Drug-Free Action Alliance

“The form is reviewed by the in-house accountant, treasurer and audit committee, and reviewed by the members of the board before it is filed.”

“Every board member annually signs a conflict of interest policy and prior to the board vote, discloses if there is a perception of conflict.”

“A performance review is completed by the executive committee. The executive committee determines the compensation based on the performance and comparable salaries for central ohio not-for-profits.”

“The organization makes its governing documents available upon request, after the board approves the request.”

“The board approved amendments and restatements to the code of regulations on august 11, 2017.”

“Other programs: enforcing underage drinking laws (eudl): eudl educates parents and communities about the health and safety risks of serving alcohol at underage parties and increases awareness of and compliance with the ohio underage drinking laws. The primary focus of the program is educating parents and others who are of legal drinking age, such as college students, who may serve minors or provide a place for minors to consume alcohol. Know: know is a community wide-partnership that targets parents of middle school-aged children with prevention messages. Parents receive practical tips and information to help them talk to their children about alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention. Red ribbon celebration (also known as drug free 24/7): prevention action alliance is the state organizer of the ohio red ribbon celebration. This celebration is a time-set aside annually to increase awareness about the negative effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; as well as to promote safe drug free environments for everyone. Buzzkill: to help colleges educate their students on the responsibilities of social hosting and is an eye-catching social host campaign that gives colleges the tools to let students understand the consequences when hosting parties with alcohol and underage people attend. Parents who host, lose the most: a public awareness program educating communities and parents about the health and safety risks of serving alcohol at teen parties. Smart bet: an online portal that offers guidance, support, and information to help both young people and adults gamble responsibly. Ohio center for coalition excellence: partners with local communities to help their capacity to change community environments to foster drug-free lifestyles. Gapnetwork: motivated by families personally impacted by the consequences of substance abuse. Gapnetwork seeks to end the crisis, specifically perscription drug and opiate addiction in all ohio communities by providing support to individuals and families affected by addiction. This initiative advocates for policy changes that can improve environmental conditions that encourage drug use and mobilizing communities to affect their own change. Ohio center for coalition excellence: partners with local communities to help their capacity to change community environments to foster drug-free lifestyles.”

“Ohio problem gambling conference: because the national council on problem gambling held its annual conference in cleveland this year, it was determined that having an ohio-based conference in the same year would be redundant.”

“Cures: with a death toll of 4,050 overdose deaths in ohio in 2016, it is critical to increase positive engagement of all sectors of our communities to have better patient outcomes and increase universal prevention. Prevention action alliance will strengthen ohio's infrastructure by 1) engaging communities to increase awareness of medication assisted treatment across the state of ohio, and 2) to increase universal prevention by expanding training of the evidence-based school programs, life skills.”