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THE COALITION

The Union County Safe Communities Coalition is funded through the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery (CARA) grant. It is directed by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in partnership with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.  We build capacity by engaging 12 distinct sectors to represent the community's whole because local problems need local solutions. We work together in finding solutions to support youth substance use prevention. These are our active sectors and members.

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CIVIC

NIKI RISTEEN

Soroptimist Int'l of La Grande

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

CADE GORHAM

Center for Human Development 

Emily Hurd

Northeast Oregon Network-Health

GOVERNMENT

KELSIE MCDANIEL

Union County District Attorney

DONNA BEVERAGE

Union County Commissioner

BILLIE-JO NICKENS

Oregon Department of Transportation

MAYOR JUSTIN ROCK

City of La Grande

Savannah Altenburg

Department of Human Services

MEDIA

TRACY CHRISTOPHER

Elkhorn Media Group

YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATION

STU SPENCE

City of La Grande Parks and Recreation

ROBIN MAILLE

Oregon State University Extension Office

CELINE VANDERVLUGT

Cook Memorial Library

CARRIE BUSHMAN

Cook Memorial Library

DARCY DOLGE

Art Center East

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LENORE CASE

Union County C.A.R.E.

TOMI BOOLEN

Elgin Community Parks and Recreation

KITIA CHAMBERS

Youth 360 

SCHOOLS

SCOTT CARPENTER

La Grande School District

JESSICA FRASIER

La Grande Middle School

TERESA DOWDY

Central Elementary School

PARENTS

ROBERT KLENG

Eastern Oregon Head Start

JEN GOODMAN

Eastern Oregon Head Start

JOHN BRINEY

University of Washington

MEG HAWKS

Single Speed Screen Printing

BUSINESS

JOEL MYER

WENDY ROBERTS

Valley Insurance

Grande Ronde Hospital

Karrine Brogoitti

Grande Ronde Hospital

LAW ENFORCEMENT

CHIEF GARY BELL

La Grande Police Department

DAVE AYDELOTTE

Oregon State Police Department

SHERIFF CODY BOWEN

Union County Sheriff's Office

LIEUTENANT JASON HAYES

La Grande Police Department Alternate

HEALTHCARE

CARRIE BROGOITTI

DIANA SILTANEN

Cade Gorham

Center for Human Development

OHSU School of Nursing

Center for Human Development

RELIGIOUS / FRATERNAL

CHRIS PANIKE

KEITH HUDSON

Church of Latter-Day Saints

First Presbyterian Church

Civic
Substane Abuse
Government
Media
Youth Serving
Schools
Parents
Busness
Law Enforcment
Healtcare
Religious

FRIENDS OF THE COALITION

JERI MACKLEY

BOYD RASMUSSEN

LANDON BRADEN

TROY POINTER

BRYAN JUNGLING

ALLAN DUFFY

MARY WEST

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