About

A UNITE coalition is a formal alliance of organizations, groups and agencies coming together to empower communities and to raise awareness about drug addiction in order to change community norms regarding drug abuse. Each entity retains its own identity, but all agree to help build a safe, healthy, and drug-free community.

Operation UNITE’s 30 Community Coalitions work to implement education and treatment initiatives while supporting the investigative component. To do this successfully coalitions must have multiple strategies that will bring together the various sectors of their local society.

Local problems require local solutions. The first step is to acknowledge that your community does, indeed, have a drug problem. It is vital to provide consistent messages; address the community as a whole, as well as the individuals.

To change the community it is vital to change systems such as the judicial, medical, political and educational sectors. UNITE coalitions offer a variety of ways for concerned citizens to become involved in fighting the drug epidemic in southern and eastern Kentucky. Through the involvement of the different committees, lives will be changed and hope revived in your community.