Support Orange Partnership's Youth Empowerment Program
Known as ADAPT, our youth-led, adult supported internship program develops future leaders in Orange County. Using a public health lens, students learn how to address societal challenges including poor mental health and youth substance use. We aspire to inspire students to analyze their surroundings and identify strategies to create changes, develop skills in public speaking, become peer educators and community advocates.
We care about the health, safety and well-being of Orange County youth.
Our mission is to prevent underage drinking and drug use through communication, collaboration, education, policy, advocacy and youth empowerment. Our vision is for a community in which all young people can live healthy and productive lives, free from the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Our Programs
What We Do
Orange Partnership is a home-grown coalition working to reduce youth substance misuse through enhancing protective factors and mitigating risk factors. The coalition is made up of approximately thirty youth-serving organizations within Orange County. Click here to find out more about the amazing work being done to limit substance use in our county.
We use multi-media approaches to bolster youth voices and provide spaces for our coalition partners to discuss their work through monthly interviews with WCHL, Podcasts, and PSAs. Featuring youth, parents, and youth-serving organizations, these projects discuss common substance use topics, including access, social norms, parent-child communication, and available resources. Orange Partnership seeks to "Bridge the Gap" between parents and children so that subjects, such as substance use, can be easily talked about in the home.
We also provide resources for retailers, parents, and youth. It is the responsibility of retailers to comply with federal and state policy in regards to minimum age of sale. Parents may need guidance in having open and honest conversations about substances with their children and youth may be in need of resources to address risk factors of substance misuse, such as poor mental health, or to find prevention and treatment options.
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11am -on-1 Orange Partnership / CINC-CI
2pm OP & OCS Monthly Meeting
7pm Responsible Alcohol Seller and Server Training
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1pm Access to Care CHIP
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12:30pm Behavioral Health CHIP
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