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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
Own Your Summer Campaign
LEAD Phillipsburg is excited to launch our Own Your Summer Campaign! Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing ways to stay safe, manage stress, handle pressure, and have a fun-filled summer while living a healthy lifestyle. Let's make this a summer full of laughs, connections, memories, and confidence! Follow our campaign over 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 recent Coalition efforts....
Over the past few weeks, the LEAD Phillipsburg Coalition has expanded the reach of the "Be My Parent, Not My Bartender" Campaign in many ways!
👏 Beginning in early May, multiple billboards were displayed throughout Phillipsburg and along Route 57. The billboards will remain up through the end of June, so keep an eye out as you drive around town!
👏 Coalition Members, the Phillipsburg Police Department, and FYC Staff completed the 6th Annual "Be My Parent, Not My Bartender" Sticker Shock Campaign on the Wednesday before Memorial Day! Bright pink stickers were placed on cases of beer and seltzers at seven different liquor stores throughout Phillipsburg & Alpha to educate adults about the consequences of illegal social hosting in New Jersey.
👏 In partnership with the Phillipsburg Police Department and the PHS Class of 2026 Advisors, LEAD Phillipsburg set up a driving course that students completed while wearing Fatal Vision Goggles to demonstrate the dangers of impaired driving. Students also learned about the legal, financial, and life-altering consequences of drinking and driving. Participants were also entered into a raffle to win a Safe Driving Basket filled with a first aid kit, gas gift card, roadside emergency kit, and other items to help keep them safe!
👏 A "Be My Parent, Not My Bartender" banner and social norming posters featuring newly collected local data were displayed on the Maloney Stadium fence during the final days of school and through PHS Graduation.
👏 Miss Keely, Miss Amanda, and Miss Ashlee handed out fans to family members and friends before PHS Graduation commenced on Friday, June 12. Families were able to write their graduate's name on the fan and use them to stay cool while also learning about the campaign through a QR Code linking to our website.
A HUGE thank you to PHS and PSD administrators and staff, the Phillipsburg Police Department, the Firth Youth Center and our 14+ dedicated volunteer Coalition Members who continuously create new educational opportunities and help make P'burg a healthier place!
👏 Beginning in early May, multiple billboards were displayed throughout Phillipsburg and along Route 57. The billboards will remain up through the end of June, so keep an eye out as you drive around town!
👏 Coalition Members, the Phillipsburg Police Department, and FYC Staff completed the 6th Annual "Be My Parent, Not My Bartender" Sticker Shock Campaign on the Wednesday before Memorial Day! Bright pink stickers were placed on cases of beer and seltzers at seven different liquor stores throughout Phillipsburg & Alpha to educate adults about the consequences of illegal social hosting in New Jersey.
👏 In partnership with the Phillipsburg Police Department and the PHS Class of 2026 Advisors, LEAD Phillipsburg set up a driving course that students completed while wearing Fatal Vision Goggles to demonstrate the dangers of impaired driving. Students also learned about the legal, financial, and life-altering consequences of drinking and driving. Participants were also entered into a raffle to win a Safe Driving Basket filled with a first aid kit, gas gift card, roadside emergency kit, and other items to help keep them safe!
👏 A "Be My Parent, Not My Bartender" banner and social norming posters featuring newly collected local data were displayed on the Maloney Stadium fence during the final days of school and through PHS Graduation.
👏 Miss Keely, Miss Amanda, and Miss Ashlee handed out fans to family members and friends before PHS Graduation commenced on Friday, June 12. Families were able to write their graduate's name on the fan and use them to stay cool while also learning about the campaign through a QR Code linking to our website.
A HUGE thank you to PHS and PSD administrators and staff, the Phillipsburg Police Department, the Firth Youth Center and our 14+ dedicated volunteer Coalition Members who continuously create new educational opportunities and help make P'burg a healthier place!
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