Truth and Consequences: The Choice is YoursMajor Program

928

Total Hours

Contributed.

8474

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

1137

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of students indicating that they developed a better understanding of the risk and harm of substance abuse

4405

Number of community partners that have adopted/enforced substance abuse prevention policies

319

Number of students indicating that they developed a better understanding of where to access help in the community for a substance abuse issue

4246

Number of students who know peers that are no longer engaging in substance abuse as a result of what they learned from the program

978

Number of students that completed the Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours Program

5522

Number of total volunteer hours completed through the Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours Program

4143

Number of community partners/agencies involved in the Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours Program

1086

Number of parents that have gained awareness of the problem and impacts of substance abuse in the community as a result of Extension efforts

2663

Number of parents that have gained knowledge of the resources that are available for substance abuse in the community as a result of Extension programming.

2305

Number of community partners that have gained awareness of the problem and impacts of substance abuse in the community as a result of Extension efforts

1025

Number of community partners that have gained knowledge of the resources that are available for substance abuse in the community as a result of Extension programming

982

Number of students indicating that they developed a better understanding of the consequences of substance abuse (legal, health, emotional, and financial)

4425

Stories

Truth and Consequences

The Graves County Cooperative Extension Service implemented Truth & Consequences: The Choice is Yours, a scenario based role-play activity designed to help students learn more about the physical, legal, financial, and emotional consequences of substance abuse, for 192 eight grade students. 42 community partners and adult volunteers participated in the event as well.Community partner evaluation data indicates that 100% strongly agreed that substance abuse by youth is a problem in the community; 9...

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