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.
- Watch the video

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Happening now - Narcan Training & important Community Presentation at Levittown Hall Councilman Anthony D'Esposito Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin Saving Lives Five Towns Coalition See More

Our Coalition Sector Member, St. Agnes Cathedral included our important Drug Awareness Program dates in this week’s bulletin. CADCA Councilman Anthony D'Esposito Town of Hempstead See More

Important community presentation last night at Merrick Golf Course Clubhouse. Attendees were trained by Councilman Anthony D'Esposito on the lifesaving use of Narcan. The dangers See More

This is happening in Néw York now that pot is legal. The targeting of youth by these pot sellers is illegal & they need to See More

NYC weed dealers sell pot that looks like candy and ice cream to kids
New York City pot purveyors act like brazen carnival barkers, running into the street and flagging down cars to buy an eighth of “gelato” — a strain of weed — not ice cream.
Important community education on the dangers of Opioids. CADCA Nassau County District Attorney SAMHSA Education is Prevention. See More

At 'Operation Natalie,' a focus on opioids' deadly hold
Nassau police and other officials, including County Executive Bruce Blakeman, want parents to teach themselves — and their children — about the dangers of opioids, especially fentanyl, responsible for
Keep your youth safe this St. Patrick’s Day and everyday! CADCA Town of Hempstead SAMHSA SADD Nation Village of Rockville Centre Saving Lives Five Towns See More

Register for this important discussion. Marijuana use is on the rise among our youth. You will have the opportunity to submit questions and voice your See More

'Cannabis Conversations' begin Thursday
The state will host a digital forum on recreational marijuana legalization for Long Islanders on Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. The discussion is one of 11 regional "Cannabis Conversations" planned by the
Protect your youth so they can achieve their true potential! CADCA Town of Hempstead Nassau County, New York Saving Lives Five Towns Coalition SADD Nation See More
