Resources

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention
Community Resources
Environmental Issues
General Health
Grants and Funding
Peer Helping
Red Ribbon Week
Violence Prevention

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention

Above the Influence: The Office of National Drug Control Policy's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.

Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Team (ADEPT): This organization run by the County of Orange Health Care Agency, provides alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention information, materials and videos.

Center for Drug Free Communities: Executive Director, Dr. Bill Beacham runs PAL Camps, and provides training for educators, law enforcement personnel and parents in substance use, abuse, prevention, and treatment.

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth: Monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth.

Great American Smokeout: Smokers across the nation take part in the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout® by smoking less or quitting for the day on the third Thursday of November.

Orange County Substance Abuse Prevention Network (OCSAPN): Promotes and enhances the quality, quantity, coordination, and cooperation of positive youth development programs and prevention services in Orange County.

Stop-Gap Players: Provides theatrical prevention presentations on date rape, substance abuse, prejudice, alcoholism in the family, conflict resolution, and decision making for elementary and secondary grades.

Tobacco Use Prevention Program (TUPP): Program of the County of Orange Health Care Agency that provides tobacco prevention, policy information, teen and adult cessation services, materials and videos.

World No Tobacco Day: The objective of World No-Tobacco Day is to bring awareness to the dangers of tobacco use.

Community Resources

Volunteer Center Orange County: Provides resources and volunteer opportunities for the public.

Orange County Register In Education Program: Register In Education is part of a national effort called Newspapers in Education (NIE). Includes programs that allow students to delve into subjects like math, science, politics, health, geography, and much more using up-to-the-minute information found only inside the daily newspaper.

Environmental Issues

Earth Day: Information on Earth Day events, activities and actions.

General Health

California Healthy Kids Resources: The California Healthy Kids Resource Center (CHKRC) maintains a comprehensive collection of reviewed health education materials for use by teachers, administrators, and other professionals who work with preschool through 12th grade students in school settings and after-school programs. These materials are available for loan from the CHKRC library, with free delivery in California.

CDC Healthy Youth: Center for Disease Control and Prevention has resources on a wide rage of health issues affecting youth.

National Health Dates: A listing of national health awareness dates by month.

Search Institute: Provides leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities.

Grants and Funding

Sprint Character Education Grant Program : Offers grants to support K–12 education initiatives that focus on character education.

ING Unsung Heroes: Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects.

Grants for Youth Activist Projects in the U.S. and Canada : Do Something's Plum Youth Grants are available to individuals, age 25 or under, who want to further the growth and success of their existing community action projects.

Orange County Substance Abuse Prevention Network(OCSAPN): Accepts applications for small scholarships or projects.

Peer Helping

National Association Peer Program Professionals: Nonprofit organization whose mission is to help adults establish, train supervise, maintain and evaluate peer programs.

PAL Camp: Executive Director, Dr. Bill Beacham runs camps for PAL students several times througout the year.

Soundout: Promotes student voice in school through research, training, and resource-sharing.

Texas PAL® Peer Assistance and Leadership: Provides PAL advisor training in the state of Texas.

Red Ribbon Week

ADEPT Red Ribbon Program: Red Ribbon Week training and event information.

Red Ribbon Resource Directory: Contact information for local services and resources for Red Ribbon Week.

Red Ribbon Community Toolkit: A comprehensive guide to help schools develop their Red Ribbon Week campaigns and year-long prevention efforts.

Red Ribbon Coalition: Red Ribbon Week trainings, technical assistance, support and resources.

Violence Prevention

Anti-Defamation League, A Classroom of Difference Training: Designed to address diversity issues in pre-k through 12th grade school communities.

Community Boards: Community mediation and conflict resolution education materials.

Safe School Ambassadors: The Safe School Ambassadors® program empowers leaders from the diverse groups and cliques on campus and equips them with nonviolent communication and intervention skills to stop bullying and violence among their peers.

Mix it Up: Mix It Up program helps K-12 teachers develop inclusive school communities.

No Name Calling Week: Week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds.

Orange County Human Relations: Provides inter-ethnic relations program and videos on youth violence and diversity issues.

Stop Bullying Now: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug‐Free Schools and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ website geared towards elementary students.