Charting Careers Community Youth Coalition (CYC)

Charting Careers and the Charting Careers Community Youth Coalition have been awarded a five-year Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

One of six communities in Maryland to receive an award in the 2024 grant cycle, Charting Careers will rely on its coalition to mobilize partners from across the community with the ultimate goals of increasing community collaboration, advocating for policy changes, and implementing environmental prevention strategies that reduce youth access to, and availability of, alcohol, marijuana and other drugs.

The CYC meets once a month with additional committee meetings. To learn more or get involved, email Virgil Boysaw, Jr. at virgil@chartingcareers.org.

Charting Careers Take Back Your 10 (TB10)

Charting Careers has a local chapter of the Maryland Take Back Your 10 (TB10) initiative. This is a youth-led, adult-guided program aimed at promoting youth voices by educating and making them aware of how the tobacco industry markets in their own neighborhoods. Youth members between the ages of 13-19 actively participate in tobacco prevention activities that build their research and public speaking skills which will contribute to career readiness. They share first-hand perspectives on what drives youths to start smoking, such as mental health and peer pressure and how to shift these attitudes.

Charting Careers youth and staff were excited to attend the 2024 Youth Summit at the University of Maryland, College Park.

To learn more or get involved, contact Candis Henson at candis@chartingcareers.org.

Community Youth Coalition and TB10 Events