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RACS Prevention Services
It is the mission of RACS Prevention Services to empower the community through collaboration, education, and resources that support informed decisions to enhance quality of life.
Meet the people that make the magic happen
Rebecca Bland
Prevention Services
Program Manager
Allison Thomas
Prevention Educator
Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition
Charity Smith
Prevention Educator
Live Healthy Rockbidge Kids
Mallory Douglas
Prevention Educator
State Opioid Responsee
Rebecca Bland MPS, CPS
Prevention Services Program Manager
Meet Rebecca
"Get to know Lock and Talk suicide prevention initiative, and get to know me. It's easy to see what my passion is! Do me a favor... look up lockandtalk.org."
Rebecca is a certified prevention specialist and the returning Prevention Services Program Manager for RACS. She earned a Master's degree in Prevention Science from University of Oklahoma. Before rejoining the RACS Team, she was a Behavioral Health Wellness Consultant with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. There, she oversaw all prevention efforts for the State Opioid Response (SOR) and development and support for the suicide prevention initiative, Lock and Talk. Rebecca has worked as a substance abuse prevention and suicide prevention professional within the Virginia Community Services Board system since 2010. Prior to that, she was a Community Health Coordinator with Carilion Health System. While coordinating suicide prevention efforts for DBHDS Region 1 in 2014, she became one of the original eight developers of Lock and Talk Virginia. Lock and Talk is now embedded in CSBs statewide, as well as several counties in New York, West Virginia, and Maryland. She is a member of Rockbridge Bath Regional Crisis Intervention Team and Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition since 2008, and a member of Virginia’s Suicide Prevention Interagency Advisory Group.
What I can help you with:
Allison Thomas
Prevention Educator
Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition
Meet Alli
All of the bio, creative pieces and where you might see Alli around the community in this section right here.
What I can help you with:
Charity Smith
Prevention Educator
Live Healthy Rockbridge Kids
Meet Charity
All of the bio, creative pieces and where you might see Charity around the community in this section right here.
What I can help you with:
Mallory Douglas
Prevention Educator
State Opioid Response
Meet Mallory
All of the bio, creative pieces and where you might see Mallory around the community in this section right here.
What I can help you with:
Our Services Include:
Coalition Work
Topical Conversations
Hidden in Plain Sight
Parent Handbooks
Red Ribbon Week
Mental Health Awareness
Educational Programming: Catch My Breath
Firearm Safety Devices
Tobacco Retailer Education - Countertools
Gambling Prevention
Medication Storage and Disposal Pouches
Trauma Informed Care
Trainings
Our Coalition Work
We are the fiscal agent of the Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition, the Live Healthy Rockbridge Kids Coalition and the Crisis Intevention Team (CIT) coalition. We are also active members on the Live Healthy Rockbridge Coalition which is a part of Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital. To learn more about coalition work or to get involved, click on the links below or email us.
*Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition
*Live Healthy Rockbridge Kids Coalition
*Students in Rockbridge Promoting Healthy Alternatives (SiRPHA) - youth coalition
Data-Driven Strategies
Our prevention team collects data every other year for 8th, 10th, and 12th graders on behalf of the Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition. All of the data that we collect is shared with the coalition in an aggregate form and guides the strategic planning process for our prevention team.
Community Awareness
We participate in several awareness events throughout the year. Some of those events may include:
Red Ribbon Week
Take Down Tobacco Day
Mental Health Awareness Month
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Problem Gambling Awareness Month
National Fentanyl Awareness Day
Drug Take Back Events
Trainings We Offer
Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences
SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness)
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
REVIVE (Naloxone Administration)
Trauma Informed Speakers
Topical Presentations
Concept Creation
We partner with all of the area schools to provide educational information based on the needs identifed in the most recent data collection or as identified by the schools.
This school year we are providing a program called Catch My Breath. This program is an evidence-based curriculum with a focus on vaping and tobacco prevention education.
Prevention Team Mission Statement:
It is the mission of RACS Prevention Services to empower the community through collaboration, education, and resources that support informed decisions to enhance quality of life.
Our Services Include:
- Rockbridge Area Prevention Coalition
- Live Healthy Rockbridge Kids Coalition
- Students in Rockbridge Promoting Healthy Alternatives (SiRPHA) - youth coalition
- Topical Conversations
- Hidden in Plain Sight
- Parent Handbooks
- Lock and Talk
- Red Ribbon Week
- Mental Health Awareness
- Educational Programming: Catch My Breath
- Firearm Safety Devices
- Drug Take Backs
- Tobacco Retailer Education - Countertools
- Gambling Prevention
- Medication Storage and Disposal Pouches
- Medication Drop-Box Locations
- Trauma Informed Care
- Trainings
We work with you to come up with the very best solutions for your challenges!
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Mission
The coalition’s mission is to reduce substance use among youth and build resilient youth and families through evidence-based strategies to achieve community-level change.
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Vision
A Rockbridge community with resilient youth and families that are physically and mentally healthy
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Meetings
Our coalition meets monthly to work on multiple strategies.
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Follow us!
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Medication Drop-Box Locations
Educational Resources
Books: ACES Resources
Articles on suicide, tobacco, vaping, alcohol, stimulants, opioids, gaming/gambling, marijuana, ACES
Videos: ACES Resources
Website and Resources
Juul
How School are Responding to JUUling
Daily Princetonian: Juul Epidemic Hits Campus
Center 4 research: Vaping Safer Smoking-Cigarettes
CDC Strengthens Concern Over Vaping
Truth Initiative: 4 Things Parents Need Know About JUUL and Nicotine addiction
New Yorker Magazine: The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of the JUUL.
Stop Cancer Fund: PZ diet habits behaviors the dangers of juuling
Marijuana
Alcohol
coming soon
Opioids
Tobacco
How School are Responding to JUUling
Daily Princetonian: Juul Epidemic Hits Campus
Center 4 research: Vaping Safer Smoking-Cigarettes
How School are Responding to JUUling
Daily Princetonian: Juul Epidemic Hits Campus
Center 4 research: Vaping Safer Smoking-Cigarettes
CDC Strengthens Concern Over Vaping
Truth Initiative: 4 Things Parents Need Know About JUUL and Nicotine addiction
New Yorker Magazine: The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of the JUUL.
Stop Cancer Fund: PZ diet habits behaviors the dangers of juuling
To learn more about our prevention services or either of our coalitions, contact us at prevention@racsb.org.
