From Collaboration to Collective Impact: A Community Approach to Tackle Youth Opioid Abuse on Staten Island

• By: Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness
• July 1st, 2015
• collective impact, community coalitions, cross-sector collaboration, data-driven strategies, opioid epidemic, overdose prevention, substance use prevention, youth substance abuse
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No single organization, however innovative or powerful, alone can address youth substance abuse in a community. A dedicated group of community members, philanthropists, behavioral health providers, law enforcement, government partners, and parents, understood this and came together to collectively...