Welcome to Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth

An Alliance for Combined Action

Our mission is to plan and implement strategies to prevent and reduce
youth substance use and its associated consequences.

Our Billboard Outlines The Dangers Of Vaping
Our prevention message is getting into the right hands! On hundreds of take-out containers
New York National Guard members with RVC Youth Council Chair Andrea Connolly, and Coalition Project Coordinator Ruthanne McCormack.
Our Drug Free T-Shirt designed by Rockville Centre South Side High School freshman, Zachery Goldberg. The T-Shirt is available for a $10 donation.
February 2019 Coalition members Advocating at the NY State Capitol against the Commercialization/Legalization of Marijuana
November 2019 Community Presentation at Adelphi University with Sector Members from the RVC Police Department and Mercy Medical Center addressing the Opioid Epidemic, Underage Drinking and the Suicide epidemic.
Life Saving Narcan - Surgeon General recommends everyone 18 and over be trained to save a life from overdose
January 2020 Prevention Day at the RVC MLK Center
Suicide Prevention Billboard 2020

Non-Opioid Options Grant

At the beginning of 2020, CADCA recruited coalitions from across the country with expertise in healthcare collaborations and opioid prevention to participate in on-going training and focused technical assistance with the vision of increasing awareness and access to non-opioid treatments for acute pain management related to surgery and injury.

As recipients of the Non-Opioid Options Grant, we can educate our community on alternatives for Prescription opioids for pain management. This project will reduce the risk for severe substance use disorder and overdose deaths in our community. We bring awareness on how non-opioid choices can provide increased relief from pain and better patient satisfaction while avoiding life-threatening risks.

Students in our High School produced this video to educate athletes and other students.