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Elizabethtown Area Communities That Care (EACTC), established in 2000, is a collaboration of schools, parents, youth, youth-serving organizations, businesses, media, law enforcement, religious, civic and fraternal groups, and county agencies serving the Elizabethtown Area School District. 
 

In 2006 EACTC incorporated as a nonprofit organization in Pennsylvania under the name of Elizabethtown Area Youth Alliance doing business as Elizabethtown Area Communities That Care. 

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Since 2010, EACTC has been designated by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA) as one of 711 different Drug Free Communities Support Programs (DFCSP) in the United States (6 in PA). DFCSP is a national effort to encourage communities to build a community coalition focused on reducing  substance abuse in the community.

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EACTC acts as a catalyst for increased citizen participation in efforts to reduce substance use among youth by building the capacity of the communities and partner organizations to implement community initiatives and evidenced-based programs. EACTC strengthens coordination and prevention efforts, encourages citizen participation in efforts to reduce substance abuse, and disseminates information about effective programs.

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• 1999: A planning group of 50 community members applied  for and were awarded a Communities That Care Model Planning Grant

• 2000:  EACTC received a three-year “Communities That Care” grant, which funded programs such as Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Olweus Bully Prevention Program and many other initiatives at Elizabethtown Area School District.

• 2010-2015: EACTC became a federally designated and funded Drug Free Community to address the use of alcohol and marijuana. Strategies are being implemented in the community to address the reduction of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use among youth. The goal of the grant is to engage community members in identifying and implementing local solutions to local problems. In 2015 EACTC received a second Drug Free Communities grant.

• EACTC has received federal, state, and county grant funds  to reduce youth substance use, increase youth mental health, and reduce youth bullying

• Selected at PA Coalition of the Year 

• Finalist for PA Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Prevention Impact in Action award April 2025