Winners Sankofa
The Avalon Carver Community Center in Los Angeles developed Winners Sankofa, an African-centered model for alcohol, tobacco, and other drug youth prevention practices that aim to counter the deleterious effects of poverty, school failure, substance abuse, incarceration, and environmental challenges facing African-American youth. The Winners Sankofa model is delivered in modular form and consists of written activities…
Media World
Media World is a media literacy program designed for high school students to analyze media messages about substance use. The program contains 12 classroom-based core lessons that are 50-60 minutes long and have optional supplements. Students explore advertising tactics, media regulations…
Media Ready
Media Ready is an interactive media literacy program designed to help sixth through eighth grade students develop critical thinking skills and prevent substance use. The program uses 10 45-minute sessions that give students opportunities to explore advertising techniques, identify target audiences, and critically assess marketing tactics. At the end of the curriculum, students create counter-ads to…
Project Towards No Drug Abuse
Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND) is a high school drug prevention program for youth who are at risk for drug use and violence-related conduct. Project TND focuses on three factors that can predict alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use: motivation, skills, and decision-making. The…
Healthy Futures
Healthy Futures is an alternative-to-suspension program designed for middle and high school students who use e-cigarettes, other tobacco products, or cannabis, and those exploring quitting. The program offers self-paced, free courses (nicotine or cannabis-focused)…
Project Venture
Project Venture is a classroom-based and outdoor experiential learning program that focuses on at-risk Indigenous youth between fifth and eighth grade, aiming to prevent substance use and decrease depression, anxiety, and anger. Participants are engaged to build resilience, which can be…
Project ALERT
Project Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training (ALERT) is a middle school drug prevention program addressing experimental and continued use of substances like alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. The curriculum includes 11 seventh-grade lessons and 3 booster sessions in…
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA) is a community-based practice to reduce underage alcohol access and consumption by addressing local policies and norms by engaging merchants, peers, and other adults who supply alcohol to youth…
Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students
The Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) is a program for college students aged 18-24 who engage in heavy drinking. The program consists of two individual sessions within three months, focusing on students’ drinking habits, social norms, and…