**CPP Day Community Challenges and Successes**

**[Resources]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   Reduction in drug and alcohol related expulsions

-   Increased graduation rates

-   Initial success in building broad based coalition

-   Good relationship between school counselors and community resource
    providers

-   IOG Support as PPB commitment

-   District Schools' MOAs/MOUs

-   College/police combined for underage drinking enforcement grant
    success!

-   We are used to sharing resources in a resource scarce area

*Challenges*

-   Individual agendas

-   People stuck in always doing things the same way

-   Large geographical area

-   Limited time and energy of key stakeholders

-   Ditto, ditto, ditto

-   No communications with stake holders

-   No buy-in/participation

-   Policy makers don't understand prevention

-   Not consistent members re: attendance

-   Different people = different agenda

-   Be prepared to change way of doing business is hard

-   Getting buy-in for sustainability of time and \$\$

**[Coalition Support Challenges]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   Cheers for state liquor enforcement as a result of local 'sting'

-   HKCS administration

-   Broadened membership

-   Parents as parents

-   Board member involvement

-   Connected community

-   Attitude changes

-   Volunteers offer superior support

-   Persuaded city council not to lower age of admission to liquor
    establishments to 18

-   Sharing prevention messages publicly in local newspaper re: alcohol
    abuse issue

-   Engagement of students in process

-   Leaders committed to participate in planning

*Challenges*

-   People get tired

-   Frustration

-   Keeping people involved

-   Ready to move

-   Planning time consuming...is there an end in sight?

-   Youth engagement

-   Key turnover, new=no time

-   Everyone thinks someone else should do it!

-   Having clear direction

-   Wanting 'overnight' solutions

-   Want their name on MOU but unwilling to truly commit and make
    coalition a 'priority'

-   Sustaining commitment and engagement

-   County vs Region

**[Parents]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   Fewer parent-sponsored parties serving alcohol

-   Graduation party announcements with 'alcohol free' noted

-   Will encourage their kid to get involved

-   Parenting skills

-   High (\>70%) awareness underage drinking is an issue/problem in
    community

-   Parents very supportive of HKCS

-   Parents connected and youth flourish

-   Parenting classes with good attendance

Challenges

-   Two parent families---both parents working 2 jobs

-   Time away from family or work to attend meetings

-   Denial from parents/community that underage drinking is really a
    problem

-   Parents drinking

-   Parents providing alcohol to minors

-   Disconnect between adult behavior and youth behavior

-   Single parent/working parents time

-   Language barriers

-   As a parent I don't feel welcome always when I try to get involved

-   Parents providing any or consistent consequences for behaviors in
    the community or school

**[School Resources]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   Technology

-   Youth coordinator achievements in promoting the CPP process

-   MOAs signed---welcome surveys

-   Student engagement

-   Dovetailing with steps to Healthier community data needs

-   Good communication

*Challenges*

-   Getting the schools to commit!

-   Time away from dedicated basic subject work (solution-infusion of
    emotional/social dev. Into the 3'4's work)

-   Summer break

-   Available time-easier in late afternoon but this also presents
    challenges for others

-   Unfunded mandates eating resources

-   Absorbed by CSAP strategies

**[How Schools Address Student Behavior Issues]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   Presentation of HKCS results to all school staff to help explain the
    bigger picture

-   Increased number of schools in large district using Positive
    Behavioral Systems

-   Principals guiding social norms project with student leading the
    messaging

-   Student led initiatives

-   Implementation of RTI Model-Coordination of behavior/Academic
    Support without knee-jerk labeling

-   Alternatives to suspension program

-   Require parents to attend parenting classes

-   Get Real/FCA

*Challenges*

-   Behavior issues with students stem from parent's issues

-   Reactive measures vs. prevention/intervention

-   Truancy---drop out rates -- MOA with local JAC -- Weld -- Curfew
    Greeley proposed

-   Equal, just, and consistent consequences

-   Tendency towards suspension or 'have you ever thought about home
    schooling' approach

**[Student Behavior Issues]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   Positive Behaviors Systems expansion into additional schools

-   Happy liver club

-   Peer mentoring

*Challenges*

-   Increased 'feral kids' -- supposedly home schooling

-   Screening-i.e, mental health issues

-   Not enough community resources

-   Kids from 'good families' having their behaviors ignored especially
    if they're athletes

**[How Communities Address Student Behavior issues]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   School programming

-   Non profit agencies -- programs

-   Re-exploration of a community rec center

-   Radio show 'street talk' of dedications and requests playing 'kids
    music' Saturday 8pm-1am with plans for prevention messages to be
    aired and call center to be developed, to provide info and referrals
    Takes the show on the road to youth activities sponsored by PPP.

-   Restorative justice -- V.O.R.P. peer mediators/comm.. mediation

*Challenges*

-   NIMBY

-   Kids will be kids

-   We did it and we're ok

-   Ditto

-   You'll never stop underage drinking

-   I did it and I turned out ok!

-   Generational behavior

-   Lack of recognition that problems exist -- "it's those other
    kids-not mine' mentality

-   I can be popular if I provide---young adults

-   Not enough student activities after school and opportunities for
    student involvement

-   Athletes/Achievers can do no wrong

-   Others are ostracized not helped/empowered

-   No training on responsible reporting

**[School Administration]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   Service in other areas = debt

-   Getting to know admin individually

-   Signed MOA

-   Members on planning group

-   3 signed MOAs\--support from Board and Administrations

-   Delegation

-   Had school support in initial phase of beginning application process

-   Relationship buildings

-   Excellent engagement by several school personnel

-   We care about 'our' kids

*Challenges*

-   Not following through with tasks

-   School Boards unwilling to even discuss possibility of their
    districts involvement

-   Overload work schedule

-   Unrealistic expectations

-   Bureaucracy

-   Cynicism bred from past 'state sponsored' surveys that had no real
    outcomes or value for schools

-   See the 'change' needed to be too monumental

-   Engaging new leaders when MOAs signed by those who are gone

-   School districts not wanting to be fiscal agent for DCE money: not
    much money to take on task. Not in favor of reimbursement policy

-   Lead times

**[How Schools and Communities Work Together]{.underline}**

*Successes*

-   School board member involvement

-   Staff involvement, offering their time

-   School secretaries handling parent surveys during parent/teacher
    conferences

-   Safe and drug free school coordinator

-   Student liaisons

-   10 years of community coalition leadership established trust,
    consistency, longevity

-   Persistence (unabrasive and continuous nagging)

-   Finding the right people

-   Multiple district involvement

-   Better community ecosystem

*Challenges*

-   Time

-   School boards-formality

-   Dedication/commitment

-   Involvement

-   Politics

-   Getting school contact to facilitate grant processes

-   Convincing them this is important and beneficial for them and not
    just more work that won't have results

-   Good meeting/training time/place

-   Breaking into tight school culture