Making An Impact

IDOC provides correctional personnel training opportunities to enhance the substance use disorder counseling services within IDOC facilities, with the goal that IDOC staff enrolled in the program become certified alcohol and other drug counselors (CADC).

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The Mental Health Training & Technical Assistance page provides resources, tools, and training to build the knowledge and skills of anyone who hopes to promote mental health and wellness, effectively intervene with people experiencing mental health challenges, and support suicide prevention efforts.

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Reimagine Youth Development Training, Technical Assistance, and Support (RYD-TTAS) offers various positive youth development training opportunities to RPSA Youth Development Organizations and High-Risk Youth Intervention Organizations that provide out-of-school programming for youth residing in communities at increased risk of violence. Training opportunities are also available to the Reimagine Conveners and other RPSA Grantees.

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Our substance use prevention training and technical assistance staff work with local grantees throughout Illinois to give prevention specialists the training and information they need to prevent substance misuse in their communities effectively. In turn, they use their knowledge, skills, and abilities to directly impact their communities through community-based organizations, coalitions, schools, law enforcement, and others also working to prevent drug use in their communities. We are proud to be the training contractor for the Illinois Department of Human Service Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (IDHS SUPR).

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This program provides training and coordination for licensed treatment providers from the Illinois Department of Human Services Substance Use Prevention and Recovery.

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The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Education Program provides training services with resources and technical assistance to help TPP Grantees deliver evidence-based curricula with fidelity.

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The APRC provides training, education, resources, and tools on evidence-based alcohol policy strategies to municipalities, local officials, law enforcement, and community coalitions focused on reducing underage drinking in communities throughout Illinois.

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The CPRC provides education, training, expert-led webinars, resources, and tools on data-supported policies and strategies to prevent youth cannabis use, reduce youth access to cannabis, and promote healthy behaviors in communities.

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Prevention First’s Leadership Center provides online and web-based training, education, resources, and tools to assist IDHS-SUPR Illinois Leadership Centers, coalitions, ROSCs, and those interested in reducing opioid use disorder and preventing overdose deaths.

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Prevention First’s Youth and Caregiver Resource Center (YCRC) develops and distributes healing-centered resources for families impacted by parental substance use and incarceration. We believe that families play a vital role in their own healing and can act as change agents within their communities to create systems of care and disrupt cycles of intergenerational trauma.

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The YPRC provides training, technical assistance, and support to Jr. Highs, Middle Schools, and High Schools throughout Illinois. Our mission is to provide students with the best prevention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, drug use, risky and impaired driving, and other destructive decisions.

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COVID Mitigation Program
With funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support COVID-19 mitigation efforts, IDHS launched this project to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in community mental health centers (CMHC) and various substance use treatment and recovery settings. Contact us at covidmitigation@prevention.org for more information.

Substance Use Disorder Crisis Training

Tobacco Enforcement Training Program
The Tobacco Enforcement Training Program provides training, resources, and technical assistance to assist Tobacco Enforcement Grantees in delivering high-quality services. Contact us at ILTEP@prevention.org for more information.