Prevention Program Links

The A.P.I. Study: Academics and Prevention Inseparable identifies specific factors and promising practices that simultaneously sustain youth development and increase student achievement. The main purpose of this study is to test how prevention and youth development activities correlate with academic achievement. A key finding suggests that students who were exposed to consistent prevention and youth development activities showed a significant increase in their test scores and commitment to learning.  Website:  www.ocde.k12.ca.us/assetbuilding

American Council for Drug Education is a substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society.  Website:  www.acde.org

The American Lung Association® (ALA) is the oldest voluntary health organization in the United States, with a National Office and constituent and affiliate associations around the country. Founded in 1904 to fight tuberculosis, ALA today fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. ALA is funded by contributions from the public, along with gifts and grants from corporations, foundations and government agencies. ALA achieves its many successes through the work of thousands of committed volunteers and staff.  Website:  http://lungusa.org/tobacco

Bullying and Hate-Motivated Behavior Prevention
Bullying and Hate Motivated Behavior Prevention training helps schools identify and discuss bullying and behavior motivated by intolerance or hate. In the training, school personnel learn to differentiate between physical and psychological aggression, why bullies bully, bullying and the law, and how school bullying can be prevented or diminished. Website:  http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/se/bullyprev.asp

CAADAA (Community Action Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse)   A non-profit organization composed of members of the community who have joined together to combat school age drug and alcohol use / abuse.  Website:  http://caadaa.org/

CADFY (Californians for Drug-Free Youth, Inc.)  CADFY is working to promote the health, safety and well-being of California youth and families. CADFY operates on state and local levels to develop sound prevention policies and comprehensive research based prevention programs.  Website:  www.cadfy.org/

California Smokers' helpline "No-Butts" for teens.  This is a smoking cessation site with a youthful look to it.  Games and cartoons as well as how to quit and reasons to quit sections.  Website:  http://nobutts.ucsd.edu/

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is primarily for adults who are interested in keeping kids tobacco-free.  It features special reports and information aimed at discrediting the tobacco industry, action guides and campaigns, information about the tobacco settlement, youth action suggestions, state, federal and global initiatives and a toacco ad gallery.   Website:  www.tobaccofreekids.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.  This site includes a publication catalog, Surgeon General's reports, how to quit information, educational materials, media campaigns, a web tool kit, a smoking and health database, sports initiatives, and research documents.  CDC, located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Julie L. Gerberding is the Director.  Website:  www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is the sole Federal organization with responsibility for improving accessibility and quality of substance abuse prevention services. The Center provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs, and services to prevent the onset of illegal drug use, underage alcohol and tobacco use, and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances.  Website:  www.samhsa.gov/centers/csap/csap.html

Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You (pdf)- Information tobacco companies don't want teens to know abouth the dangers of Smoking.  Website:  http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.188/pub_detail.asp

Common Sense  A program for parents, families, PTA and community leaders.  To help parents learn what they can do, the National PTA has created: Common Sense: Strategies for Raising Alcohol- and Drug-Free Children.  Website: www.pta.org/commonsense/

Dropout Prevention and Recovery Programs that increase a school's holding power include the Motivation and Maintenance (M&M) Program, Alternative Education Outreach Consultant (AEOC) Program, and the Educational Clinic Program. Early identification and intervention, creating and improving resiliency factors, and a nurturing school climate are among the strategies suggested for students at high risk of failure.
Contact: M & M Program: Marco Orlando, (916) 323-2212; e-mail: morlando@cde.ca.gov  Contact: AEOC / Education Clinics: Margarita Garcia, (916) 323-5029; e-mail: mgarcia@cde.ca.gov

Drug Story - The Media Campaign for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy developed DrugStory.org to present the latest drug-related information to entertainment writers and feature journalists. The site will offer writers links to Web sites that offer the most relevant and detailed content on specific drugs and drug related issues. Journalists and entertainment writers can get information and statistics on specific illicit drugs at www.drugstory.org or by calling (800) 850-8077.

HelpLine Link  If you’ve ever needed help finding a community resource for health care, jobs, counseling, or housing, or needed to locate services for children, seniors or persons with disabilities, then HelpLine is for you.  Website:  www.uwkern.org/helpline.htm

Join Together Online supports community-based efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat substance abuse across the nation.  This site features the latest news about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Today's Top News and contains an extensive search engine.   Website:  www.jointogether.org

Kern County Friday Night Live Partnership   Website: http://fnl.mentalhealth.co.kern.ca.us/.  Friday Night Live builds partnerships for positive and healthy youth development, which engage youth as active leaders and resources in their community.  California Friday Night Live Partnership  Website:  www.fridaynightlive.org/

Kern County Network for Children  Their mission statement:  Through the combined commitment of Kern County families, communities, schools, businesses and private entities develop and maintain comprehensive systems, which build and sustain healthy families and enrich the lives of children.  Website:  www.kcnc.org/

Leaders In Life  The Leaders in Life youth conference is open to students in Kern County High Schools, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools and to 7th and 8th graders in K-8 schools. The vision of this conference is to bring together individuals from various races, economic backgrounds, and academic achievement levels. The conference will provide an opportunity for students who need to be inspired and encouraged such as those who may be struggling academically, with personal issues or home and family issues.  Website:  http://kcsos.kern.org/leadersinlife/

Marijuana - The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recently launched a Web site, www.marijuana-info.org, to provide general information, research reports and brochures with marijuana information for teens and parents.

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991.) In addition, annual follow-up questionnaires are mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation. Website:  http://monitoringthefuture.org

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers  In 1980, MADD started with a loosely assembled group of brokenhearted mothers. Today, it is the largest crime victims' assistance organization in the world with more than 3 million members and supporters.  Website:  www.madd.org/home/

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information is one of the largest federal clearinghouses, offering more than 500 items to the public, many of which are free.  For inormation, call (800) 788-2800 or log on to www.health.org.

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) provides education, information, help and hope to the public. It advocates prevention, intervention and treatment through offices in New York and Washington, and a nationwide network of Affiliates.   Website:  www.ncadd.org

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).  The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences.  Website:  www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov

National Inhalant Prevention Coalition.  National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week is March 18-24, 2007.  The NIPC serves as an inhalant referral and information clearinghouse, stimulates media coverage about inhalant issues, develops informational materials, produces ViewPoint (a quarterly newsletter), provides training and technical assistance and leads a week-long national grassroots inhalant education and awareness campaign.  Website:  www.inhalants.org

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.  This site provides comprehensive information, educational materials, research, databases, conferences and publications related to alcohol and alcoholism.  Website:  www.niaa.nih.gov

National Institute on Drug Abuse  NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.  Website:  www.nida.nih.gov

QuitNet operates in association with the Boston University School of Public Health.  It offers information and personalized services that include tools to help individuals quite smoking, including an online support communit and forums moderated by counselors.  Website:  www.quitnet.org

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America  The Partnership for a Drug-Free America® (PDFA) is a non-profit coalition of professionals from the communications industry. Through its national drug-education advertising campaign and other forms of media communication, the Partnership exists to help kids and teens reject substance abuse by influencing attitudes through persuasive information.  Website:  www.drugfreeamerica.org

SARB School Attendance Review Boards Handbook pdf
This handbooks gives the history of School Attendance Review Boards (SARBs) .  In establishing SARBs, the Legislature intended to develop new ways of coordinating school, community, and home efforts to deal with student attendance and behavior, problems.  The handbook give the Why, Who, When and How information needed to establish a SARB in your community.

Spit Tobacco - This site provides information on how to quit using spit tobacco as well as the potential dangers of spit tobacco.  Website:  www.nidr.nih.gov/health/newsandhealth/spitTobacco.asp

Teens Kick Ash is a resource for teens and those who work with them to share information and generate new ideas for youth oriented health activism.  Contains a Youth Fact and Resource Guide.  Website:  http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_CA/COM_4_2x_Teens_Kick_Ash.asp?sitearea=COM

The Truth is a Youth Activism site.  Their mission statement:  Truth is dedicated to exposing the truth about tobacco so that people can have all of the information necessary to make up their minds for themselves.  Website:  www.thetruth.com/

US Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Program, (OSDFS) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities.  Website:  www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/

Information about the You Drink & Drive, You Lose. campaign can be found at www.nhtsa.dot.gov.  This campaign is aimed at reducing impaired driving dealths to no more than 11,000 by the year 2005.

Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana: A Guide for Parents.  For the Campaign's new marijuana resource for parents log on to www.TheAntiDrug.com or call (800) 788-2800.

Web of Addictions is dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other drug addictions. Includes fact sheets and contact information for help groups.  Website:  www.well.com/user/woa/

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