Champions for a Drug-Free Grant County KY

08/03/2026

07/20/2026

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YOU'RE INVITED!

Our Drug-Free Communities Celebration will feature a networking hour from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. during which residents and professionals of Grant County will have the opportunity to meet regional partners who provide prevention services and resources to our community.

Networking hour will be followed by a lunch presentation to showcase our collective successes throughout the 10-year life cycle of the Drug-Free Communities Grant as well as an overview of how youth substance use prevention efforts will continue after the Drug-Free Communities Grant concludes on September 29, 2026.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED NO LATER THAN MONDAY AUGUST 10TH to ensure an accurate catering head count. Please be mindful and respectful that with the event two weeks before the grant closing date, we cannot afford to over or underestimate for food. INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NOT REGISTERED WILL NOT BE ADMITTED INTO THE EVENT.

07/06/2026

Dear Community Members,

We are writing to share that the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Grant, the primary source of funding for Champions for a Drug-Free Grant County, will conclude on September 29, 2026. At that time, the coalition will officially dissolve operations.

Through our work alongside many dedicated community partners, we have not only met the original goals of the grant - we have exceeded them. Over the last ten years, youth substance use among middle and high school students has consistently declined. According to the Kentucky Incentives for Prevention (KIP) Survey, self-reported past 30-day use among youth decreased from 2014 to 2024 as follows:

🎉Alcohol use decreased from 12.7% to 7% among middle school students and from 34.2% to 12.3% among high school students.

🎉Tobacco use decreased from 19.8% to 1.0% among middle school students and from 37.2% to 3.5% among high school students.

🎉 Ma*****na use decreased from 4.6% to 2.5% among middle school students and from 17.6% to 6.5% among high school students.

🎉Prescription drug use decreased from 2.9% to 1.0% among middle school students and from 4.5% to 2.0% among high school students.

We are confident that these low rates of youth substance use in Grant County will continue to remain steady.

During this final year of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Grant, our focus has been on ensuring that the school-based and community-based programs we support can continue beyond the life of the grant. We have worked closely with community partners in Grant County and across the Northern Kentucky region to identify future program leadership, determine ongoing financial and volunteer support needs, and connect organizations with potential sources of support. We have also begun distributing program assets and supplies to help ensure a smooth transition of program management.

In the final months of the grant, we will continue to responsibly conclude organizational affairs, fulfill remaining obligations, and ensure that all legal and financial requirements are completed appropriately.

It has been our privilege to serve this community. Although this chapter is coming to a close, we are proud of the impact we created together and are hopeful that the relationships built and investments made through the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Grant will continue to inspire positive change in our community.

Sincerely,

Champions for a Drug-Free Grant County

06/07/2026

Summer Feeding starts tomorrow!

06/02/2026

06/01/2026

Today 7 volunteers spent 7 hours and drove 249.4 miles to place 607 stickers for reminding adults that it is illegal to provide alcohol to minors and can result in up to a $500 fine or 1 year in jail.

While this message is spread heavily across NKY during big milestones like Spring Break, Prom, and Graduation, we always wait until the start of summer because preventing underage drinking is equally important in the small moments like backyard BBQs and boating on Williamstown Lake.

06/01/2026

Dinner Table Project Newsletter for June and July!

¡Boletín del Dinner Table Project para junio y julio!

05/29/2026

Join us, and many other community partners, TOMORROW at the library's Summer Reading Kick Off!

05/15/2026

If we can't tell the difference, then how can our kids - especially if they're not consuming something directly from the packaging? This is why edible products, which are obviously quite appealing, are so dangerous to our young people!

THC is the psychoactive ingredient in ma*****na.

Shrooms is in reference to Psilocybin, a psychedelic/hallucinogenic.

7-OH is synthetic compound from Kratom.

05/01/2026

It's almost lunch time! Consider eating at Gold Star and rounding up to support 1N5, a non-profit based out of Cincinnati that works to promote optimal mental wellness and prevent su***de.

Can't make it today? You can support them any time during the month of May which is Mental Health Awareness Month!

1N5 has been a GREAT to both Grant County Schools and Williamstown Independent Schools. They are not strangers over the river - they are phenomenal people who expanded their services into Kentucky schools and have joined us to protect our youth right here in Grant County!