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Fighting Back is increasingly aware that this complex issue calls for knowledgeable and committed individuals. We need to assure continued development of such leadership. It is essential to the success of the initiative.
-Loretta Tate
President
Marshall Heights Community Development Organization (MHCDO)
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RWJF National Program Report: Fighting Back
(http://www.rwjf.org/reports/npreports/fightingback.htm)
This report is a summary from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) on the Fighting Back Program. Started in 1988, Fighting Back is a national program to assist communities of 100,000 to 250,000 people to implement a variety of anti-drug strategies to address drug problems through a community-wide approach, involving business, health care, the public school system, local government and its agencies, the police, community groups, local media, and the clergy.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(www.rwjf.org)
The mission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. RWJF maintains committed to the health of the American people including encouraging healthier living and the conditions that promote better health to promoting positive changes in the way health care is delivered in this country. In sustaining its mission, the foundation focuses on initiatives that explore access to and quality of health care delivery, including an interest in the promotion of health and reduction of the personal, social, and economic harm caused by substance abuse.
National Fighting Back Evaluation Team
(http://srg.heller.brandeis.edu/SRG/FB/FightingBack.htm)
The Fighting Back Evaluation Team, based at the Family & Children's Policy Center at the Heller Graduate School at Brandeis University, is collecting a broad range of qualitative and quantitative data about the nature and impact of the interventions in each of the 14 Fighting Back communities.
Join Together Online/Substance Abuse
(www.jointogether.org/sa)
Comprehensive listings of resources, facts and websites pertaining to the issue, JTO is a leading source of substance abuse information. JTO publishes 15-20 news and funding articles every weekday. The searchable archive, containing over 20,000 articles, provides unprecedented access to timely and accurate information and analysis.
The QuitNet
(www.quitnet.org)
The QuitNet helps smokers kick their nicotine addiction. One of the most active websites of its kind, the thousands of smokers who visit The QuitNet each day discover the power of its interactive quitting and communications tools, peer-to-peer support and wealth of research and information.
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