A drug-free community coalition supporting positive youth development in Franklin County.

Join Together's Blueprint for the States: Policies to Improve the Way States Organize and Deliver Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment

Vermont Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs (ADAP)

Outcome Based Planning:
A report from the VT state team for children, families, and individuals 2004

• For coalitions: Building Drug-Free Communities: A Planning Guide
• 10 Drug and Alcohol Policies that Will Save Lives
• Pathways to Prevention: A Resource for Youth Leaders in Faith Communities
• Prevention Planner Year-at-a-Glance Awareness Events and websites
• FRANKLIN/GRAND ISLE Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Resources
• Recovery Resources
• Methamphetamine prevention resources
• Marijuana Myths and Facts:
  The Truth Behind 10 Popular Misperceptions
• Trying to quit smoking? Click here for online help! Get inspired and share your quitting tips by clicking here.
• STRATEGIES TO REDUCE UNDERAGE ALCOHOL USE, an OJJDP publication prepared by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.
• Friends of Recovery--Vermont

Web resources

• Join Together (JTO)
• YOUTH FUNDING RESOURCES
• NIDA
• NCADI Prevention Online Free prevention materials, resources
• DEA Prevention
• Information about inhalants
  National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
  Inhalants.drugabuse.gov
  New England Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition
• Partnership for a Drug Free America
• Channing-Bete prevention curricula, media, materials
• Sunburst Visual Media media, materials
• The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology through the Study of Addiction (NIH Curriculum for 9-12 grade)
• Drug-Free Wave.com - Natural High

Web resources:
Back-to-school readiness tips for families
Free e-cards for Teens and Parents
Looking for a presenter? Check out this new feature.
What are risk and protective factors??
SEARCH Institute's 40 developmental assets
VT Department of Health Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs
Faith-based prevention resources available here
Connect for Kids
Recovery links
Youth As Resources
http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov
The Marin Institute - Preventing Alcohol Problems through Advocacy
Understanding the problem of ATOD abuse: Check out Join Together
For parents: Tips on setting goals and helping your children do the same at Family guide.
Looking for resources for youth victims of crime? Click here for the National Center for Victims of Crime's Teen Victim Project.

http://www.madd.org/madd_programs/0,1056,4841,00.html

The Community Toolbox: A great community development resource.

Join Together www.jointogether.net

Resiliency in Action www.resiliency.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) www.cdcnpin.org

Eye on the Field www.nattc.org/news Field.html is an electronic magazine featuring hot topics in substance abuse treatment which provide useful tools for practitioners and administrators.

Receive Weekly Headlines About Improving Access to Treatment in Your Community - www.jointogether.org/sa/action/dt/news/

Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) - this nationwide multidisciplinary resource for addiction-related information funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment www.nattc.org

Prevention Model Programs - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center for Substance abuse Prevention (CSAP) host this site as a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in preventing substance abuse. http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov

Grants:
Ages 8-17: Looking for help reaching your goals? Check outTiger Woods:
Start Something

Local classes & support groups:
PARENTS!! Need help Guiding Good Choices in your pre-teens and teens? Sign up NOW!!
Click here for more information on a TEEN SUPPORT GROUP offered by Voices Against Violence
Rocking Horse support group for young mothers

Research:

Click here to learn more about the medical marijuana debate
Click here to learn about BIG DIFFERENCES IN WHY GIRLS VS BOYS USE CIGARETTES, ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
Vermont Statewide YRBS 2003

Program updates:
Click here to view
Drug-Free Community Partners' Meeting minutes
Click here to read about the latest Youth Advisory Council activities