keepin’ it REAL
keepin’ it REAL (kiR) is a youth-focused substance use prevention program designed to build social, emotional, and resistance skills. The ten-lesson curriculum (45 minutes each) emphasizes refusal strategies: Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave. Lessons use real teens’ stories, videos, and role-play to…
Friday Night Live
Friday Night Live (FNL) is a youth-led program that promotes skill development and healthy decision-making. Built on a positive youth development framework, it fosters leadership, advocacy, peer relationships, and skill-building through community engagement. FNL partners with…
Creating Lasting Family Connections
The Creating Lasting Family Connections (CLFC) Program is an evidence-based curriculum for youth aged 9-17 and their families. It strengthens families by enhancing self-awareness, emotional expression, and communication while teaching refusal and social skills to reduce substance use…
Guiding Good Choices
Guiding Good Choices (GGC) is a five- to six-session family training program for parents and children aged 9-14. It teaches drug refusal skills, family expectations for behavior, and conflict management through videos, role-plays, and discussions. GGC strengthens family bonds, promotes prosocial…
Celebrating Families
Celebrating Families! (CF!) is a 16-week, trauma-informed parenting program for families facing substance use recovery, domestic violence, and child abuse risks. Using cognitive behavioral therapy-based, age-appropriate group activities for adults and children, CF! improves parenting skills…
Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action
Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action is a school- and community-based program for parents and youth aged 11-16. Delivered in six weekly sessions, it focuses on preventing substance use, risky behaviors, and violence through parent-child communication, behavior management, and…