ICE Collaborative
The mission of the Integrated Community Engagement (ICE) Collaborative is to inspire the community to strengthen the protective factors and reduce the risk factors in the lives of our young people. This is drug prevention that has little to do with drugs and everything to do with how Fayette County can build a strong community around our youth.
To schedule a data walk presentation, contact Katie Johnson at katie.johnson@fayettehealth.org
Youth who feel that school is helping them achieve their goals are 
less likely to use substances
Data Collection
Data collection and dissemination are the foundation of the ICE Collaborative. Through the collection of data we can measure how protective communities are of their children and highlight initiatives that are implemented to decrease risk and increase protection.
How is the data collected?
Students in the 7th-12th grades take an anonymous, confidential survey annually. This data helps secure funding for things like meaningful, youth centered programs and for changing the environment around youth to decrease risky behavior.
How is the data being used?
The Fayette Prevention Coalition is very strategic when organizing around youth. Our committees plan annually looking closely at the data, analyzing risk and protective factors as well as substance use trends.
To see the deidentified reports, visit here
Statistics from Fayette County Youth
69%
of youth state that they felt they could make a positive impact within their community.
91%
of students say they feel safe in their community.
62%
of high school students say that adults at their school care about them.
41%
of Fayette County students participate in sports.
38%
of youth say that students at school are nice to each other.
Protective Factor
Spending time with family, eating meals together, and exercise are examples of protective factors. We want to increase these experiences in youth lives, creating a community that is supportive to youth.
To learn more about protective factors, visit here
Risk Factor
Staying out after midnight and unsupervised leisure time are examples of risk factors. We want to decrease these experiences, wrapping our youth with caring adults and meaningful experiences is one way to decrease risk factors.
To learn more about risk factors, visit here
Youth who are involved in organized, mentor led activities are 
less likely to use substances like nicotine, alcohol, and/or cannabis
Interested in where the data is being used?
Camp SOAR
A day camp that provides Fayette County youth, ages 9-12, with opportunities to learn about themselves and the natural world around them.
Project AWARE
A school-based mental health program intended to increase awareness of substance use, mental health awareness, and co-occurring issues among youth.
Project Adventure
A field trip for children in grades 4 and 5 designed to connect children to existing youth programs in the county.
Youth Action Team
A team of young advocates focused on empowering teens to make healthy choices and positively affect their peers, school, and community.
Teen Court
A youth lead court hearing that offers an alternate sentencing option for 7th-12th grader who have a misdemeanor charge.
Rise Up-Youth Leadership Conference
An annual youth led conference designed to bring youth together to network, plan, and share ideas towards creating a better environment that fosters youth success.
It’s up to our community to create an environment around our youth that is protective against substance use. We can address four areas or domains where youth spend 99% of their time within our community; family, school, free or leisure time and with peers. Can we make those areas protective? Or is a child exposed to risk in one or more of those areas?
Contact Information
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Katie Johnson
304-663-1922
katie.johnson@fayettehealth.org