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Addiction and Substance Abuse

Addiction or misuse of alcohol and other drugs leads to approximately 120,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Improving treatment and preventing substance use can reduce the toll of alcohol and substance use on individuals and society.

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Free To Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities

January 24, 2012 | Program Results Report

Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities tested an innovative approach to two closely related public health problems - substance abuse and child abuse.

Evaluation of Free to Grow

May 9, 2011 | Journal Article

This article describes the independent evaluation conducted of Free to Grow (FTG) based at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Researcers compared 14 FTG sites with 14 matched Head Start agencies and communities without the program.

When Students Have an Emergency, the Brookline Resilient Youth Team Steps in

April 18, 2011 | Program Results Report

In 2004, the Brookline Community Mental Health Center and Brookline High School established the Brookline Resilient Youth Team. It provides counseling and academic help to high school students who are re-entering school after a personal emergency.

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

January 28, 2011 | Program Results 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.

Free to Grow

January 1, 2006 | Book

Recommended Reading Evaluation of the Free to Grow Initiative: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities  Executive Summary: Protecting Children from Substance Abuse Protecting Children from Substance Abuse: Lessons from Free to ...

In Puerto Rican Community, Families Help Others Combat Drug Abuse Through Head Start

October 1, 2003 | Program Results Report

Aspira de Puerto Rico developed a family-to-family peer mentoring model of substance abuse prevention based on the Latino concept of compadres (godparents).

Cherokee Nation Project Promotes Fitness to Fight Substance Abuse

October 1, 2003 | Program Results Report

The Cherokee Nation tribal health department established a project designed to enhance the protective factors that would help keep young people away from substance abuse.

Recovery High School

January 1, 2002 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, best-selling author Digby Diehl tells the story of Recovery High in Albuquerque, N.M., an alternative school for substance-abusing adolescents.

An Immigrant Community Takes Actions Against Drug Addiction

September 5, 2008 | Program Results Report

The Head Start program in New York City developed Project Right Start, a family and community-strengthening model that prepares parents to participate actively in community efforts to address substance abuse and related issues.

Healthy Nations: Reducing Substance Abuse Among Native Americans

September 10, 2007 | Program Results Report

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

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