Greater Atlantic Partnership
Our Vision and Mission
The VISION for the Greater Atlantic Partnership is to create safe and healthy environments through partnerships with the community to bring about changes that protect our youth and residents. The MISSION of the Greater Atlantic Partnership is to collaborate with all community sectors to develop local solutions to prevent or delay substance use among youth and create safe, drug-free communities.
What We Do
GAP implements various interventions in Egg Harbor City, Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, and Pleasantville to achieve positive outcomes. These include:
- Coordinate educational forums related to substance use and misuse in our communities.
- Implement Sticker Shock Campaign in various liquor license establishments within Egg Harbor City, Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, and Pleasantville.
- Coordinate and execute TIPS trainings for alcohol beverage servers and staff.
- Administer PRIDE Survey middle and high schools to assess attitudes, perceptions and behaviours related to various substances.
- Actively participate in Stigma Free Atlantic Collaborative.
- Implement the annual countywide PSA contest for youth in middle and high school that promotes prevention and/or healthy choices.
- Participate in DEA Drug Take Back Days and work closely with local police departments in efforts to encourage safe medication disposal practices via permanent prescription drop boxes.
- Promote safe medication disposal by distributing Deterra drug deactivation pouches.
- Promote safe Cannabis storage by providing locking pouches to the community, when available.
- Encourage safe celebrations to youth by promoting 911 Lifeline Legislation.
- Co-Coordinate the Overdose Recommendation Committee to develop plans to reduce overdose in the community.
Overdose Fatality Review Team
The mission of the Atlantic County Overdose Fatality Review Team (OFRT) is to prevent future deaths from drug overdose through a process of reviewing overdose fatalities to identify gaps in public systems and social services that might have made a difference.
As a result of these reviews, the OFRT has focused on harm reduction. The OFRT goal is to increase awareness of:
- Naloxone/Narcan
- The dangers of Fentanyl and Xylazine
- Resources to get well and for family members
- Stigma associated with Substance Use Disorder
- Other harm reduction strategies