About Summit County Community Partnership
A nonprofit coalition dedicated to preventing substance abuse through education, collaboration, and community-driven solutions.
Our Mission
By bringing together local organizations, educators, families, and health professionals, we work to reduce risk factors, strengthen protective factors, and promote healthier outcomes across Summit County.
Who We Are
Summit County Community Partnership is a consortium of community resources committed to prevention before problems begin. We believe substance abuse prevention is most effective when it is proactive, inclusive, and rooted in strong community relationships.
Our partnership serves as a hub for collaboration—connecting people, programs, and data to support informed decision-making and coordinated prevention efforts throughout the county.
Our History
Summit County Community Partnership was founded in 1990 as a response to the costly impact of substance abuse in our community. A coalition of more than 180 businesses, municipalities, organizations, and community activists came together to implement environmental strategies that would decrease the amount of substance abuse in Summit County. In 1998, Summit County Community Partnership was granted 501(c)3, tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service.
Since our founding in 1990, we have been on the front-end of addressing community-wide drug epidemics such as:
- 2007- Methamphetamine epidemic
- 2011- Bath Salts, K2 Spice problem
- 2012- Marijuana Summit
- 2014- Powdered Alcohol
- 2016- Graduated National Coalition Academy
Meet The Team
Darryl A. Brake
Executive Director
dbrake@cpsummit.org
Larry McCulloh
Operations Coordinator
lmcculloh@cpsummit.org