The Union City Prevention Coalition (hereafter referred to as the Coalition) is a well-established, community-based, youth substance use prevention coalition that is capable of effecting community-level change. The Coalition was established via the passage of a municipal resolution by the Union City Board of Commissioners in 1990, as the direct result of New Jersey legislation enacted in 1989 to address the sharp increase of the number of alcohol and drug-related crime across the State of New Jersey. The initial vision of the Coalition was for Union City to develop into a healthy, vibrant community free of the misuse and abuse of alcohol, to***co and other drugs. Its current mission is to plan and implement strategies to prevent and reduce youth substance use and its related consequences within the City of Union City.