Parents and Teenagers
Explore our comprehensive resources designed for parents and teenagers, offering vital information and support for navigating the complexities of substance use prevention. Access educational materials, guidance, and tools to empower healthy decisions and foster open communication within your family.
Coalition Resources
Coalitions offer valuable substance use prevention resources tailored to community needs, providing education, advocacy, and support to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce substance abuse.
Christian County Prevention Coalition, Christian County
"...to work for a community free of abuse by our youth of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by mobilizing the community through education, support of programs that reduce risk or enhance protection, advocating changes in local policies that beneficially decrease risk and modify settings, and promoting positive family communication."
C.A.R.E. Coalition, Edgar County
Mission: to ensure a brighter and safer tomorrow for all community members. Target audience: Focused on teens and addicts in general. Founded after a local community member was released from rehab. and overdosed shortly after. Group meets monthly and works with local law enforcement and schools.
COMMUNITY HEALTH COLLABORATIVE-Logan County
The Community Health Collaborative at Lincoln Memorial Hospital connects healthcare providers, organizations, businesses, private individuals and churches to improve the health of the people and communities it serves.,
https://memorial.health/about-us/community-health/health-collaborations/community-health-collaborative/
Email: mccain.molly@mhsil.com
IMPACT Coalition, Piatt County
Composed of community members who have actively chosen to come together to bring Alcohol/Substance Use Prevention to the forefront of the minds of the Monticello Community. IMPACT has responded to a growing need for substance use prevention among our youth and includes everyone from counselors to police officers, from specialists to students. We are united by our mission.
Decatur Community Partnership- Macon County
The Decatur Drug-Free Community Coalition is a community-based formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration among groups or sectors of the community in which each group retains its identity, but all agree to work together toward a common goal of building a safe, healthy, and drug-free community.
Jersey County Drug Coalition
The Jersey County Against Drug Coalition was developed in response to JCHD receiving a grant from the IL Dept of Human Services. Funding is provided in whole or part by IDHS and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA). The JCAD first met in September 2012. The Coalition membership comes from a wide variety of community organizations.
LOGAN COUNTY SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION COALITION
The Substance Use Prevention coalition exists to prevent youth substance use, provide community education, and promote available resources to the people of Logan County.
Find Help
Discover essential resources for substance use prevention, including helplines, support groups, treatment centers, and online tools to support individuals seeking assistance and guidance on their journey toward recovery and prevention.
2•1•1
There are more than 200 211 agencies across the United States, each with a team of compassionate, highly trained community specialists who are available to help you access the best local resources and services to address any need.
FindTreatment.gov
(SAMHSA) Confidential and anonymous resource for persons seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free, and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the US.
Illinois Helpline
The only statewide public resource for finding substance use and problem gambling treatment and recovery services in Illinois. A 24/7 free and confidential service that will connect you to the information, support, and services that you need.
The Trevor Project
The leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. Provide information and support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ Find Help- Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more.
Additional Resources
Access additional resources for substance use prevention to further support your efforts in promoting healthy behaviors and preventing substance misuse.
Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR)
SUPR is to provide a recovery-oriented system of care along the continuum of prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery support where individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), those in recovery and those at risk are valued and treated with dignity and where stigma, accompanying attitudes, discrimination, and other barriers to recovery are eliminated.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Our mission is to advance science on drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health.
Prevention First
Works with organizations that actively promote healthy behaviors so they can be effective in their missions through training and ongoing education, we work with individuals who deliver prevention services, so they are equipped and confident to best support clients, schools, and communities and by taking an active role in addressing prevention areas of need through public awareness campaigns, resource centers, special initiatives, conferences, and networking events.
Partnership to End Addiction
We're on a mission to transform how our nation addresses addiction by empowering families, advancing effective care, shaping public policy and changing culture.
Prevent Child Abuse Illinois
PCA Illinois is actively involved in prevention education and public awareness, community outreach, public policy advocacy, and promotion of effective prevention programs.
Stop Bullying
Stop Bullying provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.
Get Smart About Drugs
A DEA resource for Parents, Educators and Caregivers
Smokefree
Smoke Free is the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that created Smokefree.gov to help you or someone you care about quit smoking.
Illinois Family Resource Center (IFRC)
IFRC is a statewide project, funded by the Department of Human Services: Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, for the purpose of ensuring family involvement and input in all aspects of family and community services within the Illinois substance use disorder (SUD's) treatment system.
National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA)
Our mission is to eliminate the adverse impact of alcohol and drug use on children and families. We envision a world in which no child who struggles because of family addiction will be left unsupported.
Focus Youth Gambling Prevention
Focus is a statewide youth prevention program that provides students with many programming opportunities to build skills in advocacy, leadership, public speaking, and youth gambling prevention education.
“Talk. They Hear You.”
SAMHSA’s national youth substance use prevention campaign helps parents and caregivers, educators, and community members get informed, be prepared, and take action to prevent underage drinking and other substance use.
Family Guidance Centers, Inc.
Family Guidance Centers, Inc. (FGC), a not-for-profit behavioral healthcare organization, treats and prevents substance use disorders and other related problems.