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This coalition has been in existence since 2003 and works
collaboratively with various community agencies to implement
research-based prevention. Currently, Janel Rose, health
educator from the Barton County Health Department serves as the
chairperson of the coalition and is responsible for creating
the agenda and setting up meetings. The coalition meets every
month on the third Tuesday of the month from 11 am to Noon.
The coalition has never had the luxury of
paid staff, but the members collectively work together to fill
a gap to pull resources to meet the needs of the community.
Through the years several groups have joined efforts with
Barton County Partnership; those groups include LEAD, Barton
Co. Children & Families, and Healthy Communities Coalition.
Through the combining of groups, the partnership also has taken
on additional counties which includes Rush, Pawnee, Rice and
Stafford. The arms of service within this coalition include
these taskforces: Substance Abuse Prevention Taskforce, Chronic
Disease Risk Reduction (CDRR) & Healthy Communities Taskforce,
and the Teenage Pregnancy Taskforce. This combined effort has
built a prevention focused team to help the betterment of the
community but also identify local problems. For more
information regarding the Partnership contact the Regional
Prevention Center at 785-625-5521 OR at the Great Bend Outreach
Office 620-282-0553.
*Name change officially took place at the end of November 2010.
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