The Summit County Community Partnership, Inc., is an organization of more than 180 businesses, municipalities, organizations, and community activists working together to reduce the costly impacts of substance abuse in our community. The Partnership was formed in 1990 with federal funding and guidance in response to the realization that prevention and treatment of substance abuse problems aimed solely at individuals are relatively ineffective. Both experience and studies demonstrate that efforts directed toward changing community norms and the structure of community services are more effective and longer lasting. These changes need to address comprehensiveness, coordination and linkages within the community substance abuse prevention services. Comprehensive, coordinated change is the focus of the Partnership. The Summit County Community Partnership has grown from a project embedded in the Summit County Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board into an independent 501 (c)(3) (non-profit) organization. In 1995, the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) awarded a three-year grant to the Community Partnership/Healthy Summit 2000 coalition to continue its coalition work. CSAP highlighted the Summit County Community Partnership for successfully establishing collaborative coalitions in Summit County, for having a clear and distinct vision for the future, and for working with the County's managed care system in incorporating drug and alcohol prevention measures in health maintenance organizations. Call us to arrange a visit to our offices at 111 East Glenwood Avenue, Akron, Ohio  44304  (330-374-0947) 2008-2009 Members of the Summit County Community Partnership Board of Trustees Dr.  Elizabeth Piatt     edit remove Dr. Robert Leibelt     edit remove Iris Meltzer - Chair person     edit remove Jan Wagner     edit remove Jeff Ennis Board Secretary     edit remove Larry Frank Board Co-Chair       edit remove Mellissa Reed     edit remove Phil Lucco       edit remove William (Randy) Zumbar       edit remo