Substance Use Prevention Provider Grantee Information

Partnering With Youth: Building Prevention Week Success Stories – Learn about how to successfully engage youth in activities that meet the goals of National Prevention Week.

Stronger Together: Building Community Partnerships That Last – Explore proven strategies for building and sustaining strong relationships with community members and partners, drawing from the insights and experiences of a seasoned prevention professional.

Supplementals: Interactive Activities for Bigger Impact – Learn how to take your campaigns to the next level by creating engaging and interactive supplemental activities.

Partners in Prevention: Sustaining School Relationships That Work – Building and sustaining strong partnerships with multiple schools to establish trust, maintain engagement, and expand reach to support YPE programming.

From Planning to Impact: Winning Strategies for Drug Take Back Day. A successful Drug Take-Back Day doesn’t happen by accident. In this episode, we reveal practical strategies for building partnerships, engaging your community, and measuring impact to make your next event the best yet.

Recruiting schools for the Illinois Youth Survey can be challenging - but it’s also essential for strong prevention planning. In this episode we dive into real-world strategies and explore how to use that data to make a positive difference.

Rural prevention work comes with unique challenges — long distances, limited resources, and small teams. But it also brings creativity, collaboration, and deep community roots. In this episode of Voices in Prevention, we highlight preventionists from across rural Illinois who are finding innovative ways to connect, engage, and make a lasting difference.

Building a strong Youth Advisory Council takes more than recruitment - it takes strategy. In this episode, we share practical tips and real-world lessons for recruiting and retaining YAC members, creating youth-led groups that are engaged, diverse, and built to last. Walk away with actionable ideas you can use right away to strengthen your council and support meaningful youth leadership.

How can communities strengthen their alcohol policies? In this episode, we highlight how the Alcohol Policy Resource Center (APRC) partnered with SUPP agencies to provide hands-on support through policy reviews, cross-community comparisons, and environmental scans. You’ll also hear real-world examples, including APRC’s collaboration with the Ecker Center to review a Social Host Ordinance, and support given to two SUPP agencies in conducting environmental scans.

In this episode, we highlight creative and impactful ways prevention professionals are involving youth in planning and leading activities during National Prevention Week. From awareness events to youth-led messaging, you’ll hear practical examples that increase prevention knowledge, boost youth participation, and raise the visibility of substance use prevention across communities. Listeners will walk away with ideas and strategies they can use to empower youth and strengthen their own prevention efforts.

Elevate peer insights and lessons learned around summer planning, offering prevention professionals real-world examples and tips for coordinating your deliverable’s timelines into doable chunks you can accomplish over the summer to prepare for fall implementation.

Coalitions can be powerful partners in substance use prevention, bringing together community members and organizations to share data, build relationships, and strengthen local prevention strategies. In this episode, we hear from a SUPP grantee whose organization also leads its local coalition, offering a unique perspective on what coalition collaboration looks like in practice. Guests share lessons learned, challenges they’ve navigated, and practical advice for building stronger community connections and partnerships. Join us for an honest conversation filled with ideas and strategies you can apply in your own prevention efforts.