Red Ribbon Works

A parent-based community coalition designed to keep kids off tobacco, alcohol and other drugs by educating and partnering with families and the community. Visit redribbonworks.org.

Caring for Our Youth: Resources to Help Prevent Teen Drug Abuse

As graduation and summer break quickly approach, SAMHSA’s Health Information Network has developed a Web site loaded with substance abuse prevention resources. Learn what to ask, look for, expect, and do to help keep the teens in your life drug free. Keeping Your Teens Drug Free, is an easy-to-read booklet that provides ideas and examples of the skills busy parents and cargivers can use to keep their teens away from illicit drugs. The Teen Years: A Road Map for Parents is a multimedia CD that provides insights about teen development through adolescence and offers expert advice for parents on how they can best guide their teens through this tough transitional time. Find out more.

Pledge to Keep Your Kids Safe, Healthy and Drug-Free

Safe Homes/Safe Parties is a statewide initiative developed by Informed Families and implemented by parents of teens and preteens to ensure that drugs, alcohol and cigarettes will not be permitted at parties held in their homes and discourages at parties in the community. Sign the pledge today.

10-Week Outpatient Counseling Program at UCONN for Teens

Are you concerned about the alcohol use of a teenager that you care for? Consider UCONN's free counseling program and research study.  Find out more by clicking here.

Be a Good Role Model. Someone is Watching You

Who is your role model? Mahatma Gandhi? Mother Theresa? Abraham Lincoln? Eleanor Roosevelt? Who is your child's role model? You? Yes. Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for your child. What does this mean for you? As a parent, you have more influence for good than maybe you thought you did. By setting a good example of healthy living, you can help your child make healthy choices in his life.

CASAC Youth Drug Use Survey

As CASAC continues its drug education efforts, we need to comply with the new education legislation “No Child Left Behind” and with the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, both of which requires that CASAC conducts anonymous student surveys about alcohol use, tobacco use and other drug use. The survey information will assist us in assessing our success or failure to convince students of the health and safety value of not using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. To gather this information, we have posted the DFC approved student survey on our web site. This is an anonymous and voluntary survey.
If your child is between the ages of 9 and 18 or in grades 6 through 12, please allow them to participate in this important data gathering survey. Thank you for supporting our efforts to help students understand that alcohol, tobacco and other drug use can be harmful to their health and safety. – Mirelle Freedman, CASAC Executive Director

Parenting IS Prevention Project

Provides accurate information, support, and resources to assist parents and others in raising children to be healthy, drug-free, productive adults.

Safe & Drug Free Schools Program

The federal government's primary vehicle for reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence, through education and prevention activities in our nation's schools. 

Talking With Kids About Tough Issues

A national initiative to support parent-child communication about "tough issues" like sex, violence, drugs and respect. 

Too Smart to Start

A science- and theory-based underage drinking awareness initiative from SAMHSA that uses sound public health and health communications theory to develop and disseminate messages and material on underage drinking. A major component of the initiative involves reaching out to state agencies and constituent national organizations to further the overall awareness, reach and utilization of the initiative.