Avert is a center for safer schools, a resource strategy for schools to utilize in becoming safer, healthier environments for kids to succeed, through best use of mostly existing and some new resources, and a division of the nonprofit Minnesota Institute of Public Health.
Change Direction is an alcohol and other drug education program offered at many locations throughout Minnesota with funding from the Chemical Health Division of the State of Minnesota Human Services Department.
Central CAPT staff work with states and localcommunities, policymakers and local leaders, agencies and task forcesto put into practice the science-based prevention activities, programs,technologies and services that work.
The Gambling Problems Resource Center promotes the recognition of
problem/compulsive gambling behavior as well as the characteristics of
low-risk gambling. We offer a wide range of training and education
services, including classes and informative program materials on how to
respond to and prevent gambling problems.
MPRC, funded through a grant from the Chemical Health Division of theState of Minnesota Department of Human Services, serves as thestatewide information clearinghouse and services center supporting the efforts of people who work to prevent the problems caused by tobaccoand drug use, underage alcohol use and the misuse of alcohol by adultsas well as the related violence stemming from these situations.
Curious about the levels of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in your county? Interested in the consequences of that use, such as alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities and narcotics arrests? This data are now readily available in one convenient location.
Believe it or not, the teen years are good years. Contrary to the popular image of teens throwing wild parties and doing battle with parents, most parents and teens navigate “teenhood” quite well, with relatively few problems.
The key? The way in which you raise kids can make a difference.
