Mission
Our mission is to work as a collaborative body to affect policy and change favorable attitudes towards alcohol and other drug use in the cities of Artesia, Cerritos and Norwalk.
Objective
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The main objective of our program is to prevent experimentation with drugs and alcohol by providing education, building awareness, and working with policy makers and city officials to change alcohol and drug policies to help make our communities safer.
Our current projects
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Our substance abuse prevention program is funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Our program has both an educational and environmental component to it.
The following describes our main projects:- Reduction in alcohol availability and accessibility to minors (through changes in policies).
- Responsible beverage service RBS training, to offsite alcohol merchants ( we are trained RBS trainers and will conduct our next training in September).
- Life Skills training educational services (we taught middle school children in Cerritos the Life skills curriculum this past semester).
Please feel free to contact, Joel Reynoza at jreynoza@hycinc.org or Arlene Pinedo at apinedo@hycinc.org for more information.
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