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Marsha Polk Receives Rob Portman Leadership Award
Marsha Polk was the recipient of the Rob Portman Leadership Award. This award is presented to an organization or individual from the tri-state region who has significantly contributed to the advancement of our mission
2018 Student Drug-Use Survey: Finds Less Teens are Abusing Substances
Finding for the 2018 Student Drug-Use Survey are now available. PreventionFIRST! administers their Student Drug-Use Survey every two years. Just under 33,000 students, grades 7th-12th from 80 schools took the
Recognizing Local Coalitions - Drug-Free Communities
Congratulations to our member coalitions awarded Drug-Free Communities grants! New grantee - Coalition for a Healthy Middletown (yr. 6) Awarded continuation grants - Boone County Alliance for Healthy
Prevention First! Student Drug Use Survey
This fall marks the tenth cycle of the PreventionFIRST! Student Drug Use Survey (SDUS). This survey is administered every other year to schools in the Greater Cincinnati Region. Every school in our service region is
Bringing More Behavioral Health Prevention to Schools
In June, more than 160 people attended the Safe and Healthy Schools Summit in Columbus. This opportunity was provided as part of the Safe Schools, Healthy Students (SSHS) federal grant administered by Ohio. The
Welcome New Board Members
PreventionFIRST! (PF!) is proud to announce six new Board of Trustee members — Robert Lesan III, Patricia Neal-Miller, Captain Maurice Robinson, Honorable Amy Searcy, Daniel Schloemer and Robert Wilson. They are