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justCommunity, Inc., is the coordinating agency and fiscal agent for the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition (UBHCHY) which conducts biennial youth surveys in local high schools.  

Over 150 community leaders and youth came together at the James Michener Library in Doylestown, PA, to learn the results of the recent 2010 youth survey (UBHCHY Student Support Card) conducted with almost 3,000 teenagers in Upper Bucks County.

Lee Rush, justCommunity Executive Director, announced the appointment of Karen Richter as the new Community Mobilizer for the Palisades community, (defined by the geographic boundaries of the school district).

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) awarded a grant through June 2012 to justCommunity, Inc. to support implementing the Communities That Care (CTC) community mobilization process in the Palisades community (as defined by the geographic boundaries of the Palisades School District in Bucks County, PA).

The Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition (UBHCHY) has received a five-year grant through 2014 for a total of $625,000 to continue its work towards increasing the level of developmental assets in youth and reducing all forms of substance abuse.

Best Buy opens a new store in Quakertown, PA and presents justCommunity a contribution of $5,000! On behalf of the new Best Buy store opening on August 28th, Manager Todd Kooker presents a check to justCommunity Executive Director Lee Rush. Thank you Best Buy and welcome to Upper Bucks County!

justCommunity, Inc., is the coordinating agency and fiscal agent for the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition (UBHCHY) which conducts biennial youth surveys in local high schools.  

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 Delinquency’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention were among the presenters who gave talks on a variety of topics.

Presented by the Upper Bucks Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition and commissioned by the Pennridge Area Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Coalition, Creating Possibilities: Building a Community of Promise is a DVD produced by students at Palisades High School.

The White House’s National Drug Control Strategy, a 59-page report addressing the President’s urgency to decline drug use in the United States and combat the belief that “drugs, addiction and the wide spectrum of related social ills could only be managed at best, not tackled head-on.”