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 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…
National Institute on Drug Abuse Lessons and Activities
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) offers a comprehensive collection of 21 free lesson plans and activities for parents and educators aimed at increasing awareness and preventing substance use among youth. These evidence-informed resources span topics such as the science of addiction…
Strong African American Families Program
The Strong African American Families (SAAF) program is a culturally tailored, strengths-based intervention for African American youth aged 10-14 and their families. It focuses on enhancing family interactions, parenting practices, and youth resilience to risky behaviors…
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…
Lion’s Quest
Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence is a K-12 life skills program fostering social/emotional competence, citizenship, and character development. It uses interactive methods like group work and service learning to strengthen youth’s connections to their families, schools, and communities. In grades…
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 That Care
Communities That Care (CTC) is a community-based prevention program aimed at reducing youth problem behaviors such as substance use, delinquency, and violence. CTC promotes healthy youth development by strengthening community coalitions and utilizing evidence-based prevention strategies…
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…