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The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) supports the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Program, which provides grants to community-based coalitions to strengthen the infrastructure among local partners to create and sustain a reduction in local youth substance use. Recognizing that local problems need local solutions, DFC-funded coalitions engage multiple sectors of the community and employ a variety of environmental strategies to address local substance use problems.
LEAD Phillipsburg: Learn, Educate, Advocate, Develop Drug Free Community Coalition was developed to reduce substance use for youth in Phillipsburg and the surrounding sending districts. LEAD Phillipsburg will collaboratively build capacity and demonstrate leadership to effectively integrate prevention and environmental strategies to decrease underage drinking, tobacco and marijuana use among youth.
LEAD Phillipsburg: Learn, Educate, Advocate, Develop Drug Free Community Coalition was developed to reduce substance use for youth in Phillipsburg and the surrounding sending districts. LEAD Phillipsburg will collaboratively build capacity and demonstrate leadership to effectively integrate prevention and environmental strategies to decrease underage drinking, tobacco and marijuana use among youth.
LEAD Phillipsburg Current Campaigns
Wellness Wednesdays
Wellness Wednesdays is a youth-focused social media campaign designed to spark conversations about physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Each week, LEAD Phillipsburg will share engaging tips, tools, and resources that empower youth to build healthy, substance-free lifestyles. Every month will highlight a new theme ranging from stress management to nutrition to self-care. Follow along on Instagram @lead_phillipsburg!
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Parent to Teen Educational Video
This Parent-to-Teen Educational Conversation video models a conversation between a parent and teen about substance use and consequences in an effort to raise awareness about youth substance use. The video showcases a few of the key components to having a productive conversation including active listening, creating "win-win" comprises, and using even tones.
A special thank you to Qia & Cameron Walters, and Catholic Charities for working with the LEAD Phillipsburg Coalition to make this video for the community! Additional videos will be forthcoming.
A special thank you to Qia & Cameron Walters, and Catholic Charities for working with the LEAD Phillipsburg Coalition to make this video for the community! Additional videos will be forthcoming.
Hidden in Plain Sight |
LEAD Phillipsburg and Warren Hills Community Coalition present: HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. The Hidden in Plain Sight video provides participants with a digital version of a mock teen bedroom set-up to explain various trends of teen substance use, signs, symptoms, and lingo in an effort to raise awareness about substance use disorders. Keely Rehman, LEAD Phillipsburg Project Coordinator, and Sarah Lake, Warren Hills Community Coalition Project Coordinator, are both prevention specialists who review where to look in the mock bedroom, what to look for if substance use is already suspected, and what to do if substance paraphernalia are found.
Hidden in Plain Sight will also be made available at various public events to provide participants an opportunity to explore a mock teen's bedroom on their own before the prevention specialist reviews it with them. The experience provides resources and tools for parents and community members to identify further prevention tips, programs, and services available in Warren County.
Hidden in Plain Sight will also be made available at various public events to provide participants an opportunity to explore a mock teen's bedroom on their own before the prevention specialist reviews it with them. The experience provides resources and tools for parents and community members to identify further prevention tips, programs, and services available in Warren County.
STOP! Be Safe & Sober!
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) supports the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act, which provides grants to previous or current Drug-Free Community recipients to create and sustain a reduction in youth and young adult underage drinking.
Under the direction of LEAD Phillipsburg Drug Free Community Coalition, STOP! Be Safe & Sober! was developed to reduce underage drinking for youth in Phillipsburg and the surrounding sending districts. STOP! Be Safe & Sober! will further expand LEAD Phillipsburg's focus on integrating prevention and environmental strategies to decrease underage drinking to the area's most underserved youth and young adults.
Under the direction of LEAD Phillipsburg Drug Free Community Coalition, STOP! Be Safe & Sober! was developed to reduce underage drinking for youth in Phillipsburg and the surrounding sending districts. STOP! Be Safe & Sober! will further expand LEAD Phillipsburg's focus on integrating prevention and environmental strategies to decrease underage drinking to the area's most underserved youth and young adults.
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Check out photos from previous events....
On Friday, October 24th, in partnership with the Phillipsburg High School Athletic Department, the LEAD Phillipsburg Coalition took National Red Ribbon Week messaging from the educational setting to the social setting. Choosing to refuse substances and living a healthy lifestyle cannot be simply preached in a classroom, but it must be infiltrated into every part of our community!
As the Stateliners took on the Panthers, LEAD Phillipsburg handed out custom-made garnet sunglasses and other prevention education giveaways in observance of #RedRibbonWeek.
BUT, that's not all...
- The Cheer Team wore the sunglasses AND included Red Ribbon Week messaging on the giant banner the Football Team ran through!
- LEAD Phillipsburg hung posters near the student entrance highlighting the misconception that the majority of High School students engage in substance misuse and recognizing students leading substance-free lives!
- The Band showed their support by wearing sunglasses throughout the game!
- Youth Volunteers helped hand out sunglasses and bracelets to their peers while representing the iLEAD Youth Coalition!
- The Student Section cheered on the Stateliners with their sunglasses and bracelets while supporting Red Ribbon Week AND Breast Cancer Awareness month!
Important announcements about #RedRibbon Week were made during the game at Maloney Stadium AND on the livestream to ensure messaging reached as many individuals as possible!
SO many collaborating partners helped bring this initiative to the forefront under the Friday Night Lights...Special thanks to PHS Athletic Director Kyle Fleming, Cheer Coach Kayla Valle, Band Director Adam Josephson, Football Coach Frank Duffy, Maloney Stadium Announcer Sam Lavalva, and the LEAD Phillipsburg Coalition (including Superintendent Troxell, Chief Goodell, Yvette Day, April Poretta, Bill Benz, Robyn Coe-Donaldson, Rhonda Thomas-Boothe, Ellen Denizard, Catholic Charities, St. Luke's University Health Network, Center for Family Services, DASACC, Kelly Post-Sheedy, and Keely Rehman). Teamwork truly makes the dreamwork!
Also, a special thank you to Coalition Member, Yvette Day, for getting a great photo of the amazing banner designed by the Cheer Team!
As the Stateliners took on the Panthers, LEAD Phillipsburg handed out custom-made garnet sunglasses and other prevention education giveaways in observance of #RedRibbonWeek.
BUT, that's not all...
- The Cheer Team wore the sunglasses AND included Red Ribbon Week messaging on the giant banner the Football Team ran through!
- LEAD Phillipsburg hung posters near the student entrance highlighting the misconception that the majority of High School students engage in substance misuse and recognizing students leading substance-free lives!
- The Band showed their support by wearing sunglasses throughout the game!
- Youth Volunteers helped hand out sunglasses and bracelets to their peers while representing the iLEAD Youth Coalition!
- The Student Section cheered on the Stateliners with their sunglasses and bracelets while supporting Red Ribbon Week AND Breast Cancer Awareness month!
Important announcements about #RedRibbon Week were made during the game at Maloney Stadium AND on the livestream to ensure messaging reached as many individuals as possible!
SO many collaborating partners helped bring this initiative to the forefront under the Friday Night Lights...Special thanks to PHS Athletic Director Kyle Fleming, Cheer Coach Kayla Valle, Band Director Adam Josephson, Football Coach Frank Duffy, Maloney Stadium Announcer Sam Lavalva, and the LEAD Phillipsburg Coalition (including Superintendent Troxell, Chief Goodell, Yvette Day, April Poretta, Bill Benz, Robyn Coe-Donaldson, Rhonda Thomas-Boothe, Ellen Denizard, Catholic Charities, St. Luke's University Health Network, Center for Family Services, DASACC, Kelly Post-Sheedy, and Keely Rehman). Teamwork truly makes the dreamwork!
Also, a special thank you to Coalition Member, Yvette Day, for getting a great photo of the amazing banner designed by the Cheer Team!
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