Dates

• Existence: 1985 - 1994

Administrative history

The Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth (1985-1994) was a government-funded program providing drug-abuse education and resources for parents and youth.

Nina Watkins Palmer founded the organization in 1985, inspired by her son. Palmer served a two-year term as the organization's first President. It was a volunteer group with communities throughout Utah sponsoring peer counseling in high schools and assemblies and prevention programs in junior high and elementary schools. In 1994, the name was changed to Utah Federation of Youth, to reflection its promotion of safe and healthy communities through prevention of both substance abuse and violence.

Citation:

Nina Watkins Palmer papers, 1966-2014 (Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth)

Substance prevention scene, 1988: title page (Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth)

Tooele Transcript Bulletin, via WWW, viewed September 17, 2022 (Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth; organized by Nina Watkins Palmer in 1985 inspired by her son; Palmer served two years as the organization's first president; community groups organized throughout the state in high schools)

Drug Abuse--Prevention, Education, and Treatment, 1988: page 39 (Colleen Bangerter, Honorary Chairman of the Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth) page 41 (Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth; in 1985, organized a Statewide youth network called "Utah's Youth REACH" with peer counseling in high schools and prevention assemblies taken to junior high and elementary schools)

"Just Say No" Clubs Resource Paper, 1986, via WWW, viewed September 17, 2022 (Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth; Nina Palmer, President; Salt Lake City, UT)

State Resources and Services for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Problems, 1989: page 291 (Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth; receives state assistance to hold annual conference for parents and youth regarding awareness of drug abuse and prevention resources)

Citizen's Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Directory, 1990: page 234 (Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth)

Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170..., Volume 2, 1993: page 856 (Utah Federation for Drug Free Youth, Salt Lake City, Ut.)

Salt Lake Tribune, via WWW, January 29, 1994: page B3 (Utah Federation for Drug Free Youth; Salt Lake City)

Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170..., Volume 2, 1994: page 897 (Utah Federation for Youth Inc., Salt Lake City, Ut.)

Deseret News, via WWW, Feb. 15, 1996 (Utah Federation for Youth Inc. originally named Utah Federation for Drug-Free Youth; volunteer group promoting safe communities through prevention of substance abuse and violence)

Topics

• Drug abuse -- Prevention

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