April 2012
Georgia Drug Free
Community Coalitions and
Drug Task Forces Directory
http://www.livedrugfree.org/
This Directory is being made available by the Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative via funding from the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities/Division of Addictive Diseases/Office of Prevention Services and Programs (DBHDD/DAD/OPSP) via a contract to The Council on Alcohol and Drugs.
The following Drug Free Community Coalitions (DFCCs) and Drug Task Forces have agreed to be a resource for sharing their success, challenges, and overcoming of challenges regarding the prevention of prescription drug abuse in Georgia.
A DFCC is a community-based coalition that organizes to primarily to prevent youth substance use. Each DFCC focuses on the drug(s) that have been assessed to have had the biggest impact in their community. All the DFCCs have or are currently receiving federal funding. Recent evaluation data has indicated that where DFCC dollars are invested, youth substance use is lower. The Drug Task Forces that are listed in this document are very similar to the DFCCs in that they both are community based and have organized to address drug abuse issue(s) identified in their community. However, the major difference is that a Drug Task Force is most often started by local law enforcement and the money to support the Drug Task Force is supplied from state and local sources.
Drug Free Community Coalitions DFCC Listing:
Drug Free Community of Hall County Hall County Board of Education J. P. Banks Project Coordinator Drug Free Coalition of Hall County (a.k.a. Face It People) (770) 534-1080 x277
www.faceitpeople.org Hall County/Gainesville
Gwinnett Coalition for Health & Human Services 750 South Perry Street Suite 312 Lawrenceville, GA 30045 Crystal Havenga, Coordinator Phone: (770) 995-3339 Fax: 770-995-1832
crystal@gwinnettcoalition.org Gwinnett County/Lawrenceville
Cook County Drug Free Communities Cook County Family Connections
Post Office Box 92 Sparks, GA 31647-0092 Zoe Myers
zmyers@cookcountyfamilyconnection.org Phone: (229) 549-7976
Bryan County Drug Free Coalition Bryan County Board of Commissioners PO Box 430 Pembroke, Georgia 31321 William Collins Program Manager (912) 653-5258
www.drugfreebryan.org Bryan County/Richmond Hill
Bulloch County Commission on Human Services, Inc., Bulloch County Board of Education Mailing Address: P.O. 2906 Statesboro, 30459 Physical Address: 22 North College Street Statesboro, GA 30458 Catherine Hendrix, Executive Director Phone: (912) 764-6179 DFCC Coordinator Spencer Beckum
sbeckum@bulloch.k12.ga.us
(912) 764-9954 Bulloch County/Statesboro
Troup County Prevention Coalition Troup Family Connection Authority 1220 Hogansville Road LaGrange, GA 30241-6600 Executive Director: Jack Eatman tfca_ga@yahoo.com Phone: (706) 298-7230 DFCC Coordinator Jamie Seagraves
jseagraves@twincedars.org Troup County Prevention Coalition Magnolias Campus in LaGrange 99 Johnson Street LaGrange, GA 30241
Camden Children's Alliance & Resources, Inc. Mailing Address: PO Box 5087 St. Marys, GA 31558-5087 Coordinator Celenda Perry Phone: (912) 882-7295 Fax: 912-882-9023
Drug Task Force Listing:
GBI Task Forces across the State
ASAC Dean McManus Altamaha Drug Task Force P.O. Box 472
Baxley, GA 31513 912-367-8330
altamahadtf@yahoo.com
Counties Served: Appling, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce, Wayne ASAC Mitchell Posey
Appalachian Drug Task Force P.O. Box 188
Cleveland, 30528 706-348-7410
mitchell.posey@gbi.ga.gov
Counties: Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White ASAC Alan Watson
East Central Drug Task Force www.eastcentraldtf.org P.O. Box 1110
Swainsboro, GA 30401 1-888-280-8831
alan.watson@gbi.ga.gov
Counties: Emanuel, Toombs, Treutlen ASAC Marc Mansfield
Ocmulgee Drug Task Force www.ocmulgeedtf.com P.O. Box 1850
Milledgeville, GA 31061 478-414-5997
marchant.mansfield@gbi.ga.gov
ASAC Jamie Jones
Oconee Drug Task Force 327 Pearl Bates Avenue Eastman, GA 31023 478-448-4685
jamie.jones@gbi.ga.gov
Counties: Bleckley, Dodge, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler ASAC Kim Baker
Pataula Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force P.O. Box 506
Colquitt, GA 31737 229-758-3100
kim.baker@gbi.ga.gov
Counties: Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Terrell, Webster ASAC Gary Hughes
Piedmont-Northern MANS P.O. Box 419
Carnesville, GA 30521 706-384-2450
pnmans@windstream.net
Counties: Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Stephens ASAC Jamy Steinberg
South Georgia Drug Task Force P.O. Box 158
Lakeland, GA 31635 229-482-3109
sgadtf@windstream.net
ASAC Charles Sullenger Tri-Circuit Drug Task Force 2 East Liberty Street
Claxton, GA 30417 912-739-0500
charles.sullenger@gbi.ga.gov
Notes
If you would like for your Coalition or Task Force to be added to this Directory then please contact John Bringuel, Project Director of the Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, via email at jbringuel@livedrugfree.org or call him at 678-245-2740.
Funded by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Addictive Diseases, Office of Prevention Services and Programs