor Tendall is the Project Manager.  Kelly has been in prevention for the last eighteen years, with four of them being with the coalition.  Taylor just graduated from UNI with a teaching degree in Spanish.  She will start her new job in Hampton in the fall.

The ASAP Coalition has two very active youth groups in the two school districts, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura and West Hancock.  The West Hancock SWAT group has been very busy working with the Britt City Council on passing a marijuana dispensary ordinance, starting to work with the Kanawha City Council on passing the same ordinance, designing posters and ads about what their natural highs are instead of doing something negative,  recording radio ads, attending conferences, holding a SWAT Academy for 8th grade students educating them with games and activities on alcohol, marijuana, vaping and good decision making, holding a coloring contest for elementary students on prevention, designing their prevention stickers for popcorn bags, attending the Day on the Hill,  setting up and meeting with our two Iowa legislators at their school and 5 students will be attending the CADCA Conference in July.

The GHV Teen Council group has been busy recording no vaping ads for the Avery Theatre, recording drug and alcohol prevention ads for the radio, designing prevention stickers for popcorn bags, designing and putting cups in fence with 3 different designs for their school district, holding prevention coloring contests for elementary students, attending Day on the Hill, and has worked with the Garner City Council to pass different ordinances, such as the marijuana dispensary ordinance and the vaping ordinance.

The ASAP Coalition has a very active adult coalition with 8 members doing most of the tasks.  The coalition is in year 10 of their DFC grant. They have been working on getting their 501c3 so they are able to continue their great work in the communities.  

Thanks, Kelly, for sharing about all the great work the ASAP Coalition is doing!

It's a great day to quit (or never start).

Upcoming Events:

The next AC4C Quarterly Work Retreat- Wed. & Thurs., September 25 and 26

AC4C Annual Prevention Conference -

Thursday, November 7, 2024



AC4C Day on the Hill next year: Thursday, February 13, 2025

AC4C Legislative Learning Event: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 7 a.m., Leg. Dining Rm. G15

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AC4C members, state partners and others, if you have teens in your coalitions, schools, family, or other areas of your life who might be interested in being a part of AC4C Youth,

they, or you, can send an email to: ac4cyouth@gmail.com

June's Work Retreat and Youth Leadership Reaction Course

The adults and youth had an eventful retreat June 19-20. Highlights from members included, as always, the state partner sharing time, and this time, the group really enjoyed the mock city council meeting led by Stacie Schroeder. Photos should have been taken during the mock city council meeting of Maggie Ballard dressed in her patriotic shirt and pink hat pretending to be a smoke shop owner against an ordinance to zone new smoke shops at least 1000 feet from a school!

The youth thought the Leadership Reaction Course was awesome this year. They got to know each other and worked better together as they went through the obstacle course until they were an effective team helping each other.

Join an Action Team or Work Group session every month!

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Other Substances Action Team

Next meeting- July 1 @ 9:30

Marijuana Action Team

Next meetings- July 8 @ 9:30



Nicotine Action Team 

Next meeting- July 15 @ 9:30

Alcohol Action Team

Next meetings- July 22 @ 9:30.

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Policy Work Group

Chair:  

Jennifer Husmann

Co-Chair: 

Maggie Ballard



4th Wednesday at 2:00 pm

Meeting information can be found here

Click here for meeting minutes

Purpose: To collaborate with the community and statewide entities to advocate and educate on substance abuse legislation, policies, and related issues.

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Capacity/Marketing Work Group

Chair:

Chris Courtney

New Co-Chair:

Kelly Hutcheson

3rd Monday at 2:00 pm

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Purpose: Create a network of professionals that have diverse knowledge, experience, and interests to build skills and provide resources to members of AC4C.