The Hartford Prevention Coalition, founded in 2008, is part of a nationwide network of government-funded local groups charged with bringing people together to strengthen their communities.
HPC is one of more than 30 similar groups throughout Vermont, funded through the SPF-SIG (Strategic Prevention Framework State-Incentive Grant) program found here. to address the high rates of alcohol and drug abuse among the state’s young people. Found here.
HPC brings together parents, teachers, youth, town and state officials, law enforcement personnel, members of the court system, business people, and other interested individuals in a coordinated effort to foster a social environment in which:
Minors do not have ready access to alcohol, either from retailers or from family and friends
All who use alcohol illegally or enable others to do so face clear and inescapable consequences
Hartford residents fully understand the mental and physical damage caused by alcohol abuse
