Organizations Filed Purposes:
STUDENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES CORPORATION PROVIDES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND BULLYING PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH, PARENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND BULLYING PREVENTION.
PROJECT SUCCESS IS AN ALCOHOL AND OTHER-DRUG PREVENTION/EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS AND THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS. DURING THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 5,718 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVED PROGRAM SERVICES. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO PREVENT STUDENTS FROM USING ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS, TO INCREASE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE, TO ELIMINATE ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE USING BY EDUCATING THEM ABOUT THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR USE, AND TO EMPOWER NON-USING ADOLESCENTS TO STRENGTHEN THE FACTORS THAT PROTECT AGAINST THE RISKS OF SUBSTANCE USE. IN 2019-2020, 97% OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS INCREASED OR MAINTAINED THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE RISK OF HARMFULNESS OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS. THE PROGRAM IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FEW PREVENTION/EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT A POSITIVE IMPACT ON REDUCING ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE AMONG HIGH RISK STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOLS. 95% OF STUDENTS SEEN FOUR OR MORE TIMES IN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SESSIONS IN 2019-2020 REDUCED THE FREQUENCY OF ALCOHOL OR MARIJUANA USE (OR REMAINED ABSTINENT) DURING THE LAST 30 DAYS AFTER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.PROJECT SUCCESS IS BEING REPLICATED IN NINETEEN STATES, AND FOURTEEN OTHER COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE. THE WESTCHESTER STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SAP) WAS ADAPTED FOR RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES (RSAP) AND IN 1999 WAS DESIGNATED BY THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA) CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION (CSAP) AS AN EXEMPLARY PROGRAM. THE SAP WAS MODIFIED TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL PREVENTION PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND NAMED PROJECT SUCCESS AND RECEIVED THE SAME DESIGNATION IN 2000. BOTH RSAP AND PROJECT SUCCESS ARE HIGHLY RATED PROGRAMS ON SAMHSA'S NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES. PROJECT SUCCESS IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAMS ON THE PEW MACARTHUR RESULTS FIRST CLEARINGHOUSE.
ROADDD (REDUCE OUR ADOLESCENTS' DRINKING, DRUGGING AND DRIVING), AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT PREVENTING DRINKING, DRUGGING, AND DRIVING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN 2019-2020, THE PROGRAM REACHED 2,367 STUDENTS, IN A SIX-SESSION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND IN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE ROADD HEALTH EDUCATOR AS NEEDED. PRE- AND POST- SURVEYS COMPLETED BY THE STUDENTS SHOWED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN PERCEPTION OF RISK OF HARM RESULTING IN A REDUCTION OF UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS RELATED TO ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG USE, AND DRIVING. THIS INCLUDES A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STUDENTS REPORTING THEY WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO DRIVE AFTER USING ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA, OR OTHER DRUGS. THE ROADDD PROGRAM IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY STOP-DWI PROGRAM, WHICH RECEIVES MONEY FROM THE FINES OF CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS. EVALUATIONS HAVE FOUND THAT THE PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS REGARDING ALCOHOL, DRUG USE AND DRIVING.
THE SF (STRENGTHENING FAMILIES) PROGRAM IS AN OASAS FUNDED, EVIDENCE-BASED PARENT AND CHILD PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO HELP FAMILIES BOND AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS. THROUGHOUT THE 7-WEEK PROGRAM, FAMILIES ENGAGE IN SESSIONS ABOUT MINDFULNESS, GOAL SETTING, COMMUNICATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT. OVER A 12-MONTH PERIOD, THE PROGRAM REACHED 46 FAMILIES WITH A TOTAL OF 114 INDIVIDUALS. THE OVERALL FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES THAT ATTEND THE PROGRAM IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT THEY HAVE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ellen Morehouse | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 35 | $124,628 |
| Mimi Zomorrodian | CFO, CAO | 35 | $111,822 |
| Andrea Fallick | ASST. DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL | 35 | $107,499 |
| Judy Mezey Asst Dir | FOR COMMUNITY, THRU JUNE 2019 | 35 | $103,956 |
| Magali Paschke | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Carol Bumbolow | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Emile Califano | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Betsy Spratt | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Stephen Hunt | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Eric Alderman Esq | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Sander Ross Esq | TREASURER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Enid Rasenick Esq | SECRETARY | 0.3 | $0 |
| Caroline Hay | PRESIDENT | 0.3 | $0 |
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