jaycountydrugpreventioncoalition

Jay County

Drug Prevention Coalition

Our Mission

To promote best practices among youth and adults
to reduce the illegal use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and
other drugs in Jay County

Our Purpose

• Promote community wide awareness and information sharing regarding substance use,
• Utilize education, enforcement, treatment, prevention,
• Coordinate and facilitate collaboration with community partners

Coalition Meetings

JCDPC meets on the third Monday of each month at 3:30PM at the John Jay Center in Portland, Indiana. Meetings are open to everyone.

Partnering Organizations

• A Better Life Brianna's Hope
• Dunkirk PD
• IU Jay
• Jay County Sheriff's Office
• Meridian Health Services

• Portland Foundation
• Portland PD
• Purdue Extension
• Youth Service Bureau

Grants

Grants are awarded once a year in the areas of Drug and Alcohol Prevention/Education, Justice/Law Enforcement, and Intervention/Treatment.

For more information on our grant cycle please contact our office at (260) 251-3259.

About Us

As a community partner we support, advocate, and promote legal, state, and national efforts to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth and adults in Jay County, Indiana.

The Jay County Drug Prevention Coalition (JCDPC) is part of the statewide network of the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse. The JCDPC is the Local Coordinating Council (LCC) for the community.