History

In July 2000, alcohol and other drug prevention professionals from Florida's public and private educational institutions met to discuss ways they could collaborate on programming ideas, alcohol policy and developing new strategies for (AOD) prevention. Mr. James R. McDonough, director of the Florida Office of Drug Cont. Collective efforts have resulted in:

1. The selection of a coalition name: FHE ASAP
2. A mission statement
3. Goals and objectives
4. A letter sent to all Vice Presidents of Student Affairs
5. A Higher Education Track into the annual Prevention First conference which is sponsored each year by Florida's Office of Drug Control
6. Support from the Higher Education Center for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drugs.

Background

The idea of a statewide coalition was first proposed in the fall of 1999, when discussions were taking place among State University System (SUS) member institutions about the recently mandated Parental Notification Policy. Representatives from SUS institutions got together to begin organizing the coalition in the summer of 2000 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Since that time additional meetings have been held at the University of Florida and Florida State University.