The mission of the Coalition for Living Wellness is to promote the 8 Dimensions of wellness – emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social, and spiritual – to help youth and families in White Plains achieve optimal health so as to prevent alcohol and other substance abuse. The Coalition will also reduce the risk factors that place youth at risk for delinquent behaviors and interfere with their ability to achieve optimal health.

These coalitions bring together members of various community organizations representing different sectors to help reduce the risk factors that place youth at risk for delinquent behaviors and interfere with their ability to achieve optimal health. They also help to increase the protective factors that support positive youth development and help youth become self supporting and productive members of the community. 

The strategies adopted by the coalitions are data driven and evidence based. Every two years, the White Plains Youth Bureau conducts youth survey that provides valuable insight into these risk and protective factors.  In addition, data is also collected from other archival sources and community partners to further inform and guide the development of the most effective and timely approaches to impact positive youth development. 

White Plains Cares Coalition brings together members of various community organizations representing different sectors to help reduce factors that place youth at risk for delinquent behaviors and interfere with their ability to achieve optimal health. The Coalition strives to increase support for positive youth development so they can become self-supporting and productive members of the community.

White Plains Youth Bureau’s Institute for Health & Wellness (IFHW) is committed to supporting the 8 dimensions of wellness — physical, emotional, social, environmental, intellectual, spiritual, financial, and occupational, to ensure optimal health.

The Institute includes two community coalitions, Coalition for Living Wellness and White Plains Cares Coalition. Both coalitions provide robust and evidence-based programs and events to increase access to overall health and wellness services, substance misuse prevention education.