Through a generous donation from the Firetower Fund of the Northern New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, C.A.D.Y. merged local youth survey data, hospital admissions information, and census statistics into town-by-town composites highlighting key elements of risk and protective factors for each of the communities in our catchment area. The purpose of this localized information is to support and encourage planning, dialogue, grant-making, and other community development to address risk and protective factors for the development of healthy children, families, and communities.

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CADY Firetower 2009
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Grafton County Data Book 2009
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Promise and Peril
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Help in a Haystack
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Between 2000 and 2007, middle and high school students from the three school districts served by CADY participated in broad-based surveys to assess risk behaviors among teens as well as the protective factors that keep young people from using alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. As in national surveys, teens reported that their parents are the #1 factor in their decision making. Valadating that partents are truly the anti drug.

 

As of this year, 2800 student surveys have been administered and reported from SAU's 4 ( Newfound), 48 (Pemi-Baker) and 68 (Lin-Wood). Significant reductions have been achieved in two of the three districts around monthly alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use. Parent monitoring, clear expectations from parents that children will not use, and consequences from parents are each factors that young people indicate make a difference in youth choices.