Strengths and Assets Promotion Program
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(click the above graphic to visit the Coalition For Placer Youth website)
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Our Program Goal
Help families and communities support healthy development of children, youth and all individuals.
We help parents and other adults find ways to encourage children and youth to make healthy life choices, like avoiding inappropriate or illegal drug and alcohol use.
Our Activities
Placer County Strengths and Assets Promotion partners with community-based organizations, businesses, schools, faith communities, neighborhoods, parents, and lay citizens. Program elements include:
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- Offering community grants to foster youth development
- Giving technical assistance in implementing youth development practices
- Providing prevention information to individuals and organizations
- Identifying the best strategies to address a community's risk and protective factors
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Substance Abuse Prevention Survey
Youth substance abuse is of high concern to parents, community members, and young people themselves. Placer County Health and Human Services Substance Abuse Prevention program has developed a survey to assess community knowledge and attitudes about substance abuse in young people. Survey results will be used to improve prevention efforts.
The eleven-question, anonymous web-based survey asks for opinions, knowledge and parenting feedback. There are no drug use questions.
“As substance abuse is a serious concern of the community, we hope people will view this anonymous web survey as a quick way they can make a positive difference,” said Kara Sutter, Placer County Health Educator. “It takes everyone working together to ensure Placer county is a great place for youth to grow up.”
Click on the following link to take the survey: Substance Abuse Prevention Survey
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Friday Night Live Program Grants
FNL programs build partnerships for positive and healthy youth development, which engages youth as active leaders and resources in their communities while building skills in a fun and safe environment. Program Overview
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What Are Developmental Assets?
Developmental Assets are the building blocks for healthy development that help youth grow up healthy, caring and responsible. Search Institute has identified 40 assets that strengthen youth – these assets have tremendous power to protect young people from harmful choices and encourage healthy ones.
The 40 assets are not revolutionary or complicated, they simply make sense. And they apply to all kids, not just children at risk, kids from affluent families, or kids living in poverty.
They’re also powerful. Research shows that the more assets young people have, no matter what their background or socioeconomic level, the more likely they’ll be self-confident and do well in school; the less likely they’ll engage in dangerous or detrimental behavior. Sadly, today’s young people, across a broad socioeconomic spectrum, don’t have enough assets.
Everyone can build assets. Go ahead, add one of the actions below to the things you already do. Take a second and make a difference.
- Greet the kids in your neighborhood by name.
- Smile at teenagers without expecting it to be returned.
- Ask youth for their opinions; include youth voices in family and community decisions.
- Recognize a child’s positive qualities – let the child know you notice.
- Be aware of how powerful a role model you are (children do what you do, not what you say).
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Useful Links
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Contact Us
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