|
History
and Highlights
The
Capital
Region
Student
Support
Services
Center
received funding through the NYS Tobacco Control Program in
2001. The initial project’s goal was to strengthen tobacco
use prevention programming and to reduce youth tobacco use in
the 94 districts in the thirteen county service area of the
Center. In order
to achieve these end goals, the Center used the CDC Guidelines for School Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use
to guide the interventions and work of the grant.
The guidelines set forth by the CDC recommended
addressing the following seven areas: Policy, Instruction,
Curriculum, Training, Family Involvement, Tobacco Cessation
Efforts, and Evaluation.
The
current work plan objective focuses on assisting middle/high
schools to promote and implement a “tobacco- free
environment” through the development of a comprehensive
tobacco-free school policy.
Congratulations
to the following Albany and Schenectady County
schools/districts for making progress on their new, comprehensive tobacco policies:
-
Voorheesville
Central School District- Sandy Vorse, Liaison (Approved,
May 2007)
-
Schenectady City School District-
Teresa Brown, Liaison (Approved)
-
Northeast Parent & Child Society- (Approved)
-
Colonie
High School- Christopher Leahy, Liaison (Approved, May
2008)
-
Cohoes Middle/High Schools- Ellen
Alexeew/Sandra Snyder, Liaison (Pending)
Cohoes Middle School October 25,
2007
KissFM's DJ Thomas
helped promote Cohoes Middle School as a Tobacco Free
Healthy School. DJ Thomas helped the kids play Tobacco
Trivia and rewarded them with great prizes.
For
additional information or to become involved, contact:
Return to Services
and Initiatives
Return
to SSSC
Home Page
|
