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Federal Agencies and Resources

CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
Founded in 1946, the CDC is one of 13 major operating components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The agency focuses on public health efforts to prevent and control infectious diseases, injuries, hazards in the workplace, and environmental threats to health. Its Web site homepage is a first step toward CDC’s many online resources, including many that address substance abuse and related topics.

NCHM – National Center for Health Marketing www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing
The mission of the National Center for Health Marketing is to protect and promote health
and advance CDC’s goals through innovative health marketing programs, products, and
services that are customer-centered, high-impact, and science-based. NCHM helps
define the future of health marketing within CDC, the Federal sector, and beyond.

NCHSTP – National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html
As the Federal Government’s lead Agency in combating HIV/AIDS, the CDC is a source
of extensive data, public education material, and prevention information accessible
through numerous links on its Web site. Statistics and prevention measures relating to
HIV/AIDS risks and prevalence among drug users are included.

OSH – Office on Smoking and Health www.cdc.gov/nccdphp
The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) is a division within the National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, one of the CDC centers.
OSH is responsible for leading and coordinating strategic efforts aimed at preventing
tobacco use among youth, promoting smoking cessation, protecting nonsmokers from
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and eliminating tobacco-related health disparities.
The CDC-OSH Web site, www.cdc.gov/tobacco, contains numerous resources such as
“Taking Action Against Secondhand Smoke – An Online Toolkit,” “CAPS—Community Actions and Practices,” and “National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) State Exchange.”

DoEd – U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov
As with other major Federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Education (DoEd) has responsibility for numerous activities relating to substance abuse prevention interests to varying degrees. The following two important DoEd programs are directly involved in substance abuse prevention: HEC – Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention www.edc.org/hec Funded by DoEd, the Higher Education Center provides support to all institutions ofhigher education in their efforts to address alcohol and illicit drug problems.
DoEd established the Center to provide nationwide support for campus alcohol and other
drug prevention efforts. The Center works with colleges, universities, and proprietary
schools throughout the country to develop strategies for changing campus culture, to
foster environments that promote healthy lifestyles, and to prevent illegal alcohol and
illicit drug use among students.
The Higher Education Center provides technical assistance, develops publications, and
conducts training workshops. Further information may be obtained from:
The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence
Prevention
Education Development Center, Inc.
55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458-1060
Phone: 1-800-676-1730
Fax: (617) 928-1537
E-mail: HigherEdCtr@edc.org
Web: www.edc.org/hec/

OSDFS – Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) administers, coordinates, and
recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities to
prevent violence and substance abuse. The Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program is the Federal Government’s primary vehicle for reducing alcohol, tobacco, illicit drug use, and
violence through education and prevention activities in our Nation’s schools.
The OSDFS oversees several programs intended to create safe schools, respond to crises,
prevent drug abuse and violence, ensure the health and well-being of students and
promote development of good character and citizenship. Some of these provide funding
to States and communities, while others operate at a national level.
For the latest information on Safe and Drug-Free Schools programs and funding
opportunities, visit www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/programs.html .
(Source: www.edc.org/hec/abouthec.htm )

DHHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov
DHHS/U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Dietary Guidelines for
Americans www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines
“Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been published jointly every 5 years since 1980
by DHHS and the USDA. The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people ages 2
years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for
major chronic diseases. They serve as the basis for Federal food and nutrition education
programs.” Of interest to those engaged in efforts to prevent alcohol abuse and alcohol related problems are the publication’s Chapter 9 guidelines for alcohol consumption,
which constitute a de facto “official” definition of moderate or responsible alcohol use.
The chapter’s key recommendations are:
• Those who choose to drink alcoholic beverages should do so sensibly and in
moderation—defined as the consumption of up to one drink per day for women and
up to two drinks per day for men.
• Alcoholic beverages should not be consumed by some individuals, including those
who cannot restrict their alcohol intake, women of childbearing age who may become
pregnant, pregnant and lactating women, children and adolescents, individuals taking
medications that can interact with alcohol, and those with specific medical conditions.
• Alcoholic beverages should be avoided by individuals engaging in activities that
require attention, skill, or coordination, such as driving or operating machinery.

DHHS www.hhs.gov/news/factsheet/subabuse.html
This January 13, 2006, DHHS Fact Sheet summarizes recent findings from DHHS
substance abuse surveys; DHHS programs, services, and campaigns relating to substance abuse; DHHS substance abuse prevention and treatment research; and DHHS resources on the subject.

HP2010 – Healthy People 2010 www.healthypeople.gov
Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade
of the new century. It can be used by many different people, States, communities, professional
organizations, and others to help them develop programs to improve health.
Healthy People 2010 builds on initiatives pursued over the past two decades. The 1979 Surgeon
General’s Report, Healthy People, and Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Objectives both established national health objectives and served as the basis for the development of State and community plans. Like its predecessors, Healthy People 2010 was developed through a broad consultation process, built on the best scientific knowledge and designed to measure programs over time. (Source:www.healthypeople.gov/About/whatis.htm )
Healthy People 2010 is published by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ODPHP/DHHS). The report states two overall
goals: to increase quality and years of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities. These are
supported by 467 objectives organized within 28 main focus areas, each identifying an overall
goal. Twenty-five objectives in Section 26, Substance Abuse, address alcohol and illicit drugs.
Tobacco Use, covered in Section 27, offers 21 objectives regarding all tobacco products.
However, other topics addressed in Healthy People 2010 have direct bearing on substance abuse
prevention as well. For example, objective 23-17, within Focus Area 23, Public Health
Infrastructure, is specific to prevention research and a new Focus Area 11, Health
Communications, is specific to using communications strategically to improve health.
Healthy People 2010 is available online. A table of contents makes it possible to link to selected
sections of the text and to specific health focus topics and their matching objectives.

DOJ – U.S. Department of Justice www.usdoj.gov
Given the frequency with which drug and alcohol use are linked with other serious problems
addressed by Department of Justice programs, the agency’s Web site should be consulted
regularly. In addition, several DOJ entities have funding opportunities, programs, data, and other resources directly bearing on substance abuse prevention. A few of these are listed below.

DEA – Drug Enforcement Administration www.dea.gov
The DEA enforces the Nation’s controlled substances laws and regulations. It also
recommends and supports non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances. The DEA has 227 domestic offices located in every State and in Puerto Rico. Demand Reduction is one of the agency’s key programs. DEA field office personnel frequently collaborate with States and communities in drug education and prevention activities.

NCJRS – National Criminal Justice Reference Service www.ncjrs.gov
The DOJ’s Office of National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) has many
types of information about substance abuse in relationship to crime and violence. The
NCJRS site’s Crime Prevention area has sections of online publications grouped by
specific illicit (e.g., methamphetamine) and legal (e.g., alcohol) substances, as well as
under “Substance Abuse Indicators,” “Testing,” and “Treatment.” The site provides
collections of other publications on subjects such as risk factors and community
responses, all within the broader context of criminal justice concerns.

NIJ – National Institute of Justice www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij
The Department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is its research, development, and
evaluation agency. The 2006 Drug Courts: The Second Decade is among several useful
publications available from the NIJ’s Web site.

OJJDP – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/index.html
OJJDP, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice,
supports States, communities, and tribal jurisdictions in their efforts to develop and
implement effective programs for juveniles. The Office seeks to strengthen the juvenile
justice system’s protection of public safety, hold offenders accountable, and provide
appropriate services for youth and their families.
OJJDP sponsors research, program, and training initiatives; develops priorities and goals
and sets policies to guide Federal juvenile justice issues; disseminates information about
juvenile justice issues; and awards funds to States to support local programming
nationwide through its five components:
• Office of the Administrator
• Child Protection Division
• Demonstration Programs Division
• State Relations and Assistance Division
• Office of Policy Development.

Current and past OJJDP funding are described in a Funding area of the agency’s Web
site, as are many categories of statistics and practical step-by-step guides. Various
OJJDP-funded programs are summarized in the Programs area, and a separate section of
the site links to OJJDP contacts within each State.

OJP – Office of Justice Programs www.ojp.usdoj.gov/substanceabuse/
The Substance Abuse and Crime section of the OJP Web site has many resources,
including training and technical assistance opportunities. A PDF file of the 90-page 1990
OJP report Promising Strategies to Reduce Substance Abuse can be accessed through the
site (www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojp/183152.pdf).

OJP-BJS – Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/drugs.htm
Statistics on drugs and crime are summarized and detailed data are offered on the BJS Web site.

DOT’s NHTSA – U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration www.nhtsa.dot.gov
The NHTSA has Federal responsibility for the safety of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians on the Nation’s highways. The NHTSA Office of Traffic Safety Programs provides leadership in the prevention of alcohol/drug-impaired driving and sponsors public education campaigns on the issue. Within the Office of Traffic Safety Programs, NHTSA’s Impaired Driving (Drugs and
Alcohol) Safety Program collaborates with partners to prevent deaths, injuries, and economic loss due to alcohol/drug-related highway crashes. A series of downloadable Stop Impaired
Drivers Planners linked to various holidays and celebrations throughout the calendar year are archived at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/StopImpaired/PlannersArchive/ArchivePlanners.htm .
The Programs and Grants area of the NHTSA Web site contains information on the numerous funding programs for which States are eligible, including some specific to alcohol and/or drug
abuse and highway safety. You can find this information at
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.c5f2b2d02df83a9d304a4c4447108a0c/ .

DOT – Blood Alcohol Concentration, State, and Federal Law
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatis/bb/2007/pages/NHTSAPerfMeas.htm
It is illegal per se to drive a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or
above a specified level in the United States. The customary level in most States was .10
BAC for drivers aged 21 and above. In a 1992 Report to Congress, NHTSA recommended that all States lower their illegal per se level to .08 for all drivers 21 years
of age and older. As of August 2005, all 50 States, the District of Colombia, and Puerto
Rico have set .08 BAC as the maximum level for drivers.
Additional information and other resources for preventing alcohol/drug-impaired driving
are available from your State Highway Safety Office, from the NHTSA Regional Office
serving your State, or from:
NHTSA Headquarters
Traffic Safety Programs
ATTN: NTS-11
400 Seventh Street, SW.
Washington, DC, 20590
Phone: 202-366-9588
Web: www.nhtsa.dot.gov
NHTSA—see DOT

ONDCP – White House Office of National Drug Control Policy www.ondcp.gov
ONDCP was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 within the executive office of the
President to set policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation’s drug control program.
ONDCP’s goals are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing and trafficking, drug-related crime
and violence, and drug-related health consequences.
To achieve these goals, ONDCP’s director is charged with producing the National Drug Control
Strategy, which directs the Nation’s anti-drug efforts and establishes a program, a budget, and
guidelines for cooperation among Federal, State, and local entities.
By law, ONDCP’s director also evaluates, coordinates, and oversees both the international and
domestic anti-drug efforts of executive branch agencies and ensures that such efforts sustain and
complement State and local anti-drug activities. The director advises the President regarding
changes in the organization, management, budgeting, and personnel of Federal agencies that
could affect the Nation’s anti-drug efforts and ensure Federal agency compliance with their
obligations under the Strategy.
The purpose of ONDCP is articulated in the agency’s mission, core responsibilities, and the
National Drug Control Strategy. Files of each year’s Strategy document are archived at
www.ondcp.gov/publications/policy/ndcs06/.
The Prevention section of ONDCP’s site offers information about ONDCP support programs,
prevention strategies, prevention principles, research and evaluation, publications, and other
resources at www.ondcp.gov/prevent/index.html . Drug-Free Communities www.ondcp.gov/dfc/

National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign www.mediacampaign.org
In 1998, with bipartisan support and through the united efforts of Congress and the
President, ONDCP created the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, a
multidimensional effort designed to educate and empower youth to reject illicit drugs.
The campaign’s messages have become ubiquitous in the lives of America’s youth and
their parents. From network television advertisements to school-based educational
materials, from playground basketball backboards to Web sites, and from parenting skills
brochures to ads in movie theaters, the campaign’s messages reach Americans wherever
they live, work, learn, and play. The campaign’s primary Web site contains the history of
the campaign since its inception. Links to other resources and to other ONDCP sponsored
sites also are provided as well as sites for parents and for teens.

College and Universities

DoEd’s Higher Education Center’s Web site: “What Campuses Are Doing” www.edc.org/hec

This section includes links to colleges and universities providing various types of substance abuse programs and services, grouped within categories:
www.prev.org is the Web site of the Prevention Resource Center in Berkeley, CA, a project of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.
www.uky.edu/RGS/PreventionResearch is the online resource for the Center for Prevention Research at the University of Kentucky.
www.ria.buffalo.edu is maintained by the Research Institute on Addictions located at the State University of New York in Buffalo.

http://depts.washington.edu/sdrg is the Web address for the University of Washington’s Social Development Research Group, directed by J. David Hawkins, Ph.D.

National Resources

Numerous national private sector, not-for-profit organizations offer resources and collaboration
in substance abuse prevention. It would not be possible to list all of them in the space available
here, nor is this selection intended to imply that those included are recommended any more than others that are not. Brief descriptions of a few of these organizations and their Web site
addresses are listed below, as well as some online lists of links to similar groups and of
community-based coalitions active in substance abuse prevention.

American Council for Drug Education (ACDE)www.acde.org
ACDE was founded in 1977 to provide the public with scientifically valid materials about drugs.
The group offers education programs, a magazine for teachers and storybooks for preschoolers,
and operates www.drughelp.org as a private nonprofit referral network. Since 1995, ACDE has
been affiliated with the Phoenix House Foundation.

American Legacy Foundation (Legacy) www.americanlegacy.org
Legacy is a national, independent, public health foundation located in Washington, DC. Legacy
works with other organizations that are interested in decreasing the use of tobacco by Americans.
Among Legacy’s top priorities are to reduce tobacco use by young people and to support
programs that help people quit smoking. Legacy also works to limit people’s exposure to
secondhand smoke.
Legacy has a national grants program; provides support for State and local tobacco prevention,
education, and cessation; and funds small organizations or individuals for innovative ideas that
might foster future programs to reduce tobacco use.
Legacy also has a research and evaluation program that is charged to fund studies and publish
reports on tobacco prevention matters, including the factors that influence youth tobacco use.
Legacy actively reaches out to minority communities, especially those most devastated by
cigarette smoking or other tobacco use. Legacy supports the Tobacco Technical Assistance
Consortium (TTAC) to help develop and evaluate new tobacco prevention programs and provide
technical support.

American Public Health Association (APHA) — Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other
Drugs Section www.hhd.org/apha
The goals of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) Section of APHA are to: (1)
develop, foster, and advocate for sound research, policy, and practice in the fields of ATOD
epidemiology, prevention, and treatment and (2) enhance communications concerning ATOD
issues among the Section membership and between the membership, the APHA leadership, and
the wider community.
The site offers downloadable newsletters, each year’s program for the ATOD Section at the
APHA Convention, and a “Leadership Directory” of e-mail links to active members of the
ATOD Section.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids www.tobaccofreekids.org
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the largest nongovernmental initiative to protect
children from tobacco addiction. This site provides recent news and information and links to
sites with research data online.

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) www.cspinet.org
CSPI is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety
and nutritional quality of our food supply and on reducing the damage caused by abuse of
alcoholic beverages. CSPI seeks to promote health through educating the public about nutrition
and alcohol; it represents citizens’ interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies;
and it works to ensure advances in science are used for the public good.
CSPI’s Alcohol Policy Project addresses a range of issues regarding underage drinking and
alcohol abuse. This area of the CSPI Web site (www.cspinet.org/booze) archives the Project’s
alerts, news releases, fact sheets, and other resources helpful to those engaged in environmental
alcohol prevention.

http://captus.samhsa.gov , CSAP’s CAPTs Web site, also provides links to university based
substance abuse research centers.
Also, the “Hot Links” option leads to the Higher Education Center’s extensive
alphabetical links list. Included are many college/university-based substance abuse
research projects.

Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) www.cesar.umd.edu
CESAR is a research center within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University
of Maryland, College Park. CESAR’s primary mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate
information on the nature and extent of substance abuse and related problems in Maryland
and nationwide. In addition, CESAR conducts policy-relevant research on specific initiatives
to prevent, treat, and control substance abuse and evaluates prevention and treatment
programs. CESAR also provides technical assistance and training to State and local
government agencies. CESAR receives annual funding for many of its activities through a
grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
CESAR provides three primary information services:
• The weekly CESAR Fax provides a one-page overview of a timely substance abuse topic.
• The CESAR Web site, www.cesar.umd.edu , provides substance abuse-related
information.
• The CESAR library serves as an information clearinghouse on substance abuse and
related topics.

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) http://cadca.org
CADCA’s mission is to create and strengthen the capacity of new and existing coalitions to build
safe, healthy, and drug-free communities. The organization supports its members with technical
assistance and training, public policy, media strategies and marketing programs, conferences,
and special events. CADCA partners with a number of significant private and public
organizations.

Annually, CADCA hosts a National Leadership Forum, usually in February, and it is the
Nation’s largest training conference for community coalition activists and substance abuse
professionals, featuring more than 75 workshops on some of today’s most pressing prevention
issues. Since 2005, CSAP has sponsored Community Prevention Day, which is held prior to the
beginning of the Forum. Prevention Day provides community organizations, prevention leaders,
and public health activists an opportunity to share experiences and information and establish new relationships in regional/State working sessions. In 2007, the entire focus of Prevention Day will be on underage drinking.

Drug Strategies www.drugstrategies.org
“Drug Strategies promotes more effective approaches to the Nation’s drug problems and
supports private and public efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement, and community initiatives.” The group has issued numerous reports assessing the effectiveness of various public and private substance abuse prevention efforts.

Elks Drug Awareness Resource Center www.elks.org/drugs
Since 1983, the Elks Drug Awareness Program has worked to prevent youth drug use through
education. The Elks have the resources—in dollars, facilities, and volunteers—to work with the
experts to ensure that young people know the facts about drugs. In addition to sponsoring
seminars, workshops, and drug-free functions, the organization has printed and distributed
literature developed by authorities on drug awareness.
In 2006, the Elks collaborated with DHHS/SAMHSA (serving as a content consultant) and
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. on the comic book, Spiderman and the Fabulous Four in Hard
Choices. This comic book features Marvel super heroes and Elroy the Elk in a battle against
underage drinking.

Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) www.eap-association.com
EAPA is the largest and oldest professional association for people in the employee assistance
program field. EAPA represents more than 5,000 individuals with an interest in employee
assistance around the globe.
Founded in 1971, EAPA works to develop and maintain the best possible workplace
relationships for workers everywhere. EAPA members follow professional standards and a strict
code of ethics, which includes a firm commitment to protect and uphold confidentiality.
Links to EAPA chapters in several communities are included in the EAPA Web site. EAPA
publications on a wide variety of employee assistance-related topics can be ordered from the site as well.

Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) www.easna.org
EASNA was founded in 1985 as an association for Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
professionals and organizations. EASNA’s EAP accreditation program, membership services,
and professional training opportunities promote standards of employee assistance practices.
EASNA is an international group of professional leaders with competencies in such specialties as
workplace and family wellness, employee benefits, and organizational development.
Information about EASNA’s Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, briefs, and a monthly
trend report are among the group’s publications accessible through their Web site.

Facing Alcohol Concerns through Education (FACE® Initiative) www.faceproject.org
FACE® is a national nonprofit organization focused on alcohol issues. It works in media
development and training for the reduction of alcohol-related problems. In 1989, FACE® stood
for Facing Alcohol Concerns through Education. It retains this acronym because it is widely
known, but it has added Truth and Clarity on Alcohol. In 1998, the group filed a new trademark
and is now known as FACE®—Truth and Clarity on Alcohol.
FACE® concepts are focus tested in rural, urban, and suburban environments and with culturally
diverse groups, including African American, Latino, and Native American individuals.
FACE® offers trainings and products, including full-color bookmarks, posters, and cards.

Join Together www.jointogether.org
Join Together, founded in 1991, is a project of the Boston University School of Public Health,
funded by grants from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others to help community based policy, prevention, and treatment efforts in substance abuse and violence. Its Web site
contains numerous resources of use to substance abuse prevention interests, and Join Together
Online (JTO) offers a variety of services and information products. Among these is its popular
JTO Direct subscription service, through which subscribers receive daily news summaries via email.

Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol-Free www.alcoholfreechildren.org
Jointly founded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, Leadership is a coalition of Governor’s spouses and public and
private organizations. The group’s purpose is to prevent use of alcohol by children between the
ages of 9 and 15.

Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems www.marininstitute.org
This policy-focused advocacy organization offers training and publications primarily concerned
with alcohol marketing practices and counter strategies. The Marin Institute works closely with
the World Health Organization as well as many groups in the United States to promote
environmental prevention.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) www.madd.org
MADD was founded by a group of California mothers in 1980 to “look for effective solutions to
drunk driving and underage drinking problems, while supporting those who have already
experienced the pain of these senseless crimes.” State and local MADD chapters are accessible
via the national organization’s Web site.

National Alliance for Hispanic Health www.hispanichealth.org
As the oldest and largest network of health and human service providers serving Hispanic/Latino
consumers in the United States, the Alliance operates an HIV/AIDS Community Technical
Assistance program funded by the CDC and Nuestras Voces, a Hispanic Youth Tobacco Policy
and Leadership Initiative supported by the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health. Information
about these and other programs can be located on the Web site.

National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA) www.napafasa.org
NAPAFASA was founded in 1988 as a private, nonprofit membership organization addressing
alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug issues among Asian and Pacific Islander (API) populations on
the continental United States, Hawaii, the six Pacific Island jurisdictions, and elsewhere.
NAPAFASA involves service providers, families, and youth in efforts to reach API communities
to promote health and social justice and reduce substance abuse and related problems.
Information about recent NAPAFASA activities and services, conferences, and funding news is
on their Web site.

National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) www.nacoa.org
NACoA is a national nonprofit membership organization working on behalf of children of
alcohol- and drug-dependent parents. NACoA’s mission is to advocate for all children and
families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies through awareness raising, public
policy, advocacy for education and prevention services, and advancing professional knowledge
and understanding.
NACoA has affiliate organizations throughout the country and in Great Britain; publishes a bimonthly newsletter; distributes videos, booklets, posters, and other educational materials; mails information packets; offers training and technical assistance, and maintains a toll-free phone line, 888-55-4COAS.

National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) www.nadcp.org
Founded in 1994 by drug court Judge Jeffrey Tauber, NADCP seeks to reduce substance abuse,
crime, and recidivism by promoting and advocating for the establishment and funding of drug
courts and by providing for collection and dissemination of information, technical assistance, and
mutual support to association members.
The NADCP Web site offers downloadable resource guides and other publications to help
communities seeking to establish drug courts and identify Federal, State, and local monies
available for the purpose.

National Association of Lesbian & Gay Addiction Professionals (NALGAP) www.nalgap.org
NALGAP is a membership organization founded in 1979 and dedicated to the prevention and
treatment of alcoholism, substance abuse, and other addictions in
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) communities. NALGAP’s mission is to confront
homophobia and heterosexism in the delivery of services to LGBT people and to advocate for
LGBT-affirming programs and services. NALGAP provides information, training, networking
and advocacy, and support for addiction professionals, individuals in recovery, and others
concerned about LGBT health.
NALGAP organizes LGBT substance abuse sessions at annual conferences and has contributed
to the development of major publications on substance abuse among LGBT populations,
including the LGBT Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Links to these and
additional resources are included on the Web site.

National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) and
National Prevention Network (NPN) www.nasadad.org
NASADAD is a private, not-for-profit educational, scientific, and informational organization
originally incorporated in 1971 to serve State drug agency directors and expanded in 1978 to
include State alcoholism agency directors. NASADAD’s basic purpose is to foster and support
the development of effective alcohol and illicit drug abuse prevention and treatment programs
throughout every State. The Washington, DC, office is headed by an executive director and
includes research and program applications, prevention services, public policy, and financial and
management information systems.
NASADAD also serves as the administrative home for the National Prevention Network (NPN)
and includes NPN news and information on its Web site. NPN, an organization of State alcohol
and other drug abuse prevention representatives, is a component of NASADAD, and provides a
national advocacy and communication system for prevention. State prevention representatives
work with their respective State agency directors for alcohol and other drug abuse to ensure the provision of high quality and effective alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug abuse prevention
services in each State. The NPN president serves as the NASADAD vice president of prevention
on the NASADAD board of directors. For more information on NPN, please see the first section
in this handbook.

National Association on Alcohol, Drugs & Disability (NAADD) www.naadd.org
NAADD promotes awareness and education about substance abuse among people with coexisting
disabilities. The mission of NAADD is to create public awareness of issues related to
alcoholism, drug addiction, and substance abuse faced by people with other co-existing
disabilities and to provide a peer approach to enhance access to services, information, education, and prevention through the collaborative efforts of interested individuals and organizations nationwide.

National Black Alcoholism and Addictions Council (NBAC) www.nbacinc.org
NBAC was established in 1978 as a means for Blacks interested in combating alcoholism to
exchange ideas, provide services, and coordinate and facilitate programs operating in the
interests of Black Americans. The group encourages prevention and treatment efforts by
government and private groups, sponsors an intensive Black Alcohol & Addictions Institute,
holds educational forums, collects and distributes educational materials, and collaborates with
public and private partners in solving community problems associated with alcoholism/addictions and substance abuse.

National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) www.nbcdi.org
Since 1970, NBCDI, a nonprofit organization, has provided and supported programs, workshops,
and resources for African American children, their parents, and communities in early health
education, elementary and secondary health education, child welfare, and parenting.

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
(CASA) www.casacolumbia.org
The Center was founded in 1992 by former Secretary of Health and Education Joseph A.
Califano, Jr. and boasts an interdisciplinary staff of more than 60 professionals.
The CASA mission is to:
• Inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on
their lives.
• Assess what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.
• Encourage every individual and institution to take responsibility to combat substance
abuse and addiction.
• Provide those on the frontlines with the tools they need to succeed.
• Remove the stigma of abuse and replace shame and despair with hope.
CASA convenes meetings; publishes reports, surveys, and other documents; and advocates
through media for prevention and policies relating to substance abuse problems.

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)
www.ncadd.org
NCADD was founded in 1946 to fight the stigma and the disease of alcoholism and other drug
addictions and to refer those in need to available resources. NCADD’s Web site provides
objective information, statistics, facts, referral, and advocacy, and it highlights awareness and
prevention programs and campaigns.
NCADD affiliates can be found in many communities. A directory, including e-mail contacts, is
included on the Web site. These affiliates and many other State and local organizations
participate in the observance of NCADD’s traditional Alcohol Awareness Month Campaign and
Alcohol-Free Weekend in April.

National Families in Action (NFIA)
www.nationalfamilies.org
NFIA was founded in Atlanta, GA, in 1977. Its mission is to help families and communities
prevent drug use among children by promoting policies based on science.
The NFIA Web site includes the group’s “Guide to the Drug-Prevention Movement,” “Guide to
the Drug-Legalization Movement,” “Guide to Drug-Related State-Ballot Initiatives,” and many
substance-specific fact sheets about the effects of each drug on the brain. The site also offers the NFIA Drug Abuse Update digest. In 2004, the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded NFIA a 3-year, $4.2 million grant to create and operate Parent Corps, a Federal initiative to help parents prevent drug use by their children.

National Family Partnership (NFP)
www.nfp.org
NFP is best known for the annual Red Ribbon Campaign it has coordinated since 1986. The NFP
national office serves as a resource for parents and for its partners and offers prevention
materials, parent information, and networking opportunities. The national office also offers
technical assistance to community groups through its many partners.
The Red Ribbon Celebration is an awareness campaign. Each year in October, Americans
support NFP’s mission by wearing red ribbons and young people across the country send red
ribbons to the President of the United States with their personal messages and pleas for healthy, safe, drug-free lives and communities.
More recently, NFP has added an annual “Plant the Promise” tulip-planting campaign as another
way for children and adults to support the Red Ribbon Campaign.
Note: In 2005, SAMHSA issued a Red Ribbon Community Action Guide to help States and
communities achieve increased benefits from supporting and participating in the annual
observance. The guide is available in PDF format at
http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/Prevline/pdfs/Red_Ribbon_CAG.pdf .

National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC)
www.inhalants.org
NIPC coordinates National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week each spring, often in
collaboration with Federal partners. The NIPC Web site contains facts about inhalant abuse in
English and Spanish. (Note: Most of the NIPC products are for adults. They could inform youth
of abusable products. For additional education and media resources, see http://mass.gov/dph/bsas ).

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS)
www.nofas.org
NOFAS is a nonprofit organization founded in 1990 and dedicated to eliminating birth defects
caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy and improving the quality of life for those
individuals and families affected. NOFAS, the only national organization focusing solely on fetal
alcohol syndrome (FAS), piloted many of its programs in Native American communities and
takes a multicultural approach to prevention and healing.
NOFAS focuses on national and community-based public awareness campaigns, a curriculum for
medical and allied health students, training workshops and seminars for professional and lay
audiences, youth outreach and peer education initiatives, and the NOFAS information, resource,
and referral clearinghouse.

National Prevention Network (NPN) www.nasadad.org

National Women’s Health Resource Center (NWHRC)
www.healthywomen.org
Since the late 1980s, NWHRC has provided women with information and education about the
health topics that concern them the most. The nonprofit organization, dedicated to helping
women make informed decisions about their health, encourages women to embrace healthy
lifestyles to promote wellness and prevent disease. The provided information is supported by an
advisory council comprised of leading medical and health experts.
The NWHRC Web site offers an extensive alphabetical listing of health topics—such as
HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, smoking, and violence against women—that provide science-based
information on their topics. Each section includes a link to the source reference documents used for developing the topic materials.

Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA)
www.drugfreeamerica.org
Established in 1987, PDFA is a nonprofit coalition of professionals from the communications
industry whose mission is to help teens reject substance abuse. Through its national anti-drug
advertising campaign and other forms of media communication, the Partnership works to
decrease demand for drugs and other substances by changing societal attitudes that support,
tolerate, or condone drug use. PDFA is a partner with ONDCP and the advertising firm, Foote,
Cone and Belding, in the ONDCP National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
PDFA’s Methamphetamine Information & Resource Center pages—
www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/default.html —include public service
messages, fact sheets, and many other communications resources specific to methamphetamine.
The PDFA site provides an interactive map with links to PDFA affiliates in every State.

Partnership for Prevention (PFP)
www.prevent.org
An alliance of private organizations, PFP members include employers, health-related
professional and trade associations, universities and academic health centers, nonprofit policy
and research institutions, health plans, and State health departments. The organization seeks to
coordinate and focus the efforts of members to make prevention a visible and viable means to
improve the Nation’s health. The PFP Web site includes a Tools and Resources area with
archived files of publications of interest to substance abuse prevention professionals and
advocates, such as What Policymakers Need to Know About Cost Effectiveness and Guide to
Smart Prevention Investments, both published in 2002.

Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID)
www.rid-usa.org
RID was formed in 1978 to deter alcohol-impaired driving and teen binge drinking. The
organization, including independent chapters and coordinators in 41 States, supports lowering of
BACs and other policy measures. The group publishes a newsletter. Contact information is
available on their Web site.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Substance Abuse Resource Center
www.rwjf.org
RWJF is the Nation’s largest philanthropy in the area of health and healthcare for Americans.
The Foundation supports grants—including unsolicited grant proposals—and publishes
information and research on health-related topics, including substance abuse and violence.

Society for Prevention Research
www.preventionresearch.org
The Society for Prevention Research is a professional organization focused on the advancement
of science-based prevention programs and policies through empirical research. The organization’s members include scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and
policymakers. The group holds an annual meeting and publishes Prevention Science Journal.

Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS)
www.salis.org
SALIS is an international association of individuals and organizations with special interests in
the exchange and dissemination of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug information, created in 1978 with assistance from NIDA and NIAAA. In 1986, Librarians and Information Specialists in
Addictions (LISA), the Canadian counterpart, merged with SALIS.
SALIS holds an annual conference of professional education and skill-building sessions,
publishes a quarterly newsletter, and maintains a members-only listserv facilitating rapid
exchanges of substance abuse information. The group works closely with its counterpart
association in Europe, ELISAD (www.elisad.eu).
The SALIS Web site resources section includes How to Organize and Operate an Information
Center on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: A Guide.

White Bison
www.whitebison.org
The vision of White Bison is to bring 100 Indian communities into sobriety and wellness by the
year 2010. Since 1998 the group has promoted sobriety, recovery, and addictions prevention, and has offered wellness/Wellbriety learning resources to the Native American community
nationwide. The Wellbriety movement was conceived more than 10 years ago in an effort to
bring the message of sobriety and physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness to Native
American communities. This message also encourages people to recover their ancient traditions, teachings, and ceremonies. White Bison also provides programs and resources to develop treatment, prevention, recovery, and intervention strategies that will lead to both sobriety and wellness. While focused on the needs of Native Americans, White Bison welcomes the participation of non-Native people and organizations.

Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace
www.dol.gov/dol/workingpartners.htm
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) established Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-
Free Workplace in an effort to raise awareness about the impact of substance abuse in the
workplace, especially among small businesses. Working Partners has facts and figures about
alcohol and drug abuse and information on how to establish an alcohol- and drug-free workplace.
In addition, Working Partners offers a kit of industry-specific materials designed to help small
businesses understand how substance abuse impacts workplace safety and productivity. DOL’s
Working Partners also features the fully searchable Substance Abuse Information Database
(SAID), which contains hundreds of reports, studies, and surveys that relate to workplace
substance abuse. Summaries of laws and regulations also are included in SAID. Working
Partners offers free subscriptions for e-mail updates of news and information.

Data Sources

States and communities frequently need up-to-date and accurate statistics and other reliable data about various aspects of substance use, abuse, prevention and treatment, and influence on other health and social problems. Data are used in the development of budgets and funding proposals, to inform decision-makers and the public about alcohol, tobacco, and drug problems and progress made in combating them, and in working with media.
A great deal of substance abuse data is collected within communities and States, although the
particular sources and data collecting methods and instruments vary from place to place. This
section looks primarily at those nationwide data sources from both government and
nongovernmental sources most often referenced in the day-to-day work of substance abuse
prevention at every level—local, State, regional, and national.
Links to several key data sources can be found in the Assessment area of the SAMHSA/CSAP
Web site at http://prevention.samhsa.gov/assessment/default.aspx .

Communities That Care (CTC) Youth Survey
www.preventionplatform.samhsa.gov
Communities That Care (CTC) provides research-based tools to help communities mobilize to
support the positive development of youth and to prevent problems including substance abuse,
delinquency, teen pregnancy, school failure, and violence.
The CTC Youth Survey measures prevalence rates and identifies problem behaviors by
measuring risk and protective factors that affect a community’s adolescent population. It offers a way to understand why these problem behaviors occur and what can be done in communities to prevent them. The CTC Youth Survey was developed by J. David Hawkins, Ph.D., and Richard
F. Catalano, Ph.D., has been endorsed by several Federal agencies, and is now used in many
States. In September 2005, SAMHSA purchased all of the CTC materials in order to make them
available to everyone concerned with effective substance abuse prevention. CTC instruments are posted on the SAMHSA Prevention Platform site at the URL listed above and are also located on NCADI’s Web site www.preventionplatform.samhsa.gov

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
https://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/default.asp
DAWN is an ongoing drug abuse data collection system sponsored by SAMHSA’s Office of
Applied Studies. DAWN collects data from two types of respondents: (1) hospital emergency
departments (EDs) and (2) medical examiners (MEs). The DAWN ED component relies on a
nationally representative sample of hospital EDs to produce information on the number and
characteristics of drug abuse-related visits to such EDs in the coterminous United States and in
21 metropolitan areas. The DAWN ME component produces information on drug abuse-related
deaths, based on reports from participating medical examiners. DAWN cases (drug-related ED
visits or deaths) include detailed information about the abuse of illicit drugs or legal substances
when used for nonmedical purposes.
Special DAWN reports, such as the DAWN Report on Major Drugs and the Dawn Report on
Club Drugs, can be accessed through this Web site, along with each of the main DAWN reports.

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/fars.html
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a cooperative agreement with an
agency in each State government to provide information in a standard format on fatal crashes in
the State. Data are collected, coded, and submitted into a micro-computer data system and
transmitted to Washington, DC. Quarterly files are produced for analytical purposes to study
trends and evaluate the effectiveness of highway safety programs.
FARS contains data on a census of fatal traffic crashes within the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To be included in FARS, a crash must involve a motor vehicle
traveling on a traffic way customarily open to the public and must result in the death of a person
(occupant of a vehicle or a non-occupant) within 30 days of the crash. FARS has been
operational since 1975, has collected information on more than 989,451 motor vehicle fatalities,
and collects information on more than 100 different coded data elements that characterize the
crash, the vehicle, and the people involved.

Monitoring the Future (MTF)
www.monitoringthefuture.org
MTF is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school
students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th, and
12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991).
In addition, annual followup questionnaires are mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation.
The MTF Study is funded by research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a part of the National Institutes of Health. MTF is conducted at the Survey Research Center in the
Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
Preliminary highlights of the current year MTF Study are usually announced at a press event in
Washington in mid-December. The CSAP-NPN Prevention Works! communication training
materials include Rapid Response Advisory MTF packet of news releases, fact sheets, and other
resources to assist NPN in meeting the needs of media, decision-makers, and prevention
organizers in their States.

National Private Organizations

In addition to the numerous government data sources, national private-sector organizations also report date on substance abuse and related problems based on their own polls, surveying and data analysis techniques, or by producing new analysis of government data. These data sources include, but are not limited to:

CADCA – Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
http://cadca.org

CASA – National Center on Alcohol and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
www.casacolumbia.org

KFF – The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kff.org

RWJF – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS)
http://oas.samhsa.gov/dasis.htm#nssats2
N-SSATS is an annual survey of all facilities in the Inventory of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (I-SATS), which collects information on location, characteristics, services offered, and
utilization. Information from the N-SSATS is used to compile and update the National Directory
of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs and the online Substance Abuse Treatment
Facility Locator. The N-SSATS includes a periodic survey of substance abuse treatment in adult
and juvenile correctional facilities. (See also Uniform Facility Data Set, UFDS.)

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh.htm
The SAMHSA Office of Applied Science (OAS) conducts SAMHSA’s annual National Survey
on Drug Use and Health [formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
(NHSDA)].

Funding Sources

Since 2002 the Federal Government has provided a Web portal containing tools for locating and
managing information regarding Federal grants available across all of its agencies at
www.grants.gov/aboutgrants/about_grants_gov.jsp .
What follows here is a quick reference to the current Web sites where information about key
Federal substance abuse prevention funding information can be found.

DoEd – U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/funding.html

Higher Education Programs
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/hep.html

Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/programs.html

DHHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov/grants/index.shtml#funding

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/about/funding.htm

Indian Health Service
www.ihs.gov

National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Health
www.nida.nih.gov/Funding.html

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/National Institutes of
Health
www.niaaa.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/ExtramuralResearch/PAs/

SAMHSA Funding Opportunities (CSAP, CSAT, CMHS)
www.samhsa.gov/grants/

DOJ/OJP – U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/

Bureau of Justice Assistance
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/index.html

National Institute of Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/funding/funding.html

Weed and Seed Program
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ccdo/ws/welcome.html

DOT/NHTSA – U.S. Department of Transportation/National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.c5f2b2d02df83a9d304a4c4446108a0c/

HUD – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm

ONDCP – White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
www.ondcp.gov/funding/index.html

Foundations

According to the Foundation Center, a foundation is: “A nongovernmental, nonprofit organization having a principal fund of its own, managed by its own trustees and directors, and established to maintain or aid charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public good, primarily making grants to other nonprofit
organizations.”

There are four general kinds of foundations:
• Independent/family foundations (the largest of the four)
• Community foundations (specifically intended to support communities/regions)
• Corporate foundations (funded by a company’s pre-tax earnings)
• Operating foundations (usually not grant-making; operates their own programs/services).
Many foundations in each of these categories support substance abuse prevention activities,
either through direct funding or by developing prevention guidelines, models, trainings, and
educational materials of their own. However, some organizations addressing substance abuse
decline funding from corporate foundations supported by alcohol, tobacco, or pharmaceutical
businesses as a matter of principal.

Action Without Borders, Inc.
www.idealist.org
An international nonprofit organization, Action Without Borders, Inc. makes it possible to access the sites of tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. Included is a search feature from which lists of links and descriptions of organizations can be produced by State. The word
“foundations” can be entered in the search window of the Idealist homepage. In the summer of
2006, results included a listing of more than 5,000 foundations, complete with summary
descriptions and links. The site has an entire area devoted to Tools for Nonprofits—
www.idealist.org/tools/tools.html —including a Fundraising page of links to General Fundraising
Resources and to In-Kind Donations Resources.

CSAP’s Prevention Pathways Web site
http://www.preventionpathways.samhsa.gov/res_funding.htm
This Web site includes links to foundation centers, Federal funding agencies, and documents and online training tools likely to help substance abuse prevention programs and agencies in their fundraising efforts.

Join Together Online (JTO)
www.jointogether.org/news/funding
JTO, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, lists grants and news about funding
opportunities in substance abuse and violence prevention, including relevant links. There is also
a sidebar search feature, and entering “foundations” produces pages of summarized articles.
Substance Abuse Funding Week www.cdpublications.com
This subscription newsletter is published 48 times annually, reporting new public and private
funding opportunities together with contact information. The publisher also offers a twice monthly Children & Youth Funding Report, which includes substance abuse funding coverage.
Subscription information and a sample issue can be located through the Newsletters link.
University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute’s (ADAI’s) Library
and the Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists (SALIS)
Other journals and newsletters about substance abuse and mental health often include funding
news. One list of more than 300 of these publications, from both government and
nongovernmental sources, is included in collaboration between the University of Washington’s
ADAI’s SALIS, and may be searched at http://lib.adai.washington.edu/salissearch.htm . Clicking on any title in the list produces a page of details, including a link to the publication’s Web site (where available). A special section on Grants & Funding is also available from ADAI’s
homepage, http://depts.washington.edu/adai , and includes a listing of ATOD research funding
sources.

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