Urban Outreach Program - Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach ProgamsThe primary purpose of the UMADAOPs is to provide culturally appropriate prevention services to African-American and Hispanic/Latino American communities in Ohio. Prevention services strategies include information dissemination, education, alternatives, problem identification and referral, community-based process and environmental strategies outlined by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP).
UMADAOPs of Ohio also conduct programming to achieve the four prevention goals of OhioMHAS:
- To increase abstinence from alcohol and illicit drug
use
- To defer the onset of alcohol use
- To eliminate high-risk use of alcohol and other legal drugs
To impact environmental “risk” factors in communities
