Wenatchee Alliance for Youth (WAY)
Working together for healthier youth and stronger communities.
WAY brings partners and resources together to prevent substance use, promote wellness, and empower young people to make positive choices today and for the future.
Our Mission
Establish and strengthen collaboration among THE Wenatchee Alliance for Youth members in supporting efforts to reduce substance abuse and related problem behaviors among youth.
What We Offer
The coalition is working together to establish and strengthen collaboration among the community to support the efforts to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. Over time, we also work to reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing community risk factors while promoting protective factors that help youth thrive.
Programs We Offer
- Parenting with Love & Logic (Spanish only)
- Guiding Good Choices
- Second Step
- Strengthening Families
- Life Skills
- Question
- Persuade
- Refer (QPR)
Community Events & Initiatives
- Vehicle Safety (Target Zero)
- Key Leader Community Event (empowering adults to positively influence our youth)
- Substance Use & Gang Prevention (Recovery Navigators)
- Emotional-Social Learning (Girls on the Run)
Membership
Open membership across multiple categories such as:
- Business & Community Members/Leaders
- Education Professionals
- Law Enforcement
- Parents or Guardians
- And many more
Monthly Meetings
3rd Tuesday of each month
Excluding July and August
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Your membership/partnership will allow you access to free training opportunities and help to collaboratively provide sharable resources within our community.
What We Do
Community Assessment
Regularly collecting and analyzing data to understand the risk and protective factors present in the community, as well as engaging community partners.
Environmental Strategies
Working to change and influence community conditions, systems, and policies to reduce youth substance access and use.
Social Norms
Using the Positive Community Norms approach to bridge the gap between students’ perceptions and realities of peer substance use.
Evidence-based programs
Support evidence-based programs to reduce substance use in the community we serve.
