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Prevention Services
Prevention Services is responsible for technical assistance, training, and support to
local and statewide alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention programs. Goals of
substance use prevention services include preventing the onset of substance
use and reducing the negative consequences of substance use. Effective
substance use prevention programs must be theory-based in research and best
practices, carefully planned, well executed, and continuously evaluated as
to process and outcomes.
Division-funded prevention services are provided through contracts with
community based organizations. All contracted providers must be chartered as
not-for-profit organizations or be local government entities, and providers
of Intensive Focus Prevention Services must be licensed by the Tennessee
Department of Health. The Division’s prevention services are primarily
targeted to youth up to age eighteen and are provided at no cost to
participants.
Division prevention services, programs, and initiatives include:
- Intensive Focus Prevention Programs are structured, intensive
8-12 session programs targeting youth up to age 18 who may be at risk
for developing alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use problems. Programs
are age-specific, developmentally appropriate, and culturally sensitive,
and include a parent/care giver component.
- Tennessee Statewide Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug
Information and Referral provides an array of services including
serving as a repository and distribution center for alcohol and drug
information, serving as library for information related to substance use
and abuse, serving as an information and referral center via a toll-free
telephone service (the Tennessee Redline) at 1-800-889-9789, and
providing an Internet web-site of current substance use and abuse
information for the public and professionals.
- The Tennessee Teen Institute is designed to provide teen
participants with the skills and education/information necessary to
develop and implement alcohol and drug prevention programs in their own
communities. This annual event includes five days of activities designed
to develop leadership, communication, and planning skills that will
enable participants to develop initiatives for helping other teens avoid
substance abuse in their communities.
- The Faith Initiative seeks to prevent substance use problems
by promoting local church involvement in outreach, training, and
education services which target pre-adolescent children living in single
parent households in inner-city housing developments.
- The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program designs and implements
alcohol and drug prevention curricula for deaf and hard of hearing
students and recruits, screens, and trains adult volunteers to work with
the students in implementation of the prevention curricula.
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