Prevention Coalition’s annual community survey is open now

The San Juan Island Prevention Coalition shares news about their annual community survey and asks for your help.

SJIPC’s annual community survey is open now. The anonymous survey is available both in English and in Spanish. This survey helps SJIPC gain continued support through the Washington Health Care Authority’s Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative (CWPI), which invests in our community by formalizing and supporting coordination of community-based decision making.

The survey also helps SJIPC learn about community perceptions, and is used alongside the Healthy Youth Survey, school intervention data, and assessments for the programs that SJIPC helps fund. These programs include:

• Community-based Mentoring and Strengthening Families, provided by the Family Resource Center
• Second Step at Friday Harbor Elementary School
• LifeSkills Training in grade six at Friday Harbor Middle School
• The Student Assistance Professional that provides full-time prevention intervention support at the middle and high school

CPWI funds have also helped SJIPC to support the growth of youth leadership prevention clubs, including Rock Solid, HOTS, and HOT, Jr. SJIPC has a robust social media presence that links to national, regional, and state public awareness campaigns.

San Juan Island Prevention Coalition was founded in Dec. 2003. SJIPC has been able to sustain its work through CPWI funding, federal block grant funding, and state Dedicated Marijuana Account dollars. As a CPWI coalition, SJIPC has also been able to receive federal Partnership for Success supplemental funds to pilot the successful Second Step program in grades K-5.

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