CTI Coalition Helps Pass Alcohol Awareness Proclamations in Randolph and Pequannock Townships

The Community Trials Intervention (CTI) Coalition, a project of Morris County Prevention Is Key (MCPIK), plays a critical role in reducing high risk and underage drinking in Dover, Randolph and Pequannock Townships and in implementing strategies to change community norms and attitudes surrounding alcohol use. The coalition is comprised of concerned citizens and community representatives and is open to anyone who lives or works in its three target towns.

CTI employs a set of environmental interventions implemented by local community coalitions to create changes in policies and systems that decrease high risk drinking patterns, which include binge drinking, alcohol-related vehicle crashes and violent assaults.

One of CTI’s current initiatives is to pass proclamations in its three target towns to raise awareness about this issue. Randolph and Pequannock Townships each adopted proclamations declaring April as Alcohol Awareness Month, which were signed by Mayors Jay Alpert and Edward Engelbart, respectively. In the proclamations, the mayors also urged each of their constituencies to join them in supporting the CTI Coalition and its work in the community.

For more information about CTI and its efforts to reduce high risk drinking in Dover, Randolph and Pequannock Townships, please call Heidi Brotzman at 973-625-1998 or e-mail hbrotzman@mcpik.org.

CTI is coordinated by Morris County Prevention is Key, which provides educational resources and programs on substance abuse and related issues. Funding for CTI is provided by the New Jersey Division of Addiction Services (DAS).