Inform individuals, families, professionals and organizations about addiction, substance abuse and related social problems.

Present options and/or refer individuals and families affected by addiction, substance abuse and related problems to appropriate service providers.

Agency based personal contact with individuals and families.

School, church, social organization or workplace based programs.

Community based services, programs and projects.

Confidential assesment and referral services.

Quarterly Newsletter, Video and resource lending library.

Presentations to schools, churches, social organizations and other groups.

Dissemination of information through printed material, the media and the internet.

Increase knowledge of issues and strategies that reduce risks and effects of addiction, substance abuse and related problems.

Decrease addiction, substance abuse and related problems.

Increase the health and quality of life for those affected by addiction, substance abuse and related problems.

Educate parents about reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors associated with alcohol and drug use, and substance abuse by youth.

Educate parents about developmental assets and strategies for raising resilient children.

Agency based personal contact with individuals and families.

School, church, social organization or workplace based  training programs.

Provide resources, skill training and educational programs through individual contact, small parenting groups and large group presentations.

Dissemination of information about raising resilient children through media.

Increase knowledge of developmental assets and strategies that reduce risk factors and increase protective factors associated with raising resilient children.

Improve parent child communication.

Increase knowledge of relevant community resources.

Provide information about important factors associated with use of one or more drugs.

Foster the acquisition of general skills and specific skills for resisting drug use.

Designed as a 2 to 3 year school based program, but can be adapted for presentation in other domains.

Employ a science based, skills training method that provides information, increases resistance to drug use and develops general life skills.

Prevent, decrease or delay age of first use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in the participants.

Increase self image, decision making ability, communication skills, ability to resist per pressure, ability to cope with anxiety and other life skills of participants in the program.

Provide information about factors associated with drug use, foster the acquisition of life skills, and promote resistance to drug use.

Facilitate the development of school based prevention programs and develop links between programs in schools and the larger community

School based program with connections to community based programs.

Provide in service training for teachers and administrators.

Employ a variety of science based methods to provide information, increase developmental assets, and develop life skills.

Refer participants for other services as indicated.

Coordinate prevention programs in participating schools.

Increase educator's knowledge about issues associated with alcohol, other drug use and related problems.

Increase healthy decision making among youth.

Increase effectiveness of prevention programs in schools.

Increase connection between schools and community based programs.

Increase in positive decision making ability among referred youth.

Decrease in use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

Foster the acquisition of general life skills and specific skills for resisting drug use.
 

School-based and agency based sessions.

 

Informational program that provides accurate information about drug use and related issues with a focus on understanding the choices users make and the consequences of their choices.
 

Decrease in infractions resulting from use of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use among participants.

Referral to other programs or a higher level of treatment when indicated.

Increase self image, decision making ability, communication skills, and other social skills.

Develop skills of high school students to educate younger students about issues related to substance abuse and making healthy choices.

Provide information to middle school students about issues related to substance abuse.

Provide role models to help middle school students make healthy choices.

Community based program with students drawn from schools throughtout Madison County.

Members of the Institute are trained at a local college to make presentations to younger students in local schools.

Members of the Institute are trained in developing resistance skills, presentation of normative messages and other prevention skills during a 4 day retreat at a local college.

Institute graduates make presentations to younger students at middle schools.

Follow-up is provided to reinforce skills.

Increase knowledge of issues related to substance abuse and healthy alternatives.

Increase age of onset of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drug use.

Prevent drug related infractions of youth.

Increase the social skills of TI graduates and their value to the community

Maintain a theater troupe of Madison County high school students that produces entertaining and educative plays which explore issues important to teens and delivers powerful prevention messages to the community.

Build an audience base that provides performance opportunities and supports productions.

Community based program with strong school participation.

Teens create vignettes on teen issues and compose a performance piece during a 3 day retreat.

Throughout the year the troupe meets regularly to rehearse and perform in community settings.

Performances include facilitated discussions with the audience.

Increase self image, communication skills, ability to work collaboratively and abillity to cope with problems in healthy ways of program participants.

Raise awareness of audience of problems teens face daily.

Increase the social value of the troupe members to the community

Inform participants and audiences about the facts related to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Foster the acquisition of general life skills and specific skills for resisting drug use among participants in the quiz.

Build an audience base the supports the program.

Community based program with strong from the schools.

Students are provided with information about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and are encouraged to develop their knowledge through competition in a game show format that begins at the school level and progresses through county and state wide stages.