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…

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…

Familia Adelante

Familia Adelante is a culturally tailored intervention designed to support Latino families by preventing and reducing behavioral health issues among youth. It emphasizes enhancing family communication, addressing mental health concerns, and improving overall family functioning…

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…