About the Coalition
Coalition for Healthy Communities
The Coalition for Healthy Communities, an initiative of Wellspring Center for Prevention, brings together professionals from multiple disciplines who have a passion for the prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse problems.
Its mission is to reduce substance abuse, especially among youth, by providing opportunities for increased collaboration, coordinated planning, and sharing of resources in order to maximize the quality and availability of services to the communities and residents of Middlesex County.
Monthly meetings provide an opportunity to network, plan collaborative events, share ideas and resources, and develop into a primary resource for the community. The meeting agenda is designed to provide the most time for sharing information. This has proven to be tremendously useful to the members, who have developed new partnerships and benefited from services that they did not know existed.
Every member of the Coalition can make a difference in the community. If you would like to help make Middlesex County a healthy, safe, and drug-free community, you must join the Coalition. For more information, call Wellspring at 732-254-3344 or email us. You may also request a copy of our Coalition for Healthy Communities brochure.
Coalition Members
Members of the Coalition for Healthy Communities represent a wide variety of sectors within the community, insuring that everyone's voice is heard. Through the Coalition's Task Forces, the membership works to build capacity within the community to reduce the impact that substance abuse has on our families and community members.
- Alanon/Alateen
- Barnabas Health Institute for Prevention
- Center for Great Expectations
- Center for Network Therapy
- Central Jersey Family Health Consortium
- Community Care Behavioral Health
- County of Middlesex Office of Health Services
- Defensive Driving Institute of New Jersey
- East Brunswick Municipal Alliance
- East Brunswick Township
- Edison Job Corp
- Elijah's Promise
- Epiphany House, Inc.
- Families Against Addiction
- Garden State Community Bank
- Greater Media Newspapers
- Home News Tribune
- Indian Healthcamp of NJ
- J.P. Stevens High School
- Journey to Wellness
- Middlesex Co. Division of Addictions/Mental Health Planning
- Middlesex Co. Drug Court
- Middlesex Co. Municipal Alliance Network
- Middlesex Co. Rape Crisis
- NAACP-Metuchen/Edison Area
- New Brunswick Police Dept.
- New Creation Ministries Counseling
- New Jersey Department of Human Services-DMHAS
- New Jersey State Elks Association
- Planned Parenthood of Central & Greater Northern NJ
- PLB Clark Consulting, LLC
- PNC Bank
- Puerto Rican Action Board
- Raritan Valley YMCA
- Robert Wood Johnson Univ. Hospital
- Robert Wood Johnson Univ. Hospital Injury Prevention
- Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies
- Rutgers University
- Sayreville Middle School
- SNAP-Ed/Middlesex County/RCE
- South Brunswick Municipal Alliance
- Spotswood Police Department
- St. Peter's University Hospital
- Summit Oaks Hospital
- Young People in Recovery-NJ
Task Forces
The Coalition for Healthy Communities functions efficiently within Middlesex County through various goal-focused task forces, each addressing a particular priority area.
Partners for Success grant
The initial purpose of this grant ion is to determine the reasons that may cause people to need early intervention or treatment services and reduce those factors while strengthening corresponding protective factors.
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drink…
The Coalition for Healthy Communities will work to change the norms which support underage drinking through a multi-level project that includes encouraging full enforcement.
Youth Tobacco Action Group
Wellspring Center for Prevention’s Coalition for Healthy Communities will work with the New Jersey Prevention Network (NJPN) to develop and implement Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ’s Youth Tobacco Action Team Program.
Pride Survey Results
Every two years the Coalition for Healthy Communities implements a Pride Survey in order to survey select County students in grades 8, 10, and 12. Pride Surveys was created in 1982 by professors at Georgia State University in Atlanta and Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY.
Coalition Events
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