Who We Are:
The Northern Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy (NKY ASAP) Board was formed in 2000 with funding provided by the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy to develop a strategic plan to reduce the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth and adult populations in Northern Kentucky (NKY), and to help coordinate efforts among local and state agencies.
Our work spans across the following eight-counties of Northern Kentucky:
Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton
NKY ASAP embraces and incorporates the philosophy of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to involve the three-pronged approach of prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.
We are a state-mandated board whose work is focused on changing the environment to reduce the impact of substance use in Northern Kentucky, and to create and maintain a structure that provides a unified voice, as well as resources in the areas of prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.
- Prevention/Education Projects and Programs: include awareness campaigns and marketing, training events, alternative activities, prevention, and education activities.
- Treatment Projects and Programs: include treatment vouchers, transportation for treatment, smoking cessation, recovery programs, medically assisted treatment, and access to treatment options.
- Enforcement Projects and Programs: include school resource officer stipends, law enforcement equipment, portable breathalyzers, law enforcement overtime, and other law enforcement related expenditures.
- Supplemental Opioid-Focused Projects and Programs: include public health approaches that focus on mitigating the harmful consequences of drug use, including transmission of infectious disease and prevention of overdose, through provision of care that is intended to be free of stigma and centered on the needs of people who use drugs.
Our governing body includes up to 30 individuals from the following community sectors:
Permanent Members (15 Board Positions)
- County Judges Executive from each of the eight counties
- Executive Director of community mental health center
- Additional representative of the community mental health center
- Executive Director from each of the two regional health departments
- Coordinator of a Family Resource or Youth Service Center in region
- Superintendent of local school district
- Service Region Administrator of the Cabinet for Families and Children, Department of Community Based Services or designee
Non-Permanent Members (15 Board Positions)
- One member from the convening agency/fiscal agent
Members from any of the following community sectors:
- Business
- Religious Organization
- Judicial System
- Law Enforcement
- Media
- Health Care
- Groups or local leaders whose mission is to provide alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention and/or treatment
- Members of existing health or related strategic planning initiatives
- Local college
- Youth
- Parent
- Teacher or other school personnel
- Senior Citizen Interest Group
If you are interested in applying to be a Board Member, complete and submit the following application by clicking on the below “Board Member Application” button. Applications are reviewed in March and September if there are current openings on the Board. Applications will stay on file for 1 year.
Our Work
Prevent Access
• Advocate and educate.
Change Norms
• Advocate and coordinate for “preemptive” marijuana legislative changes to protect youth and families.
• Advocate and coordinate the passage and strengthening of tobacco policy to include vaping and use on schools and other public property.
Improve Decision Making
• Promote and support the inclusion of best practices that impact substance use in Northern Kentucky.
• Coordinate cross-systems training.
• Educate referral systems on evidence based practices and levels of care
Improve Support
• Act as a convener for substance use conversations.
• Advocate for appropriate policy change at the state level.
• Increase resources available to providers
About Us
Committees:
Executive Committee–
Supports the Board in identifying potential projects, assuring that they are aligned with the vision, mission and best or promising practices. This Executive Committee works with the fiscal agent to develop the annual application, mid-year and final reporting, and to address harm reduction applications as relevant.
GET INVOLVED:
NKY Treatment Collaborative-
Providers and community leaders to:
- Share organization and program updates
- Hear presentations on matters that impact substance use
- Share advocacy and policy changes
- Educate referral systems on evidence-based practices and levels of care
- Network
Education & Outreach Committee–
- An advisory committee tasked with identifying emerging trends and community needs and forming workgroups and ad hoc committees to respond to those issues.
