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Join Together Convenes a Meeting on Keeping Kids Healthy and Produces a Report on Screening and Brief Interventions for Risky Drinking and Drug Taking

August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report

Join Together developed lessons and recommendations from RWJF child and adolescent-focused initiatives to keep children safe, healthy and addiction free and prepared and distributed a report on screening and brief interventions for risky drinking and drug taking.

Santa Barbara Fights Back to Reduce Teenage Drinking

October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Fighting Back project in Santa Barbara, Calif., worked from 1990 to 2002 to reduce the personal and community consequences that result from illegal drug use and alcohol abuse.

Using "Cluster" Groups to Seek Solutions to Tribal Drinking

October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The White Mountain Apache Tribe organized "cluster" groups of people with similar interests as a way to find solutions to community problems, especially in the area of substance abuse.

Adolescents Respond Best to Interactive Drug Prevention Programs

October 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

Tobler Research Associates conducted a systematic review of studies examining the effectiveness of tobacco and substance abuse prevention programs.

Healthy Nations: Reducing Substance Abuse Among Native Americans

September 10, 2007 | Program Result Report

Native Americans suffer disproportionately compared with other groups in the United States from diseases and death due to alcohol, drugs and substance abuse.

Join Together: A National Resource Center

November 16, 2012 | Program Result Report

For two decades Join Together served as a national resource center for local substance abuse initiatives, and promoted policies that enhance prevention and treatment. The Partnership at Drugfree.org is now the portal for these resources.

Rebecca Project for Human Rights Expands Advocacy

May 3, 2011 | Program Result Report

From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.

Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth

January 28, 2011 | Program Result Report

Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.

Multi-State "Best Friends" Program Addresses Risky Behaviors Among Teenage Girls

May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

The Best Friends Foundation developed and implemented a youth development program for girls in grades 6 to 12 with the message that they should wait until marriage to begin sexual relations and abstain from drinking, smoking and using illegal drugs.

Community Alliance Combats Substance Abuse in Vallejo, Calif.

May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

The Fighting Back project in Vallejo, Calif., worked from 1990 to 2002 to prevent, intervene and treat alcohol and other drug abuse, focusing on local partnerships and strategic alliances to coordinate activities.