Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Substance Abuse

Changing Systems: Outcomes from the RWJF Reclaiming Futures Initiative on Juvenile Justice and Substance Abuse

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:16:55 -0500

Reclaiming Futures (RF) is an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that seeks to improve outcomes for drug-involved youth in the juvenile justice system. The first phase of Reclaiming Futures (2002–07) was a ten-site demonstration effort that relied on organizational change and system reform to improve substance abuse interventions for youthful offenders.

National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:32:18 -0500

Start: Jul 22 2009 - 3:28pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The Truth About Drugs

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:36:41 -0600

Foundation for a Drug Free World is offering free The Truth About Drugs booklets to any teacher, parent, school, guidance counselor, government worker, etc. to read and distribute to their students/staff/organizations. Also, free The Truth About Drugs Campaign Folders can be ordered as well, all at www.drugfreeworld.org, which contains public service announcements on most drugs including marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, painkillers, Ecstasy, Heroin, Crack Cocaine, and more. To order these free materials, watch the public service announcements, and arrange for an event at your location, visit Connect for Kids and fill our your order/inquiry on the web. You can also email Meghan Fialkoff, New York Coordinator of Foundation for a Drug Free World, at dirprnyd@gmail.com.

Drugs4Real

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:47:15 -0500

Drugs4Real is a free Web-based prevention program that teaches early adolescents (ages 11 to 14) about the influence of alcohol and other drugs, and strengthens their commitment to avoid taking these substances.

ParentingTeensOnline

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:08:06 -0500

ParentingTeensOnline is a free monthly e-magazine for parents of teens ages 12-19. It offers practical, expert-guided advice and support on teen health, media and technology, drugs/alcohol, education, volunteering, sports, social issues, babysitting, sexuality ...

The Impact of Meth on Foster Care, Children, and Families

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:08:05 -0500

CFK Reports From: The Impact of Meth on Foster Care, Children, and Families
Event: Panel Discussion
Organized By: Generations United
Where/When: June 8, 2006; Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC

The discussion at this congressional briefing on the impact of methamphetamine abuse on foster care, children, and families paid special attention to the role being played by grandparents who step forward to become legal guardians for children who are removed from their homes due to a parent's methamphetamine abuse.

Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:04:28 -0500

CFK Reports From: Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids
Event: Author presentation and discussion
Organized By: Cato Institute
Where/When: Cato Institute, Washington DC, April 20, 2006

Maia Szalavitz, the author of Help at Any Cost (Riverhead, 2006), spoke about what she learned in the process of researching and writing her book, which looks at the continued reliance by some states and parents on a "tough love" form of addiction treatment for adolescents that relies on physical intimidation, humiliation and isolation.

Keeping Your Teens Drug-Free: A Guide for African American Parents and Caregivers

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:26:52 -0500

According to the Monitoring the Future study, younger (8th grade) African American teens are catching up to white teens when it comes to marijuana: 13 percent of African American and 14.5 percent of white teens report having used marijuana in the past year. This free guide is designed to give busy parents and caregivers the facts, ideas, and information they need to step in and discourage drug use in teens.

National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:03:36 -0500

Start: Mar 18 2006 - 12:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

March 18 - 24 is National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:10:16 -0500

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is fighting to free America's youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment. The Campaign is one of the nation's largest non-governmental initiatives ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Our primary goals are to:
--Alter the public's acceptance of tobacco by deglamorizing tobacco use and countering tobacco industry marketing to youth and other practices.

Children Are Our Future, Inc.

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:27:12 -0600

The mission of Children Are Our Future is to provide children in critical need with high quality programs and services, which nurture and enhance positive growth and productive adulthood.

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The Cheapest High

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:13:33 -0600

No shady dealer, no need to hand over a wad of bills, no needles, not even a match to light. No wonder inhalant abuse is among the most common forms of substance abuse among middle school boys and girls. It's also potentially deadly and hard to detect— and on the increase among young teens. Carole Moore reports on the dangers.

The Psychology of Steroids

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:58:42 -0500

Why do some teens—and even younger kids—use steroids? Connect for Kids' former staff writer Rob Capriccioso interviews Dr. Harrison Pope, a Harvard researcher, to help understand the subculture of youth steroid use.

Lee County, Florida - Safe & Drug Free Schools

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:56:25 -0500

Our mission is to promote good citizenship through prevention and intervention initiatives.

American Lung Association of West Virginia

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:38:29 -0600

The mission of the American Lung Association of West Virginia is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.