FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE (FNL)

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What is Friday Night Live

Friday Night Live was developed in 1984 by the State Office of Traffic Safety and the Department of Alcohol and Drug programs, FNL was piloted in Sacramento, Contra Costa and Riverside counties. This program was designed to reduce the amount of death and injuries caused by teen drivers under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. In 1988 the program was so successful, it was expanded throughout the state of California.

Now the program is focused on promoting healthy lifestyles among youth, free of alcohol, tobacco and/or other substance abuse. Friday Night Live builds partnerships for positive and healthy youth development which engage youth as active leaders and resources in their communities.

FNL is a youth-adult partnership that supports a lifestyle free of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. It can be a chapter on your school campus, or in community based organizations and extends into a county youth council.

California Friday Night Live Partnership Web Site

FNL Youth will:

• Experience a safe environment
• Have opportunities for involvement and connection to their community and school
• Have opportunities for leadership and advocacy
• Have opportunities to engage in meaningful skill building activities that are designed to capture their interest and participation
• Have opportunities to build caring and meaningful relationships with youth and adults.

Programs

Friday Night Live

Mendocino County Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Community Wellness has Friday Night Live chapters in Ukiah, a Club Live chapter in Willits, and a county-wide Tribal Youth Tobacco Advocacy FNL chapter.

Friday Night Live Groups

Ukiah

Arbor Youth Resource Center SAGA FNL Drop-In
South Valley High School Talking Circle

County-Wide

Natives with a Purpose Yax Ja

Club Live is an extension of FNL for middle school aged youth

Club Live Groups

Willits

Willits Youth Advocates (WYA)

Friday Night Live FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

• What is Friday Night Live?
  Friday Night Live builds partnerships for positive and health youth development which engage youth as active leaders and resources in their communities. Chapters which consist of and adult advisor and youth meet on high school, middle school campuses or youth drop-in centers. The High School Chapter Program is called Friday Night Live and the Middle/Junior High Program is Club Live. Friday Night Live supports youth in making healthy lifestyle choices free of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and social issues.
• Who can join and how do I join?
  Friday Night Live chapter meetings are open to all students. Chapter have several levels of involvement. Chapter Leadership Teams, which oversees the operation of the chapter, Chapter Members that attend regular meetings and assist in coordinating and implementing programs, and general members who attend functions sponsored by Friday Night Live or Club Live.
• What does a chapter do?
  The Friday Night Live Partnership Programs have Standards of Practice that each chapter carries out. Friday Night Live/ Club Live program participants will: Experience a safe environment; have opportunities for involvement and connection to community and school; Opportunities for leadership and advocacy; Opportunities for meaningful skill building activities; Opportunities for caring and meaningful relationships among youth and with adults. Chapter does this through Community Service Projects, skill development and leadership training, participating in governance and policy making, and attaining knowledge of the issues, resources in their community.
• Who decides what a chapter does?
  The youth in the chapter develop a mission, goals and timeline of activities that interest them to implement through out the year. They identify the training they wish to have, types of projects they wish to participate in. Because each chapter decides their own projects the individual chapter activities vary. Chapters also support national alcohol and drug awareness campaigns such as Red Ribbon Week.

If you would like to start an FNL/CL chapter, Contact us: