In 2008, through the efforts of the Falmouth Substance Abuse Commission, the Town of Falmouth received a five-year federal grant to mobilize the community to prevent substance abuse and other risky behaviors among the town’s youth.

Members of the Falmouth Prevention Partnership (FPP), representing a wide-range of community involvement, have been working to assess the extent of the substance abuse problem in Falmouth and develop and implement prevention strategies that are unique to our community.

FPP Mission

The mission of the Falmouth Prevention Partnership is to mobilize the Falmouth community to reduce substance abuse in youth.

FPP Vision

The Falmouth community supports and empowers youth to make healthy choices.

FPP Core Values 

• Involvement of all sectors of the community is critical
• A comprehensive, community-wide approach toward prevention is needed
• Factors in the community that put youth at risk must be reduced.
• Factors in the community that protect youth from risk must be enhanced.
• Environmental strategies that promote lasting community level change are effective in reducing youth substance abuse.

FPP Goals:

• Mobilize the community around a common vision of substance abuse prevention
• Identify and address risk and protective factors in Falmouth
• Utilize strategies proven to be effective to reduce substance abuse in youth
• Reduce 30-day use rates of alcohol and marijuana by youth by 10% by 2013
• Grow and sustain the Falmouth Prevention Partnership over time 
  

Your Community is Involved!

The Falmouth Prevention Partnership is comprised of community members from many parts of Falmouth, including:

• Youth
• Parents
• School District
• Businesses
• Healthcare Agencies
• Law Enforcement
• Government Agencies
• Youth Serving Organizations
• Media
• Civic & volunteer groups
• Religious Organizations
• Other agencies involved with reducing substance abuse

Each partner brings a different point of view as well as skills and resources that enhance the common goals of the Partnership.

Additional Information About the Partnership

• What We Do -- find out about the Partnership's community-based programs.
• Our Partners -- the individuals and community organizations that make up the Partnership
• How We Are Organized -- the people in our community who help manage the Partnership
• Our Federal Grant -- where the money comes from to pay for Partnership activities
• Our Strategic Plan -- review our current action plan and our plan for the future