Safer Universities Program
Safer Universities is an environmental alcohol prevention program grounded in community and university partnerships that focuses on reducing heavy alcohol use in off-campus settings such as homes/apartments, bars, and restaurants. It achieves these goals by utilizing a structured planning and…
LifeSkills Training
LifeSkills Training (LST) is a flexible, school-based prevention program focused on substance use and violence prevention. It has three main components: personal self-management (goal-setting, stress reduction, decision-making), social skills (communication, assertiveness, non-aggression)…
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…
Familias Unidas
Familias Unidas is a family-based intervention for Hispanic immigrant parents that promotes healthy youth development and prevents substance use and sexual risk behaviors. It builds parent-support networks and enhances culturally relevant parenting skills through weekly two-hour…
Motivational Interviewing and Culture for Urban Native American Youth
Motivational Interviewing and Culture for Urban Native American Youth (MICUNAY) is a three-workshop substance use program for American Indian/Alaska Native 14-18-year-olds that integrates traditional practices with motivational interviewing to support healthy choices about brain, body, and spirit…