Creating a Prevention Environment in Your Community

The most successful and sustainable community-wide prevention programs change the way your community thinks about and reacts to alcohol and substance abuse. IHD can help you develop this evidenced-based approach to prevention.

How to Create and Grow a Local Prevention Coalition.

IHD can show you proven methods for forming a group of concerned citizens, educators, law enforcement officials, businesses, youth workers and faith-based organizations — and how to make your presence and mission known to your community.

Strategic Planning and the Logic Model.

IHD can help you develop a strategic plan to reduce alcohol and substance abuse in your community — using the Logic Model, the most widely recommended prevention planning tool.

Alcohol Vendor Training.

Eliminating the sale of alcohol to minors and adults who procure for minors is a key prevention tool. IHD is a certified trainer for Responsible Beverage Service — a program that enlists alcohol vendors into your community's prevention efforts.

Developing Local Policies and Ordinances.

Evidence shows that stiffer penalties for alcohol and substance abuse and vigorous law enforcement reduce alcohol and drug-related crime. IHD can help police departments develop written policies for underage drinking, and we can show you how to advocate for tougher, local alcohol-related ordinances.

Sustainability.

Getting started in prevention is important but ensuring that you keep going is critical. Changing community attitudes about alcohol and substance abuse is a long-term process; so sustainability has to be built into your strategic plan. Byidentifying human and material resources, and learning how to use these resources effectively, IHD can help you keep your prevention momentum.

Recovery-Oriented System of Care.

Recovery from an addiction to alcohol and other drugs is a lifelong process of change that permits an individual to make healthy choices and improve the quality of his or her life. The ROSC model recognizes that nonclinical, community-based resources are essential for sustaining the recovery process for individuals and families. Through these services, individuals, families, and communities can gain access to recovery-focused services and support that will increase successful treatment completion rates, promote early re-engagement for those who have relapsed, and provide pathways to recovery for individuals not in need of clinical treatment service. IHD will work closely with communities, organizations and grantors to develop and implement effective, sustainable recovery support services.

Parents Are Teachers.

For immigrant parents, raising children in a new culture requires a special set of skills and a strong support network. That's why IHD developed Parents Are Teachers (PAT) in 1997 — a bilingual parenting skills program that received a national award as an Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Program.

Teen Institute

is an evidenced-based, four-day experiential program developed by IHD that has enabled thousands of teenagers to learn what it means to be leaders in their communities.

Contact IHD to start putting prevention to work for you.