CADCA
Ricky Sumner is an experienced prevention coordinator at CADCA, a position held since May 2013, focusing on supporting veterans and their families lacking on-post access, while collaborating with organizations to address issues related to alcohol and drug prevention, behavioral health, employment, and housing. Prior experience includes juvenile corrections at the Youth Development Center from September 1999 to 2001 and service in the US Army from March 1983 to May 1996. Ricky Sumner graduated from New Castle Senior High School in New Castle, PA, with a high school diploma in general studies in 1974.
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CADCA
When it comes to preventing drug and alcohol abuse, there is no one-fits-all approach. It takes local, targeted solutions to address a community’s problems. That’s why, since 1992 CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) has been training local grassroots groups, known as community anti-drug coalitions, in effective community problem-solving strategies, teaching them how to assess their local substance abuse-related problems and develop a comprehensive plan to address them. Today, CADCA is the leading drug abuse prevention organization, representing the interests of more than 5,000 community coalitions globally. In addition to providing training and technical assistance, CADCA advocates for community coalitions in Congress. CADCA also educates the public about the latest trends in substance abuse, builds community coalitions from the ground up and develops helpful tools and resources that empower communities to solve their drug and alcohol-related problems. It is this winning combination of CADCA’s efforts at the national level and the grassroots efforts of CADCA’s members at the local level that is changing the scope of substance abuse, one community at a time, and creating safe, healthy and drug-free communities.