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Office of Operations and Planning

ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE – MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE

Municipal Alliances are community-based prevention organizations, comprised of volunteers, that are located in all 21 counties in New Jersey. The Alliances plan, coordinate and conduct alcoholism, tobacco and other drug abuse activities. Statewide, Municipal Alliances provide over 3,800 prevention programs.

Municipal Alliance Committee
The governing body of each municipality may appoint a Municipal Alliance Committee (MAC), which identifies alcoholism and drug prevention and education needs in the community. Membership includes representatives of schools, courts, law enforcement, religious and social service organizations, parents, businesses, recovering persons and concerned citizens.

Municipal Alliance Committees help to combat alcoholism and drug abuse by:

Empowering residents concerned about substance abuse to provide prevention programs in their community;
Conducting an assessment of the community's alcoholism and drug abuse prevention resources and needs;
Developing and submit a Municipal Alliance Plan for the expenditure of funds derived from fines of drug offenders, for the implementation of alcoholism and drug abuse prevention activities for community members of all ages;
Coordinating prevention projects within the municipality to avoid fragmentation and duplication.

Municipal Alliance programs are coordinated and networked through the Somerset County Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Coordinator and the Somerset County Municipal Alliance Coordinator.

Municipal Alliance prevention plans are reviewed and approved by the County Alliance Steering Committee (CASS) and Local Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (LACADA). A plan is approved for Somerset County and submitted to the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse for final approval and funding.

Municipal Alliance Committees in Somerset County include:
Bernards
Branchburg
Bridgewater/Raritan
Franklin
Hillsborough/Millstone
Manville
Montgomery/Rocky Hill
North Plainfield
Somerset Hills
     Bernardsville
     Bedminster
     Far Hills
     Peapack/Gladstone
Somerville
Bound Brook/South Bound Brook
Watchung Hills
     Warren
     Green Brook
     Watchung

Human Services
Office of Operations and Planning
Third Floor
27 Warren Street, Somerville NJ 08876
Phone: (908) 704-6300
FAX: (908) 704-1629
Email: humanservices@co.somerset.nj.us