justCommunity, Inc.
provides leadership in youth development, community mobilization
and restorative justice to schools, government agencies and other
organizations.
Founded and incorporated in 1999, justCommunity, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
2008 Town Hall Meeting and Press Conference Highlights New Trending Data on Adolescent Behavioral Health in Upper Bucks County, PA Mr. Ken Shapiro, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program and Mr. Mike Pennington, Director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinqunecy's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention were among the presenters who gave talks on a variety of topics, including the results of the 2008 Student Support Card, the bi-annual youth survey conducted with 3000 teenagers living in Upper Bucks County, PA. Mr. Lee Rush, Community Organizer and Executive Director of justCommunity reported on results of last year's acclaimed the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition's Social Norming Campaign to prevent underage drinking. The announcements were made on April 1, 2008, at James A. Michener Library, 401 West Mill Street in Quakertown. See video coverage from local WMFZ TV.
Upper Bucks HCHY Coalition Highlighted In White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's 2007 National Strategy to Reduce Substance Abuse In its annual report on the strategies used in national substance abuse prevention, the White House put a spotlight on the Upper Bucks HCHY Coalition and their efforts in the past year with a one page article.The article detailed the coalition's recent activities, particularly the "2outta3" Social Norms marketing campaign. Take a look at page 13 of the official report here highlighting our work. (The full 2007 National Drug Control Strategy is here)
Drug Prevention News Wire Current prevention news from the Office of National Drug Control Poilicy's PushingBack blog.
A member agency of the United Way of Bucks County, justCommunity is the coordinating agency for the Healthy Communities/ Healthy Youth initiatives in Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania.