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ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG (ATOD) PREVENTION:
TOBACCO USE PREVENTION PROGRAM
(Updated 10/25/12)

As part of the statewide effort to reduce and prevent tobacco use among youth, the department provides non-competitive grant funding to schools, professional development and technical assistance to school faculty and staff around tobacco use prevention and cessation curriculum and makes curricular resources available on loan through the Health Education Resource Center. The funds to schools, which are appropriated annually by the Vermont Legislature, target four primary goals:

• Coordination of tobacco prevention efforts;
• Provision of evidence-based tobacco prevention education;
• Development and implementation of model tobacco policy; and
• Involvement of families and community in supporting school-based tobacco prevention initiatives.

Instructions for Avoiding Common ErrorsPDF
Please review this document prior to completion and submission of the Year End Report and Year Two Continuation Forms as incorrectly filled out forms will be returned.

Year Two Continuation Form WORD
Required forms for grantees who are requesting funding for FY14. Must be emailed as a Microsoft Word document no later than April 30, 2013 to sabine.baldwin@state.vt.us to be considered for funding.

Peer Network Communities PDF
Refer to this list to see which network community your LEA is a part of. You can email your network coordinator with any grant or training questions you might have by clicking on their name.

FY13/FY14 DOE Tobacco Use Prevention Funding ApplicationWORD

Step 1: Open the Word Document

Step 2: Click on the Options Button at the Top Left Hand Corner of the Screen

Step 3: Select the Option that Says “Enable this content” and then click on the OK button

Answers to your pressing grant questions from the Fall Kickoff Meeting

Tobacco Use Prevention Funding for 2010-2012 PDF
In an effort to reduce and prevent the dangerous impacts that tobacco has on our youth, formula grant funding is available through the department, appropriated annually by the Vermont Legislature to support local education agencies (LEAs) in coordinating programs and implementing tobacco prevention strategies at the local level. NOTE: This document is provided for reference purposes only.

School-based Tobacco Prevention Updates
View bi-monthly newsletters that include information relevant to school and community based tobacco prevention coordinators around the state. For more information, contact Kate O'Neill at (802) 828-5151 or kathryn.oneill@state.vt.us.

• March 2009 PDF
• January 2009  PDF
• November 2008  PDF
• September 2008  PDF

Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for 2009 OSL
Every two years since 1993, the Department of Health's Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs and the department have sponsored the Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The YRBS measures the prevalence of behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease and injury among youth. The YRBS is part of a larger effort to help communities increase the “resiliency” of young people by reducing high risk behaviors and promoting healthy behaviors. View links to additional reports for 1995 through 2007. OSL

Vermont 2006 Youth Health Survey (PDF)OSL
The Vermont Department of Health, with cooperation from the Vermont Agency of Education, conducted the 2006 VT Youth Health Survey (YHS) in the winter of 2006 in randomly selected Vermont middle and high schools. Middle schools were defined as containing any of grades 6-8. High schools were defined as containing any of grades 9-12.

Off-site Links & Resources  PDF
View information and links to various state and national resources.

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