What We Do

Challengers of Oldham County implements community-wide, comprehensive prevention initiatives designed to increase protective factors and reduce risk factors by utilizing both individual and environmental strategies.  Major programs include:

Social Norms Campaign - Challengers utilizes this research-based program to address community-wide issues surrounding alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.  Research conducted on social norms projects indicate that it is effective in reducing youth alcohol and tobacco use, as well as increasing positive and accurate perceptions and norms concerning alcohol use.  Challengers' social norms approach uses a variety of methods to correct negative misconceptions and to identify, model, and promote healthy, protective behaviors.  For more information about the social norms approach to address youth substance use, visit The Social Norms Resource Center's web site at www.socialnorms.org.  
Challengers assists the Oldham County Public Schools in the implementation of the Kentucky Incentives for Prevention (KIP) Student Survey.  This survey, given to students in the 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grades, focuses on issues associated with youth substance use.
Please click here to view the latest KIP Survey Data.  (Requires MS PowerPoint to view.  Click here to download MS PowerPoint viewer)
If you want to review all the data from the KIP Survey, please click here.

What If?  This effort is geared toward parents of the middle school students in Oldham County.  The campaign provides increased information to parents to help make it easier to have frank discussions with their children about the risks of substance use.  The What If? initiative includes monthly mailings to all parents of middle school students, educational materials for distribution in each of the four middle schools, and a weekly parent email tip.  The goal of the What If? campaign is increased parent/child communication with respect to substance use, thereby resulting in decreased substance use by youth in our community.  Along with Challengers, the What If? campaign is being supported by the Oldham County Public Schools, the Oldham County Police Department, the LaGrange Police Department, The Oldham Era, Seven Counties Services, Research & Evaluation Specialists, Inc., Park Printing, and OldhamCounty.com

Red Ribbon Week Celebrations.  Challengers assists schools and community businesses with this yearly event to raise awareness of the issues associated with substance use.

Challengers members participate in local events to provide information to community members with respect to the prevention of youth substance use.

Challengers is a member of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) and University of Kentucky's Non-Profit Leadership Initiative.

Challengers also provides presentations/educational opportunities focused on prevention throughout the schools and in the community as requested.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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