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 Below is a list of recommended resource links from My Prevention Community members.
AOD Prevention
- > AOD Prevention Network Group Site (Members Only)
This is My Prevention Community's(MPC) primary group site to support AOD Prevention Professionals who are members of MPC. Group sites contain additional resources, news and event information specific to each professional sectors of this community.
- AddictionAction.org
AddictionAction.org is a grassroots partnership working to promote HBO's groundbreaking ADDICTION Project, and help communities mobilize to build on this powerful opportunity to expand public understanding of addiction, treatment, and long-term recovery.
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Initiatives in the County of San Diego
Environmental Prevention
- Alcohol and Other Drug National Conference Listing
The CTN DISSEMINATION LIBRARY is a digital repository of resources created by and about NIDA's National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN). It provides CTN members and the public with a single point of access to research findings and other materials that are approved for dissemination throughout the CTN and to the larger community of providers, researchers and policy-makers.
- Alcohol and Teenage Brain Development (Orchid Treatment Center)
The teenage years are a time of great excitement and experimentation. Teenagers are eager to step into the “adult” world and as a result, experiment with drugs and alcohol. According to the U.S Surgeon General, about 5000 kids under 21 die every year because of alcohol-related injuries caused by underage drinking. Adolescence should be a healthy, wholesome stage of life and not marked by injuries and illnesses caused by alcohol and substance abuse. Learn more about adolescence, the development of the brain and substance use during this phase, as well as how substance use can affect adolescents in the long-term.
- American Council for Drug Education
The American Council for Drug Education is a substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on the most current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society. ACDE has an exciting range of educational programs and services designed to engage teens, address the needs of parents, and provide employers, educators, health professionals, policy-makers and the media with authoritative information on tobacco, alcohol and drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Click on the images on the right to find more information.
- Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems
BSAS is the designated substance abuse treatment and prevention authority for Baltimore City. The organization is responsible for the administration of federal, state and local grant funds for substance abuse treatment and prevention services. bSAS administers funding, monitors treatment programs, collects client demographic and treatment data, works in collaboration with other agencies to improve services, and plans for the development of new services. bSAS does not provide treatment services directly but does provide information and referral.
- CA Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP)
ADP leads efforts to reduce alcoholism, drug addiction and problem gambling in California by developing, administering and supporting prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
- CADAAC Approved AOD Prevention Course
This 45 hour certificate and CE program is appropriate for individuals who have a role in prevention; AOD and mental health professionals, social workers, and other social service workers. The purpose of this training is to provide an overview of basic information for substance abuse prevention professionals. This course will review environmental strategies and prevention efforts that aim to change or influence community standards, institutions, structures, and attitudes that shape individuals' behaviors. Focus is on SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework.
- California Meth Action
This site has been established to provide a forum to take action against the problems associated with methamphetamine production, distribution and addiction.
- CollegeDrinking: Changing the Culture
NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by:Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment; Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues; Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol-related work; and Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.
- Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth
Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth, or CADFY, is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization working in collaboration with individuals, agencies and organizations to bring parents, youth, schools and communities together to build and promote safe and healthy environments. CADFY works at the state, national and international levels to encourage policies that target illicit drug use and related problems, promote research-based prevention strategies and programs and create initiatives that support drug awareness and education
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) works on behalf of over 5,000 community coalitions from across the country to realize its vision. More than any other entity, community coalitions are poised to connect multiple sectors of the community, including businesses, parents, media, law enforcement, schools, faith organizations, health providers, social service agencies, and government.
- Covington Partners in Prevention
Covington Partners in Prevention was founded in 1999 to reduce drug abuse and violence among Covington youth. Since that time, we've expanded our offerings to include a variety of mentoring, family strengthening, and physical/mental health programs. Every aspect of this Coalition's work is focused solely on supporting the children of Covington.
- DrugWatch.com
DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers.
- FACE
FACE is a national, non-profit organization that wants to revolutionize the public’s understanding about alcohol and its impact on individuals, communities and society. It is our mission to advocate for action to reduce alcohol problems so people everywhere can experience life to its full potential.
- Gateway to Prevention and Recovery
A certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Treatment Program since 1985, Gateway provides outpatient counseling to more than 1,200 clients annually through offices in Shawnee, Chandler, and Boley (John H. Lilley Correctional Center). Treatment services are provided based on client need, regardless of ability to pay. Gateway's mission is to reduce addiction, related mental health issues, and related family problems. Gateway's philosophy is that chemical dependency is a primary, progressive and, unless treated, terminal disease. Gateway, in partnership with the Shawnee Public Schools, provides a Student Assistance Program counselor who works with students and staff at the middle school and high school.
- Indiana Prevention Resource Center
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) was established in 1987 to assist Indiana based alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention practitioners improve the quality of their services. In recent years our purview has expanded to include problem gambling prevention and ATOD treatment. The IPRC, located in Bloomington, is part of the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University. Our primary target audience is the community of prevention professionals and volunteers, and government officials who are providing or monitoring delivery of ATOD and problem gambling prevention and treatment services to Indiana residents. We enable prevention and treatment professionals to deliver evidence based programs, policies and practices to the general public.
- LifeWorks Northwest
Our mission at LifeWorks NW is to promote a healthy community by providing quality and culturally responsive mental health and addiction services across the lifespan.
- Marin Institute
The Marin Institute fights to protect the public from the impact of the alcohol industry’s negative practices. We monitor and expose the alcohol industry’s harmful actions related to products, promotions and social influence, and support communities in their efforts to reject these damaging activities.
- Meth Kills
The Meth Kills Campaign is funded and run by a former meth addict offering information, help and advice for anyone contemplating using meth and those already addicted.
- Minnesota Prevention Resource Center
The Minnesota Prevention Resource Center (MPRC) is a project of the Minnesota Institute of Public Health (MIPH). MPRC is funded primarily through a grant from the Chemical Health Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services. We at MPRC support people like you who work to promote the public health and prevent the problems caused by substance abuse. This includes tobacco and drug use, underage alcohol use and the misuse of alcohol by adults.
- Montana Prevention Resource Center
This site provides numerous resources pertaining to substance abuse and suicide prevention, including information on grants, statistics, and links to additional sites and services.
- National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors
NASADAD's basic purpose is to foster and support the development of effective alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment programs throughout every State.
- National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University is the only nation-wide organization that brings together under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat abuse of all substances – alcohol, nicotine as well as illegal, prescription and performance enhancing drugs – in all sectors of society.
- National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
NIPC is a public-private effort to promote awareness and recognition of the under publicized problem of inhalant use. 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. NIPC works with various entities and organizations throughout the country to educate and devise awareness and prevention campaigns designed to educate youth and adults about the effects of these dangerous gateway drugs. NIPC also provides inservice training for educators. Through NIPC's quarterly newsletter, resource bank, media relations, targeted initiatives and national contacts, NIPC puts organizations and individuals in touch with the latest research, the best ideas and news of successful programs to enhance local efforts.
- Nebraska Partners in Prevention
In September, 2001, the State of Nebraska entered into a partnership with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service's Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) to substantially reduce substance abuse by Nebraska youth. Through this partnership-the State Incentive Cooperative Agreement (SICA)-Nebraska communities will benefit from $7.5 million in direct federal funding to support the following mission: Eliminate or significantly reduce substance abuse in youth ages 12-17 by creating a coordinated state prevention system that assists communities to assess local substance abuse needs and select and implement locally-appropriate, effective, and scientifically-defensible substance abuse prevention policies, practices, and programs. Through SICA , local communities will benefit from federal funding to implement effective, locally-appropriate substance abuse prevention programming, policies and practices to decrease substance abuse among youth.
- NY State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Through its Bureau of Prevention, OASAS leads New York State's efforts to prevent alcohol, and other drug problems. These efforts entail the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, resources and services in the areas of prevention. This is achieved by working in partnership with key policymakers, the provider network, individuals, families, and communities to create and promote a framework that supports safe and healthy environments. The framework that has evolved to date is both comprehensive and research-based.
- Oregon Partnership
Oregon Partnership is a statewide non-profit promoting healthy kids and communities through drug and alcohol awareness, drug prevention programs, and 24 hour crisis lines for treatment referrals and suicide intervention. We work with schools and community coalitions statewide, and our resource library is open to all to educate on the dangers of substance abuse.
- Partners for Meth Prevention
Partners for Methamphetamine Prevention is dedicated to providing community education and increased awareness about meth. Our coalition of various organizations has come together with a common goal: to end the devastation caused by methamphetamine use. By providing information on the destructive nature of this highly addictive drug, we can reduce the number of shattered lives and communities throughout the heartland.
- Phoenix House
Since 1967, Phoenix House has been putting men, women and teens on the road to recovery. The largest non-profit alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention facility in the nation, each day we treat more than 7,000 persons in over 150 residential and outpatient programs throughout ten states.
- Power of Prevention
Power of Prevention (POP) is a free program designed to show the benefits of physical activity and proper nutrition on various endocrine related disorders. You'll also find information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of those disorders, compiled by some of the world's most respected endocrinologists. Children (link to kids page) will also a fun and interactive site that can help them lead a healthier lifestyle.
- Preventing Adolescent Binge Drinking Website
This site provides a comprehensive and cutting edge resource for information and evidence-based policies, programs and practices to effectively reduce binge drinking across California’s culturally diverse youth population.
- Prevention by Design
Prevention by Design helps local agencies and organizations protect community public health and safety, and promote community well-being, through an environmental planning approach designed to prevent alcohol/drug problems and related public health and public safety problems. This approach is geared primarily to serve the needs of local communities, particularly cities.
- Prevention Insitute
Prevention Institute believes that a prevention approach that draws on all the necessary stakeholders is necessary to ensure that prevention efforts are systematic and comprehensive. By linking practices from public health, education, urban planning, social work, and other fields, communities can create conditions for healthier living.
- Prevention Links
Prevention Links is a private, not-for-profit organization, which takes a leadership role in the prevention of alcohol, tobacco, substance abuse and related issues. The goal of Prevention Links is to provide an array of information in substance prevention issues, from pre-K through senior citizens. This is achieved by providing programs and services linking individuals, groups, businesses and communities in Union County, New Jersey.
- Prevention Network
The mission of Prevention Network is to help Michigan communities prevent underage alcohol use, youthful tobacco use, and other substance abuse.
- Prevention Pathways
Prevention Pathways is an interactive web site sponsored by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). It is a compilation of programs, online technical assistance, online courses, and resources in the field of substance abuse prevention.
- PreventionNet
The focus of PreventionNet is accurate information on prevention programs for which there is credible scientific evidence of effectiveness. Through the PreventionNet website, information concerning the most effective prevention programs currently available is provided in a brief and straightforward way.
- Renaissance Prevention Program
The Renaissance Prevention Program was designed and implemented by Pennsylvania Counseling Services, Inc. as a program run through the Renaissance Counseling Center, the Drug and Alcohol Abuse division of Lebanon PCS. Renaissance Prevention has been working cooperatively with the County of Lebanon and has been funded by the County since its beginning years. PCS and Lebanon County Drug & Alcohol work under a contract to handle the Prevention Services for all of Lebanon County. We primarily run reoccurring services such as Project Alert and Project Toward No Drug Abuse, but we also attend health fairs and host events such as Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU Day). Our Lending Library has many resources available to persons in the community. In addition, Prevention staff is involved in Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA), the Under 20 Festival, and Communities that Care.
- Southern Tier of New York Methamphetamine Prevention Program
The Southern Tier of New York Methamphetamine Prevention Program is a coalition comprised of a variety of agencies and members from the Southern Tier (Broome, Tioga, and Chemung counties) that have joined together to educate the community on the dangers of use, addiction, and manufacture of Methamphetamine. The coalition was founded by Dr. Ellen Vachon in March of 2006, and generally meets monthly.
- Substance Abuse Prevention Program
The Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) is designed to provide education and increased awareness in the areas of alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery.In this context, our mission is to anticipate and respond to the needs of a diverse and changing student body by providing services and course work that: Empower students to make responsible and healthy lifestyle choices, communicate realities, misperceptions and secondary effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse, and employ evidenced based strategies that positively impact environments and individuals alike.
- Substance Abuse Prevention Services of the Carolinas
Substance Abuse Prevention Services is a private, non-profit agency, established in 1971, whose goal is to provide a better understanding of substance abuse through prevention, education, and research. Our staff works with all ages in all stages of life. We deliver direct services to the public; conduct accredited trainings and maintain one of the nation's longest running longitudinal studies relative to youth drug use. SAPS is now a United Way Agency.
- Teen Drug Abuse
TeenDrugAbuse.us was created to help spread information about the teen drug abuse problems in the U.S. TeenDrugAbuse.us features content and articles that are intended to bring awareness to these issues. This site and all content in it is not intented to act as therapy, counseling, or advice. Please contact a professional if you are in need of such help.
- The Center for Prevention and Counseling
CFPC's Vision is to be recognized as the leading substance abuse prevention and intervention center in Sussex County. Their Mission is to promote health, hope and recovery among all people by creating an environment that is safe and free from the effects of substance abuse and addiction.
- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
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. To achieve these goals, the Director of ONDCP is charged with producing the National Drug Control Strategy. The Strategy directs the Nation's anti-drug efforts and establishes a program, a budget, and guidelines for cooperation among Federal, State, and local entities.
- Valley Prevention Services, Inc.
Valley Prevention Services (VPS) is a private nonprofit,501(c)(3), organization that provides alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention and education services in Lycoming and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania. The agency is governed by a nine member volunteer Board of Directors who work or reside in either Lycoming or Clinton County. VPS employees five full time staff, two half time staff and three part time staff. With offices in Williamsport and Lock Haven, VPS provides a full range substance abuse prevention and education services beginning at the preschool age, through the elementary and high school age to adult. We do not provide clinical, therapeutic or counseling services.
- Virginia Prevention Online Learning Community
The purpose for this online Learning Community is for networking and information sharing in the prevention field.
- What Works Wisconsin: Effective Prevention and Intervention Programs
What Works, Wisconsin is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Human Ecology and the University of Wisconsin-Extension’s Family Living Program. Initiated in 2004, the What Works project focuses on distilling the latest scientific knowledge on effective policies, practices, and programs, including “evidence-based programs,” for youth and their families, schools, and communities. In addition to disseminating this information to practitioners and policymakers, the What Works staff provide technical assistance on program design, improvement and evaluation. Through publications, presentations, workshops and individualized technical assistance, the What Works team provides practitioners and policymakers with the tools to develop effective programs and evaluate and improve existing programming based on state-of-the-art knowledge of what makes programs effective.
- Wisconsion Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources (WCPR)
The WCPR has been helping Wisconsin youth, families, schools, and communities lead healthy and productive lives for over 30 years. This Web site offers resources for alcohol and other drug prevention, information on community advocacy, data and statistics on use, and updates on conferences, events, and trainings in the Wisocnsin area.
Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice
- > Child Welfare-Juvenile Justice Network Group Site (Members Only)
This is My Prevention Community’s (MPC) primary group site to support Child Welfare-Juvenile Justice Professionals who are members of MPC. Group sites contain additional resources, news and event information specific to each professional sectors of this community.
- Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Inc.
For over 20 years, Aunt Martha's has provided opportunities to families who were on the verge of losing hope. Families have always needed support, and today’s family is increasingly in need of resources and opportunities. Our services have evolved to include educational support, employment training and youth development. We help children, youth and families discover their interests and provide resources and support to help develop skills. Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center's Prevention Services offers comprehensive resources to families to build, strengthen and development independence, confidence and growth.
- Building Blocks for Youth
In response to current research on the overrepresentation in almost every state of African-American, Latino, and Native American youth in the juvenile justice system and recent trends in more than 40 states to increase prosecution of youths in adult court - the impact of which falls disproportionately on youth of color - the Building Blocks for Youth initiative's goals are to: 1) Reduce overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system; and 2) Promote fair, rational and effective juvenile justice policies. The initiative's partners include the Youth Law Center, American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center, Juvenile Law Center, Justice Policy Institute, Minorities in Law Enforcement, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and Pretrial Services Resource Center.
- Casey Family Services
Casey Family Services was established in 1976 as a fully licensed, nonprofit child welfare agency dedicated to helping children in foster care and provides services that support safe, stable, and lifelong family relationships for children and youth both in foster care and in the struggling communities in which it works. Casey Family Services offers a continuum of services, including Foster care and adoption, Family advocacy, preservation, and reunification, Adoption support and other post-permanency services, Community-based family strengthening and resource centers and is committed to disseminating lessons learned to improve child welfare practice and policy at the local, state, and national levels. Its Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice provides technical assistance, consultation, and training to state systems across the nation. In addition, CFS leads policy change on a host of issues related to improving permanency outcomes for children and youth in foster care.
- Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) was established in 1992 with federal Title IV-E funding and a grant from the Bush Foundation. The Center brings the University of Minnesota together with county and state social services in a partnership dedicated to improving the lives of children and families.
The Mission of The Center is to improve the well-being of children and families who are involved in the child welfare system by educating human service professionals, fostering collaboration across systems and disciplines, informing policy makers and the public, and expanding the child welfare knowledge base.
- Child Abuse Prevention Association
The Child Abuse Prevention Association helps children and their families overcome the traumatic effects of child abuse, especially in child molestation. CAPA also provides educational programs designed to increase awareness of abuse and how to prevent it as well as providing case management and other support services to help create strong families and decrease the chances of abuse/neglect.
- Child and Adolescent Services Research Center
The Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC) is a consortium of over 100 investigators and staff from multiple research organizations in San Diego County, including Rady Children's Hospital, University of California at San Diego, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, and California State University, San Marcos. CASRC has a strategic focus on improvement of public pediatric mental health care through a program of mental health services research that spans clinical epidemiology studies linked to evidence-based practice, effectiveness and quality of care studies, and implementation studies that include organizational, financing, and policy issues. An overarching perspective of cultural exchange guides an active partnership with stakeholders in youth mental health care across various public sectors. The CASRC mission includes a strong focus on research that informs efforts to decrease racial-ethnic disparities.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and related professionals as well as concerned citizens to timely, essential information. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, we provide access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, search and reunion, and much more.
- Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is a powerful coalition of hundreds of private and public agencies serving vulnerable children and families since 1920. Our expertise, leadership and innovation on policies, programs, and practices help improve the lives of millions of children in all 50 states. Our impact is felt worldwide.
- Childabuse.com
Comprehensive resource bringing awareness & education in preventing child abuse and related issues. Childabuse.com was created to support, inform and encourage those dealing with any aspect of child abuse, in a positive non-threatening environment. Read about our mission & our goals.
- Children and Family Futures
The mission of Children and Family Futures is to improve the lives of children and families, particularly those affected by substance use disorders. CFF consults with government agencies and service providers to ensure that effective services are provided to families. CFF advises Federal, State, and local government and community-based agencies, conducts research on the best ways to prevent and address the problem, and provides comprehensive and innovative solutions to policy makers and practitioners. CFF is a California-based not-for-profit organization.
- Children's Division of American Humane
The Children's Division of American Humane is a national leader in developing programs, policies, training, research and evaluation, and cutting-edge initiatives to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect. At the same time, we work to strengthen families and communities and enhance child protection systems at the state and county levels.
- Colorado Department of Human Services Division of Child Welfare
The Colorado Department of Human Services' Child Welfare is a division located in the Office of Children, Youth and Family Services. It consists of a group of services intended to protect children from harm and to assist families in caring for and protecting their children. Taken together, these programs comprise the main thrust of Colorado’s effort to meet the needs of children who must be placed or are at risk of placement outside of their homes for reasons of protection or community safety. These appropriations fulfill the State’s obligation to fund these services which it mandates the counties to provide, and to generate match and maintenance of effort for federal funding. The delivery of Child Welfare Services in Colorado is primarily a state-supervised, county administered system.
- Committee for Children
Committee for Children seeks to foster the social and emotional development, safety, and well-being of children through education and advocacy.Our nonprofit organization develops and publishes programs and curricula for children from preschool through middle school about social skills, bullying, and sexual abuse, in addition to an emergent literacy program for young children.
- Consortium for Child Welfare Studies
The Consortium for Child Welfare Studies (CCWS) provides leadership through research, training, evaluation and technical assistance to promote safety and well being of children and families
- Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act establishes the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Council) as an independent body within the executive branch of the federal government. The Council's primary functions are to coordinate federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs, federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and federal programs relating to missing and exploited children.
- Delinquency Prevention Council
The mission of the Delinquency Prevention Council is to bring Jefferson County together by mobilizing community involvement to prevent juvenile substance abuse and juvenile delinquency by promoting research-based substance abuse and delinquency prevention and intervention programs within the schools and community.
- Delinquency Prevention.Org
Promoting Juvenile Delinquency Prevention through Youth Development, Family Support, & Community Involvement. This Web site j=hosts numerous resources and resource links to information and organizations gearded towards preventing child and youth delinquency.
- First 5 California
First 5 California, also known as the California Children and Families Commission, is dedicated to improving the lives of California’s young children and their families through a comprehensive system of education, health services, childcare, and other crucial programs.
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice provides delinquency prevention services through the Office of Prevention and Victim Services. Delinquency prevention programs are designed to address specific problems and provide interventions for at-risk youth and their families in order to reduce juvenile crime and protect public safety.
- Jewish Family and Children's Services
Jewish Family and Children’s Service is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that strengthens the community by providing high quality behavioral health and social services to children, families and adults of all ages throughout Maricopa County, in accordance with a Jewish value system that cares about all humanity.
- McHenry County Youth Service Bureau Delinquency Prevention Program
McHenry County Youth Service Bureau (YSB) exists to enhance the quality of life for children and families through programs and services which foster commitment to change by providing insight into problems & problem solving skills. The agency and its service providers are committed to maintaining the family as a unit by providing outpatient services whenever possible, consistent with the independent exercise of sound professional judgment. The YSB is a tremendous resource of information on programs for area children and families. We encourage you to call upon us at any time. Let us share with you the many benefits offered by one of McHenry County's leading social service
- National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
The purpose of the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) is to build the capacity of the nation’s child welfare workforce and improve outcomes for children and families through activities that support the development of skilled child welfare leaders in public, private, and Tribal child welfare systems. The NCWWI also serves as a workforce resource to other members of the T&TA Network. NCWWI staff include faculty from social work schools at eight universities around the country that were funded by the Children's Bureau in 2003 as grantees for "Developing Models of Effective Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Training." The eight grantees established collaborative working relationships during their 5-year projects, and this partnership has been carried over to the NCWWI.
- PreventionFirst
Prevention First is a non-profit agency dedicated to strengthening the foundations of children and families by empowering them to successfully handle difficult, everyday life situations and extraordinary challenges such as violence and substance abuse.
- Reach, Inspire Connect: Child Welfare Fatherhood Project
Through the Child Welfare Fatherhood Project (CWFP), challenges and opportunities surrounding fatherhood practices in child welfare will be documented, such as perspectives and experiences of fathers, child welfare, and community professionals. The populations of fathers most affected by the child welfare process include African Americans, Latinos, adolescent fathers, or those who have issues of current or past incarceration. The CWFP is innovative in its multi-level approach to advancing fatherhood practice for professionals in child welfare and community agencies. Focus groups, training, interviews, and a newly developed clinical-mapping tool are at the core of this project and its focus on enhancing existing fatherhood practices. The data obtained through these combined methods will be used to implement improvements in child welfare's current fatherhood practices directly linked to safety, permanency and well-being for children and youth involved with child welfare.
- Texas Youth Commission
The Texas Youth Commission, the state’s juvenile corrections agency, promotes public safety by operating juvenile correctional facilities and by partnering with youth, families, and communities to provide a safe and secure environment where youth in the agency’s care and custody receive individualized education, treatment, life skills and employment training and positive role models to facilitate successful community reintegration.
- The Institute for Interactive Instruction
Professional Development Training Catalog: A catalog of preliminary training topics with brief descriptions. Please keep in mind that all training, whether it is for professionals, parents, or young people, is tailored to meet the specific needs of the target audience. Each training session is customized based on an initial assessment of needs and interests and further adapted as the training is conducted based
on the reactions of the audience.
- Youth Development Network
Today, YDN is the region’s leading resource on the youth development approach. YDN collaborates with individuals, organizations, families and communities throughout the Sacramento region who are committed to promoting positive development of children and youth.
Culturally-Specific Organizations
- CA Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc.
CHCADA seeks to provide culturally competent bicultural , bilingual, and monolingual services that will reduce the environmental vulnerability of low –income Latinos and other marginalized populations in California and throughout the United States.
- National African American Tobacco Prevention Network
The misssion of the National African American Tobacco Prevention Network is to serve as a national organization dedicated to facilitating the development and implementation of comprehensive and community competent tobacco control programs to benefit communities and people of African descent.
- Sacramento Native American Health Center
Sacramento Native American Health Center, Inc. (SNAHC) is a community-owned and operated non-profit health center. A 9-member, all Native Board of Directors, and consumers governs the center .The Center has 25 employees and is rapidly growing to meet the needs of the community, 78% are Native American from both local and out-of –state Tribes. Our goal is to develop an experienced and capable Native American workforce comprised of experts in their chosen fields. The health center is committed to enhancing the quality of life by providing a culturally competent, holistic, and patient-centered continuum of care.
Mentoring
- > Mentoring-AMP Network Group Site (Members Only)
This is My Prevention Community’s (MPC) primary group site to support Mentoring Professionals who are members of MPC and members of the Association of Mentoring Professionals. Group sites contain additional resources, news and event information specific to each professional sectors of this community.
- Mentor
For more than a decade, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential. MENTOR is widely acknowledged as the nation's premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives nationwide. As such, MENTOR works with a strong network of state and local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities
- Mentoring Central
Mentoring Central provides media rich, interactive web-based mentor training courses and resources based upon the benchmarks, enhancements, and research justifications in MENTOR’s recently released Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring (EEPM; 2009). The new course, Building the Foundation, containing five fundamental lessons for mentors, was developed by Drs. Janis Kupersmidt and Jean Rhodes with funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
- Mentoring Forums Website
The Mentoring Forums is a website where youth mentoring professionals from all over the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world can share innovative program practices and tips on the art of mentoring. This is a place to ask questions of your peers, to disseminate the wisdom gained in working with today’s young people, and to engage in the conversations that will help shape the future of the youth mentoring movement.
- National O.K. Program
The O.K. Program is a mentor program, which fosters partnerships between police agencies, schools, students, community members, and the business and faith community to provide positive guidance and support to African American males 12-18 years old. The mission of the O.K. Program is to facilitate partnerships between police agencies, educational institutions, students, community members, businesses, and the faith community to provide needed services to youth who are at high risk of incarceration and homicide (with an intense focus on African American males), to promote economic self-reliance and encourage responsible citizenship and civic leaders for the 21st century…and beyond.
- Peer Resources
A compilation of information, resources, research, manuals for peer helping, peer mentoring, and peer coaching.
- Solutions for America
Whether you are looking for recent research on mentoring programs, wondering how to develop a parent education program, or wanting to provide job training opportunities for residents, we've identified the strategies, publications, and web sites to help you realize success.
- The Mentoring Center
The Mentoring Center’s two-tiered mission is to improve the quality and effectiveness of mentoring programs and to provide a direct service mentoring program model designed to transform the lives of the most highly at-risk youth.
- The Mentoring Group (of California)
THE MENTORING GROUP was organized in the mid-1980's to provide consulting/technical assistance, skill-based training, skill assessment, research/evaluation, and publications related to mentoring. Dr. Linda Phillips-Jones died in December 2006. Brian maintains the organization they developed and pursues the vision they received in the fields of counseling and mentoring. His focus now is on integrating mentoring into their long-term project on character assessment and development.
- The Mentoring Group (of South Carolina)
The Mentoring Group is a nonprofit 501(c)3 full-service mentoring agency, providing one-on-one and group mentoring opportunities for in school youth between the ages of 12-21 years old. Our goal is to pair each child in the program in a one-one one mentoring friendship and engage them in innovated group activities with trained, caring adults who will promote change, foster individual responsibility and respect, while building confidence. We also provide technical support to community and faith-based mentoring organizations.
- The National Mentoring Center
The National Mentoring Center at Education Northwest is one of the nation's premier training and technical assistance providers for youth mentoring programs and initiatives. Education Northwest has over 20 years experience providing training, resources, and other services to local mentoring programs and federal, state, and regional agencies.
Misc. Organizations & Firms
- Blue Lotus Consulting & Training
Blue Lotus provides capacity building services to nonprofits focused on organizational and board development, strategic fund development and forming strategic alliances. Blue Lotus has worked with a number of AOD programs throughout California and teaches the CPI grant writing workshop. Services include grant research and writing, board and staff training and mentoring and retreat facilitation. The Blue Lotus website has many helpful links related to grant writing and nonprofit resources.
- Center for Digital Storytelling
The Center for Digital Storytelling is an international not-for-profit community arts organization rooted in the craft of personal storytelling. We assist youth and adults around the world in using media tools to share, record, and value stories from their lives, in ways that promote artistic expression, health and well being, and justice. While the term "digital storytelling" has been used to describe a wide variety of new media practices, what best describes our approach is its emphasis on first-person narrative, meaningful workshop processes, and participatory production methods.
- Graffiti Hurts
Graffiti Hurts® - Care for Your Community is aimed at educating individuals about the consequences of graffiti in their communities. The fact is, graffiti is harmful to everyone -- homeowners, businesses, schools, and you. Graffiti clean up alone costs U.S. cities tens of thousands of dollars each year. And, research shows that graffiti can result in more graffiti, vandalism, and crime in suburban and urban communities. Using the Graffiti Hurts® resources, communities can get educated about graffiti and build local partnerships to prevent and remove it.
- Job Corps SafetyNet Web site
This site contains trainings, brochures, presentations, and other valuable modules pertaining to bullying, violence, and suicide prevention.
- Kentucky Department of Education, Dropout Prevention
Effective dropout prevention is a comprehensive programming effort that targets individual students, parents, school personnel and the community at large. Kentucky's dropout prevention efforts are predicated upon the belief that each student is unique and must be nurtured in a manner that will meet their individual needs. To this end, the Kentucky Department of Education promotes comprehensive dropout strategies that are grounded in research and address locally identified needs.
- Lee County Sheriff's Crime Prevention Program and Services
We reach out to you with crime prevention and safety programs you can become a part of and with topics we will gladly present to you or your group, free of charge.
- National Dropout Prevention Centers
The mission of the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network is to increase high school graduation rates through research and evidenced-based solutions.
- Rescue Social Change Group
Rescue Social Change Group conducts research, develops strategy, and provides marketing services to organizations seeking positive social change. RSCG helps government agencies, not-for-profits, schools, universities, and foundations nationwide change culture and behavior through innovative models and approaches to positive social change.
- The Behavior Prevention Program
The Behavior Prevention Program (grant number: H237F50019) provides multiple setting (home and school) and multimodal (behavior management, social skills, and academic tutoring) prevention strategies. The interventions are designed to increase appropriate behaviors and decrease negative teacher-student, and peer-student interactions. The main intervention consists of three classroom-based elements: Academic Tutoring, Social Skills Instruction, Behavior Management.
- The Nat'l Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice
EDJJ focuses on assisting practitioners, policymakers, researchers and advocates to identify and implement effective school-based delinquency prevention programs, education and special education services in juvenile correctional facilities, and transition supports for youth re-entering their schools and communities from secure care settings.
Other Important Sites
- Health Education Council
The mission of the Health Education Council is to 'promote healthy communities'. HEC pursues its mission through health education/ promotion programs and partnerships with organizations that serve at risk populations; particularly the medically underserved and ethnic minorities. Our emphasis is on expanding volunteer involvement in underserved communities, facilitating empowerment, and effecting sustainable change. The Health Education Council is dedicated to promoting quality of life and community norms which include the prevention of diseases; the right to a healthy environment; respect for individual rights, cultural traditions, ethnic and linguistic diversity, shared community responsibility and involvement; and innovative and visionary responses which meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
- Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
The Institute for Community Peace is a private, non-profit organization with 501(c) 3 status. It was founded as the National Funding Collaborative on Violence Prevention by private and public grantmakers in 1994 to bring a primary prevention focus to efforts to end violence. Its name was changed in 2003 to reflect a broader mission focusing on preventing violence and promoting peace. ICP is not a grantmaker or funding organization. The organization accepts donations and all contributions are tax-deductible.
- Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
Located in the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Agriculture at Clemson University, the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University helps to generate, share and apply the research foundation for youth, family, and community development. Work at IFNL starts from the premises that strong communities support strong families and vice versa, and that both are necessary for healthy development of children and youth.
- Lane County Prevention Program
Our program provides staff support to educate, engage, and assist Lane County to address priority substance abuse, problem gambling, and suicide prevention issues through strategic community health promotion initiatives and evidence-based prevention strategies.
- Michigan Department of Community Health
The Prevention Section of ODCP provides leadership and support for quality substance abuse and communicable disease prevention services for the citizens of Michigan through: effective planning, development, and delivery of systems; application of current research and technology; ongoing needs assessment and data collection; continuing collaboration and coordination with other entities providing prevention services; and provision of Quality Improvement (QI) and Quality Assurance (QA) initiatives.
- National Alliance for Mental Illness
From its inception in 1979, NAMI has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. For three decades, NAMI has established itself as the most formidable grassroots mental health advocacy organization in the country. Dedication, steadfast commitment and unceasing belief in NAMI's mission by grassroots advocates have produced profound changes. NAMI's greatest strength is the dedication of our grassroots leaders and members. We are the families, friends and individuals that serve to strengthen communities across the country. Due in large part to generous individual, corporate, and foundation donations, NAMI is able to build on its success and continue to focus on three cornerstones of activity that offer hope, reform, and health to our American community: Awareness, Education, and Advocacy.
- National Association of School Psychologists
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is the premier source of knowledge, professional development, and resources, empowering school psychologists to ensure that all children and youth attain optimal learning and mental health. Mission: NASP represents school psychology and supports school psychologists to enhance the learning and school psychologists to enhance the learning and mental health of all children and youth.
- National Crime Prevention Council
The National Crime Prevention Council’s mission is to be the nation's leader in helping people keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe from crime. To achieve this, NCPC produces tools that communities can use to learn crime prevention strategies, engage community members, and coordinate with local agencies, including publications and teaching materials on a variety of topics, programs that can be implemented in communities and schools, local, regional, and national trainings, public service announcements broadcast nationwide starring McGruff the Crime Dog, and support for a national coalition of crime prevention practitioners.
- National Middle School Association
Since its inception in 1973, National Middle School Association (NMSA) has been a voice for those committed to the educational and developmental needs of young adolescents. NMSA is the only national education association dedicated exclusively to those in the middle level grades.
- National Public Radio (NPR.org) Website
NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization. With original online content and audio streaming, NPR.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and ten years of archived audio and information.
- North Carolina Prevention Partners
NC Prevention Partners (NCPP) is a statewide non-profit, membership organization dedicated to building effective prevention and health systems in order to improve health of all North Carolinians. In 1998 NCPP released a prevention report card identifying the three health issues responsible for two-thirds of premature death and disability in NC: tobacco use, inadequate nutrition, and physical inactivity. In response to this data and in partnership with the Division of Public Health, NC DHHS’ NCPP has launched the BASIC preventive benefits initiative. Additionally, NCPP and their public health partner have launched the Winner’s Circle Healthy Dining Program, a statewide effort to identify and promote healthy menu items in restaurants. NCPP is a leader in building NC’s Quitting Infrastructure, the NC Childhood Overweight Initiative, and public policy and media efforts promoting prevention. NCPP has become a clearinghouse for prevention information through numerous resources.
- Prevention Action
Prevention Action is an online news publication reporting internationally on innovation and effectiveness among programs for improving children's health and development.
- Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium
The PNRC assists high-poverty neighborhoods in identifying and implementing evidence-based practices. The Consortium has teams of prominent researchers who have identified programs, policies, and practices that can enable high-poverty communities to ensure young people’s successful development. We are building a collaborative network of neighborhood and community leaders and policymakers to support neighborhoods.
- The Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
The Partnership Center is committed to helping grassroots organizations access the necessary tools to reach those in need. While the Center exists to supply information and resources, it is important to note that there is no “faith-based funding.” Rather, the Center works to enable community and faith-based organizations to partner with the government through both non-fiduciary and fiduciary partnerships to achieve the goals of HHS and the specific goals put forward by President Obama for the Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnership Initiative.
- The Community Tool Box
The Community Tool Box is the "topic sections" that include practical guidance for the different tasks necessary to promote community health and development.
Problem Gambling Prevention
- > Problem Gambling Prevention Network Group Site (Members Only)
This is My Prevention Community’s (MPC) primary group site to support Problem Gambling Prevention Professionals who are members of MPC. Group sites contain additional resources, news and event information specific to each professional sectors of this community.
- Arnie and Sheila Wexler Associates
Arnie and Sheila Wexler Associates is a New Jersey-based organization that offers consultation, interventions, group, individual, and family counseling, couple's workshops, referrals, evaluations, and expert testimony pertaining to compulsive gambling and other related addictions.
- Gamblers Anonymous
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other in order that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.
- National Council on Problem Gambling
The Mission of the National Council on Problem Gambling is to increase public awareness of pathological gambling, ensure the widespread availability of treatment for problem gamblers and their families, and to encourage research and programs for prevention and education.
- Ontrack Program Resources
Ontrack Program Resources:
COST-FREE Problem Gambling Awareness Training is available at your organization's designated location! Presented in customized 2- to 4-hour formats, this training also includes 2-4 Certfied Counselor continuing education hours. This presentation is also suitable for ministry leaders and congregations, organizations serving African American communities and recovery/transitional home staff.
Research and Evaluation
- > Research and Evaluation Network Group Site (Members Only)
This is My Prevention Community’s (MPC) primary group site to support Research and Evaluation Professionals who are members of MPC. Group sites contain additional resources, news and event information specific to each professional sectors of this community.
- Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services
Based at Portland State University’s School of Social Work, the Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services integrates research, education and training to help systems work better for children and families.
- Center for Prevention Research and Development
CPRD concentrates its efforts in the areas of school reform and after-school evaluation, health and human service reform, and prevention science. The Center focuses on an ecological framework, where populations and environment intersect. We specialize in policy analysis, applied research and evaluation, online data systems and professional development and training
- EMT Associates, Inc.
For over two decades, EMT Associates has focused its evaluation, research, training and management support work on the prevention of substance abuse and other behavioral health needs.
- National Institute of Justice
NIJ is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the state and local levels. NIJ's principal authorities are derived from the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (see 42 USC § 3721-3723) and Title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
- Rescue Social Change Group
Rescue Social Change Group conducts research, develops strategy, and provides marketing services to organizations seeking positive social change. RSCG helps government agencies, not-for-profits, schools, universities, and foundations nationwide change culture and behavior through innovative models and approaches to positive social change.
- Research Corner
The Research Corner keeps you current on the latest strategies for community wellness. Check this Corner regularly because each month you can expect to find a new topic and the latest research about that topic.
- Robert D. Ketterlinus, PhD & Associates
We provide research and program evaluation, consultation and grantsmanship services designed to meet the needs of nonprofit organizations, foundations and government agencies.
- State of Alaska Behavioral Health Department
The mission of the Division of Behavioral Health is to manage an integrated and comprehensive behavioral health system based on sound policy, effective practices and partnerships. We respect:Honesty,Dignity, Innovation, Diversity, and Collaboration.
- The International Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Research Community
This site is dedicated to advancing drug abuse research around the globe by fostering international cooperative research and supporting the exchange of scientific information. Investigators can network and form workgroups in The Exchange, access international drug abuse survey data, clinical trials information and statistical training in The Toolkit.
- The Society for Prevention Research
The Society for Prevention Research seeks to advance science-based prevention programs and policies through empirical research. The international membership of the organization includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and policy makers who are concerned with the prevention of social, physical and mental health problems and the promotion of health, safety, and well-being.
Technical Assistance and Training
- ARISE Life Skills Training
ARISE adds value and structure to your program by combining its evidence-based library of life skills curricula with its unbeatable staff training. Programs developed by ARISE include age-specific material from pre-k to young adults. Choose from over 260 life skills topics. ARISE staff will consult with you as to how to integrate the ARISE interactive life skills lessons into an existing or new program.
- CA Student Assistance Program Resource Center
The purpose of this site is to emphasize the importance and need for SAPs in California school environments. To provide resources for school officials interested in promoting and implementing the use of SAPs to "support student achievement".
- Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS)
CARS mission is to improve the lives of youth, families and communities by facilitating the exchange of knowledge and experience among the prevention research community, practitioners, policy makers and the public.
- Common Ground Consulting
For 19 years, Common Ground Consulting LLC™ has been providing world-class consulting services for community based, national, and international nonprofit/NGO (social profit) organizations. As a leading social sector futurist, Common Ground's President, Craig A. Bowman, has spent his career developing a philosophy of leadership that harnesses passion and trust as a bridge between human potential and social responsibility.
- Community Prevention Initiative (CPI)
CPI is to provide training and technical assistance supportive of community planning and prevention services that typically assume a broad community perspective.
- EMT Online University
EOU offers online training courses for substance abuse prevention and mentoring professionals.
- Innovation Network
Innovation Network is a nonprofit organization sharing planning and evaluation tools and know-how. We provide consulting, training, and online tools for nonprofits and funders. When organizations understand what works and why, they can deliver stronger programs and create lasting change in their communities.
- Linking Education and Economic Development
At LEED, we believe that it’s always better to travel in a group, and, as a result, we have built strong partnerships among education, business, labor, economic development and workforce organizations in the Sacramento region. As a result, LEED has facilitated the development of rigorous and relevant educational career pathway programs, student internship programs, and an online tool to define which direction the demands of our region’s workforce will take us – as employers, educators, economic developers and, ultimately, students and jobseekers.
- Mentoring Resource Center (MRC)
The MRC has been created to provide US DOE Mentoring Program grantees with training, technical assistance, publications, research, and consultation, all in an effort to help their program staff design and implement the highest quality mentoring programs.
- Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities TA Project
The SDFSC TA Project supports grantees of the SDFSC Governor’s Program in implementing their alcohol, drug and violence prevention programming efforts.
- TA and Training to Native American Communities
The Community Prevention Initiative strives to provide Technical Assistance to rural and underserved populations throughout California.
- Training for Intervention ProcedureS (The TIPS Program)
TIPS (Training for Intervention ProcedureS) is the global leader in education and training for the responsible service, sale, and consumption of alcohol. Proven effective by third-party studies, TIPS is a skills-based training program that is designed to prevent intoxication, underage drinking, and drunk driving.
- Treatment and Prevention Education & Certification School
The Mission of the WRM-TA is to promote and provide quality education to persons working in or entering the field of alcohol and other drug treatment and integrated services.
- Y.O.U.T.H.: Youth Offering Unique Tangible Help
The Y.O.U.T.H. (Youth Offering Unique Tangible Help) Training Project, is a dynamic multi-year collaboration between current and former foster youth, social work professionals, social work training academies, foundations and others committed to the empowerment and futures of California foster youth. The Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project is part of the Bay Area Academy(BAA), a social work training academy for the 12 Bay Area counties. However, the Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project’s work is unique in that it extends beyond these counties to reach all of California, Hawaii and numerous other states. Practicing what we teach, the Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project, staffed almost entirely by former foster youth, has empowered more than 40 youth to educate more than 3000 child welfare staff in California, Hawaii and beyond
Violence Prevention
- > Violence Prevention Network Group Site (Members Only)
This is My Prevention Community’s (MPC) primary group site to support Violence Prevention Professionals who are members of MPC. Group sites contain additional resources, news and event information specific to each professional sectors of this community.
- Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action
This sourcebook, which builds on a 1993 publication, "The Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action," offers insight into best practices to prevent violence by children and adolescents. It was developed with input from people working to prevent youth violence and people whose positions made them likely to play a role in violence prevention efforts. Researchers interviewed teachers, school administrators, members of community-based organizations, employees and volunteers at social service agencies, health department personnel, program planners and practitioners, and researchers from universities across the United States regarding what they would like to see in a sourcebook.
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
In an effort to establish more complete and valuable information to impact violence-related policies, programs, and practices, CSPV works from a multi-disciplinary platform on the subject of violence and facilitates the building of bridges between the research community and the practitioners and policy makers.
- Denver Crime Prevention and Control Commission
Established by City Ordinance in April, 2005, the Crime Prevention and Control Commission has been operating since September, 2005. The Commission is housed within the Manager of Safety's Office and is composed of 32 designated system representatives and appointed community members. The Commission achieves its work through five committees: Community Reentry, Mental Health, Racial and Gender Disparity, System Performance, Youth.
- Division of Injury and Violence Prevention
DIVP is a division of the Virginia Department of Health that focuses on the prevention of unintentional, intentional and self-inflicted injuries. Division activities include assessment and reporting, training and consultation, policy development and implementation, community projects and safety device dissemination. Refer to the links on the left for information on the primary programs of the Division.
- Family Violence Prevention Fund
For more than two decades, the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) has worked to end violence against women and children around the world. Instrumental in developing the landmark Violence Against Women Act passed by Congress in 1994, the FVPF has continued to break new ground by reaching new audiences including men and youth, promoting leadership within communities to ensure that violence prevention efforts become self-sustaining, and transforming the way health care providers, police, judges, employers and others address violence.
- Illinois Center for Violence Prevention
The Illinois Center for Violence Prevention fosters safe communities for people at every stage of life. We identify, promote and evaluate the best ways to prevent violence.
- Maryland Crime Prevention Association, Inc.
The mission of the Maryland Crime Prevention Association, Inc. (MCPA), a professional association, is to facilitate the promotion and advancement of crime prevention information and activities in the state of Maryland. The MCPA organization is committed to effective and efficient crime prevention programming throughout Maryland. MCPA is a collaboration of crime prevention practitioners and interested citizens throughout the State of Maryland. Our members include police, sheriff, correctional, security professionals, business people and community leaders, as well as interested citizens and crime prevention supporters from across our state.
- Milwaukee Public Schools Violence Prevention Program
The Violence Prevention Program (VPP) is an effort by the Milwaukee Public Schools to respond to the violence that is prevalent within our schools and community. As part of the Department of Psychological Services, under the coordination of Dr. Audrey Potter, The VPP has served K-12 public schools in the city of Milwaukee since 1988. The team is currently comprised of educators who operate under the following mission statement:
- National Center for Bullying Prevention
The mission of PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights) is to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.
- National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
NCDSV dessigns, provides and customizes training and consultation; infulences policy and enhances diversity wih the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence.
- National Violence Prevention Network
The National Violence Prevention Network is a broad-based coalition of national organizations dedicated to violent death prevention by advocating for the full implementation of the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) in the United States.
- National Youth Gang Center
The National Youth Gang Center is funded by and operates under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Center is a major component of OJJDP’s Comprehensive Response to America’s Gang Problem.
- NY State Gang Prevention
The Capital Region Gang Prevention Center builds on the existing Albany Gang Prevention Program model and assists Albany County, Rennselaer County and Schenectady County in developing a similar model in their communities. The center, located at 175 Central Ave,. Albany 12206, serves as a resource and a catalyst to all communities, organizations and individuals committed to strengthening neighborhoods and finding new and successful ways to provide children with the resources and opportunities they need and deserve to succeed.
- Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
The Olweus [pronounced Ol-VEY-us] Bullying Prevention Program is a comprehensive, school-wide program designed for use in elementary, middle, or junior high schools. Its goals are to reduce and prevent bullying problems among school children and to improve peer relations at school. The program has been found to reduce bullying among children, improve the social climate of classrooms, and reduce related antisocial behaviors, such as vandalism and truancy. The Olweus Program has been implemented in more than one dozen countries around the world.
- Springtide Resources
Springtide Resources promotes healthy and equal relationships by engaging diverse communities in shared educational strategies designed to prevent violence against women and the effect it has on children.
- Stop Cyber-Bullying
Educating the kids about the consequences (losing their ISP or IM accounts) helps. Teaching them to respect others and to take a stand against bullying of all kinds helps too. Because their motives differ, the solutions and responses to each type of cyberbullying incident has to differ too. Unfortunately, there is no "one size fits all" when cyberbullying is concerned. Only two of the types of cyberbullies have something in common with the traditional schoolyard bully. Experts who understand schoolyard bullying often misunderstand cyberbullying, thinking it is just another method of bullying. But the motives and the nature of cybercommunications, as well as the demographic and profile of a cyberbully differ from their offline counterpart.
- Stop Handgun Violence
Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit organization committed to the prevention of gun violence through education, public awareness, effective law enforcement and common sense gun laws. With 83 gun deaths in the U.S. everyday—more than Columbine and Virginia Tech combined—it's time we start putting lives before politics. We are not calling for restrictions to our Constitutional Rights, but just common sense legislation that will help save lives.
- The Office for Victims of Crime
The mission of OVC is to enhance the Nation’s capacity to assist crime victims and to provide leadership in changing attitudes, policies, and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims.
- The Violence Prevention Institute
The Violence Prevention Institute provides Education, Research, Prevention and Intervention programs designed to address the increasing incidence of violent youth behavior. The Institute uses evidence based research models to assist states, cities, law enforcement, and school boards in designing strategies to address the increasing societal problems associated with violent behavior in youth and young adults. Participants are taught corrective skills to change attitudes about gun violence, gang activities and other negative social behaviors, in order to improve school performance, family relationships, reduce criminal activities, and acquire skills that maximize their ability to effectively negotiate peer relationships and other social interactions.
- Violence Prevention Center
The mission of the Violence Prevention Center is to eliminate domestic and sexual violence against women, men, children and their families in Cook County; and until that time to facilitate their recovery, growth and change. To accomplish this goal, the Violence Prevention Center will:Provide advocacy and intervention services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Mobilize community resources in the resolution of crisis while addressing ongoing economic, psychological, legal and social needs. Act as a catalyst in creating a community atmosphere in which domestic and sexual violence is not tolerated. Promote equal access to community resources necessary for each and every person.
- YWCA Family Violence Prevention Project
The Family Violence Prevention Project's mission is to eliminate and prevent family violence in communities throughout Hamilton County. The Project empowers individuals, neighborhoods, organizations, schools, and systems-based structures to implement comprehensive strategic initiatives that prevent Intimate Partner Abuse, Child Abuse, Abuse of People with Disabilities, and Elder Abuse. While the Family Violence Prevention's Project's ultimate goal is to prevent family violence, its short-term and intermediate goals are to change community attitudes and values that tolerate family violence; increase knowledge and use of alternatives to violent behavior; and to increase protective factors for populations at-risk for family violence. The collaborative is comprised of over 40 public and private agencies that represent various perspectives in the field of family violence and span the spectrum of family violence service provision from the medical community to the criminal justice system.
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