Community Partnership's Support Center

Community Partnership's Support Center program is one of eleven support centers in Missouri contracting with the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse to provide prevention technical assistance and training to Missouri communities.

The Support Center is a regional program working within 21 counties, helping leaders assess community readiness for change; being a ready source of technical assistance; providing education programs, materials and curricula on substance abuse and violence prevention; and helping create community coalitions to encourage healthy lifestyles, free from substance abuse and violence.

Support Center Highlights

  • Provided merchant education to over 1,000 tobacco retailers in Southwest Missouri
  • Made numerous presentations on alcohol, meth, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, gangs, and family roles in substance abuse given each year
  • Collaborated with communities to coordinate town hall meetings on underage drinking as part of the federal government's efforts to support 2,000 such meetings across the United States
  • Aired numerous public service announcements on underage drinking and tobacco use, meth, and gangs
  • Provided technical assistance to the Underage Drinking Task Force, Task Force on Gangs and Youth Violence, Violence Free Families, and over 20 additional coalitions across Southwest Missouri working on substance abuse and violence prevention
  • Assisted the Branson Underage Drinking Prevention Coalition in planning and implementing successful prevention strategies that resulted in the coalition being a finalist for the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) "Got Outcomes" Coalition of Excellence Award in just the first year of the coalition's existence!

To find out more information about a coalition near you, or how to start a coalition, contact the Support Center at 417-888-2020, or click on our staff to send an email.

Support Center Staff:

Chris Davis, Deputy Director, Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention
Timmarie Hamilton, Prevention Specialist
Mary Moore, Prevention Specialist
Stephen Miller, Prevention Specialist
Andrea Avila, Prevention Specialist
Sarah Morrow, Community Health Specialist
Myra Massey, Administrative Assistant