Youth Prevention and Intervention Programs
To learn more about these programs in your community, please contact Bryan Bilse, PARCC Director or Sara McChesney, PARCC Coordinator
PreVenture
PreVenture is an evidence-based prevention program that uses brief, personality-focused workshops to promote mental health and delay substance use among youth.
The program aims to equip young people with self-efficacy and cognitive behavioral skills to help them cope with the numerous developmental challenges that many adolescents face, such as academic stress, peer pressure, interpersonal conflict, and identity development.
INDEPTH:
An Alternative to Suspension and/or Citation
Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health (INDEPTH) is a new, convenient alternative to suspension or citation that helps schools and communities address the teen vaping problem in a more supportive way.
Instead of solely focusing on punitive measures, INDEPTH is an interactive program that teaches students about nicotine dependence, establishing healthy alternatives, and how to kick the unhealthy addiction that got them in trouble in the first place.
Developed by the American Lung Association in partnership with the Prevention Research Center of West Virginia University, this new free education program is available for any school or community to establish to help our teens make healthier choices.
INDEPTH is an alternative to suspension program that teaches young people about the risk factors of nicotine addiction and ways to quit vaping.
One Pill Can Kill Campaign
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate 94,112 American lives were lost due to drug overdose during the 12-month period ending July 2024.
Responding to the fentanyl threat with unparalleled actions and creating disruptions across the illicit fentanyl supply chain, DEA seized over 55,500,000 fentanyl pills and 7,800 pounds of fentanyl last year. That equates to nearly 367 million deadly doses removed from our communities. Half of the pills tested by DEA contain a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl.
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