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What is Prevention?

Check out our new video- co-branded with APF (Addiction Policy Forum) - to share the importance of prevention for everyone and every community. Check out our special campaign page for more videos, including a series on vaping and Opioids. These series include videos and information for youth and for adults.

​We are happy to share these with you - and would be thrilled to be able to present them, and more information to your community or church group. Contact us: prevention@drugfreecc.org

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July 15, 2022 - Drug Free Charlotte County is pleased to announce the award of a $20,000 Community Grant. The funds will support Kids Thrive! Collaborative, which helps pregnant women and new mothers of children born substance-exposed access necessary resources in the community. Drug Free Charlotte County is the lead in the collaborative, which includes Charlotte County Healthy Start Coalition, The Early Learning Coalition of Florida’s Heartland, the Florida Center’s Healthy Families Charlotte County, and new partnerships with The Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte County and the Charlotte County Imagination Library. The grant is made possible by the Miriam P. Raines Charitable Fund, an endowment at Gulf Coast created to help women in Charlotte County educate themselves to further their life skills.
Funds will advance work with the Circle of Parents, part of the Kids Thrive Collaborative. Specifically, leadership skill development and support will be provided to a group of “mentor moms” who have stepped forward to assume responsibilities of leadership to help strengthen the organizational structure necessary to sustain and grow the impact of this successful peer support group. Helping build a supportive social network and empowering mothers with the skills and resources needed for their well-being, as well as that of their children, is at the heart of Kids Thrive Collaborative. We are deeply grateful for this support and honored for the opportunity to use it towards the empowerment of the of the women involved in Kids Thrive. 
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November 1, 2023 - Drug Free Charlotte County receives United Way of Charlotte County, Board of County Commissioners Grant Funding

Drug Free Charlotte County is pleased to announce new funding from United Way of Charlotte County.  These funds, which come from the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners Community Grants, will help the work of the Kids Thrive Collaborative and Circle of Parents in efforts to build and enrich early childhood literacy and family bonding.
The program provides Circle of Parents families with opportunities and resources to build early literacy skills needed for their children to be ready for kindergarten, while nurturing family bonding. The Circle of Parents is an evidence-based peer support group established through the Kids Thrive Collaborative. Family-based, literacy rich activities will be provided as a result of this valuable local funding support.  
Drug Free Charlotte County was established in 2002 to address youth substance use and prevent addiction in our community. Focused on a foundation to “engage, equip and empower” the community, the organization works to promote healthy choices and support resiliency in children and youth. The Kids Thrive Collaborative fosters strong family bonds and early childhood educational success – both critical protective factors for preventing use of substances and breaking family cycles of addiction. This project is just one of the ways Drug Free Charlotte County works to prevent addiction. 
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Our meetings are being conducted either via a hybrid format (in person and on Zoom) or via Zoom. PLEASE CONTACT diane@drugfreecc.org to learn how to participate in your preferred manner.

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​Tobacco Free Partnership - Charlotte County
Meets the 4th Monday: 3:30 pm - Quarterly
July, October, January, and April
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Annual Prevention Awards and Breakfast
May 9, 2025 8:15 am
24TwentyOne Event Center, Port Charlotte

Coalition Leadership Meetings
3rd Tuesday of the month - bi-monthly
March 2025 Meeting moved to March 25th at 3:30 pm
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To learn more - contact: Diane
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Englewood Community Coalition
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