- Lead Agency: LaGrange County Government
- Coalition Coordinator: Greg Johnson
Contact Information
County Data
Total Population - 34,909
Ages 0-4 - 3,432
Ages 5-17 - 8,381
Ages 18-24 - 3,580
Ages 25 and older -19,516
African American - 66
White - 33,770
Hispanic - 1,097
Tobacco Free Policies
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities:
- Parkview LaGrange Hospital
Public School Districts:
- Lakeland School Corporation
- Westview School Corporation
- Prairie Heights Community School Corporation
Government Buildings:
County
City
- LaGrange- City Building
- Topeka- City Building
- Shipshewana- City Building
Community-based Tobacco Control Coalition
- Coconut Hut Youth Center
- Four County Transition Living
- LaGrange Communities Youth Center
- LaGrange County Circuit Court Probation,
- LaGrange County Community Foundation
- LaGrange County Healthy Families
- LaGrange County Mentor Moms
- LaGrange County WIC
- Lakeland Alternative School
- Lakeland Middle School
- Northeastern Center
- Parkview LaGrange Hospital
- Prairie Heights Community School Corporation
- Shispshewana Police Department
- The Shed
- Topeka Health and Fitness Center
- United Fund of LaGrange
- Westview Jr/Sr. High School
- Women in Transition
Community Indicators
- Increase the proportion of Indiana school districts that support and implement a comprehensive school strategy against tobacco use.
- Proportion of tobacco free campus policies for hospitals, health care centers, and clinics.
- Extent of promotion of the Indiana Tobacco Quitline
- Proportion of worksites that provide employer-sponsored cessation support for employees who use tobacco.
- Extent of participation by partners within the broad-based coalition.
- Extent of participation by groups representing disparately affected (i.e. hard to reach) populations in the community.
Funding
- Funding for July 2009- June 2011: $50,000