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Ipswich Aware is a community coalition dedicated to preventing youth substance use, reducing stigma, and promoting education and awareness. Through collaboration with local organizations, schools, and community leaders, we provide resources, programs, and events to support Ipswich families.

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Ipswich Aware is a community coalition. We are pastors and politicians. We are police officers and social workers. We are teachers and business owners. We are nurses, doctors, and administrators. We are community organizers and youth counselors.

Ipswich Aware started as a grassroots organization in 2015 in response to opioid overdoses and struggles with addiction among Ipswich individuals and families. The coalition worked with the Ipswich community, individuals, and organizations to develop educational programs and events that would aid families and individuals in recovery or seeking help.

Our Steering Committee and volunteers have pledged to harness the power that comes from a collaborative drawing from disciplines as diverse as law enforcement, medicine, town government, education, commerce, the faith community, and the Massachusetts state legislature.

RYPN

Regional Youth Prevention Network embraces all 7 communities

Youth Substance Use Prevention

Ipswich Aware has put together a program to help parents and caretakers to communicate more effectively with their children to help them through the challenges and avoid the pitfalls that they face as they grow up.

About Ipswich

Ipswich Aware is a program of the Ipswich Family YMCA. Donations should be made payable to the North Shore YMCA to support Ipswich Aware.

Mission

We promote awareness, education, and prevention of unhealthy substance use in our community. We seek to reduce the stigma associated with substance use disorder and addiction. A coalition of concerned citizens and organizations, we bring our caring and expertise to the issue of substance use in Ipswich and surrounding communities.