PROJECT NORTHLAND
Sponsored by the Mississippi Alliance for Prevention
Since 2001 the Jackson County Community Coalition has educated more than 14,000 youth in Jackson County on the danges of alcohol and other drugs with science based drug prevention education strategies in the Jackson County, Moss Point, Ocean Springs and Pascagoula school districts.
Project Northland is a science based curriculum for youths in the 6 th grade through the 10 th grade teaching teenagers the dangers of underage drinking. All four school districts in Jackson County have participated in Project Northland since its inception in 2002.
6 th grade: The Slick Tracy Home Team Program educates parents and their children on the dangers of underage drinking through the use of comic books and a weekly 10 minute assignment for the family unit.
7 th grade: Amazing Alternatives teaches youth alternatives to underage drinking and taking other illegal drugs through peer-led activities.
8 th grade: Powerlines introduces youth to the process of living and working in a community and how one group in the community affects another group. The youth learn about the following groups within a community, schools, police, liquor store owners, the media, local government and ways to access these groups to curb the problems of underage drinking and illegal drug use.
10 th grade: Supercharged: A program that presents successful strategies for getting parents and communities involved in youth alcohol prevention.
Since its inception in 2002 Project Northland has strategically impacted more than 8,000 youth on the dangers of underage drinking and other illegal drug use.
