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Best Coalition
The Coalition for a Safe and Drug-Free Nevada offers a host of resources
for parents & community members; information on alcohol & other drugs, child
abuse, and more is available in several languages. Links to public service
announcements are also included.
Join Together
Online
A national resource for communities working to reduce
substance abuse and gun violence.
Strengthening
America's Families
Joins health, education and welfare sectors of government to
improve the life outcomes for children.
National Civic League
Strengthening citizen democracy by transforming democratic
institutions.
Nurturing Environments 
A blog created to promote the spread of nurturing environments; societies that increase nurturing family, school, workplace, and community environments will improve the well-being of their members in virtually every respect.
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Educators for Social
Responsibility (ESR)
ESR is a leading source of innovative curriculum materials
and teacher training programs that focus on issues of peacemaking
and conflict resolution. Our work fosters social, emotional, and
ethical development among children by helping them learn.
Milbank Memorial Fund
The Milbank Memorial Fund is an endowed national foundation
that supports nonpartisan analysis, study, research and
communication on significant issues in health policy. The Fund makes
available the results of its work in meetings with decision makers, reports
and books,
and publishes the
Milbank
Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of public health and
health care policy.
National Center for Conflict
Resolution Education
To advance the development of conflict resolution education
programs nationwide towards the goals of providing conflict
resolution educational opportunities to all youth. NCCRE attempts to
reach youth through several venues including schools, juvenile
justice programs and community youth services organizations.
Oregon Dispute Resolution
Commission
Supports the development and maintenance of effective
conflict resolution and collaborative problem solving processes in
Oregon.
Oregon
PeaceMakers
PeaceMakers is a conference for middle and high school students to learn
practical information and skills about non-violence and peacemaking that can be
implemented and shared in their schools and communities. This year's conference
will be held on November 14, 2007 at Lane Community College's Center for Meeting
and Learning.
For more information and to register, head to
www.lane.k12.or.us/peacemakers/index.html.
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David and Lucile
Packard Foundation (The)
The Future of Children is published twice annually by
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA. The primary
purpose of The Future of Children is to disseminate timely
information on major issues related to children's well-being.
Lane Education Service District Prevention Services
Lane ESD's Prevention Services provides consulting, on-site
assistance and training to help teachers change student behavior and
create a positive school-wide climate and learning environment.
Northwest Frontier
Addiction Technology Transfer Center (NFATTC)
Works with collaborating partners in each Northwest state to shape a
comprehensive workforce development system, provide multiple access
routes to scientific information and research-based practice methods,
and contribute new knowledge to facilitate continuing improvement in the
region's training and service delivery systems.
Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory
Working with schools and communities to improve education
for children, youth and adults
Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC)
The Oregon Social Learning Center is a non-profit,
independent research center located in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon
dedicated to finding ways to help children and parents as they cope
with the day-to-day problems. (Hill Walker connection)
Prevention Institute
Oakland, California based organization which aims to connect "public
health, education, urban planning, social work, and other fields, communities
can create conditions for healthier living." RAND Institute
RAND's mission is to improve policy and decision-making
through research and analysis.
School
Zone
The Office Of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) 's School Zone sites
provides links to a
variety of helpful and useful sites dealing with safety issues,
citizenship, and crime prevention.
U.S. Department of Education
Funding, research and statistics, publications and products, news
and events.
U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Drug-Free Schools'
Exemplary and Promising Programs
The U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Drug-Free
Schools Program has used an
expert panel process to identify programs that should be
promoted nationally as
promising or
exemplary. A 15-member Expert Panel oversaw a valid and
reliable process for identifying effective school-based programs
that promote healthy students and safe, disciplined, and
drug-free schools. The panel identified 9
exemplary and 33 promising programs.
U.S. Department of
Justice
The Office of Justice Programs' mission is to provide
federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent
and control crime, administer justice and assist crime victims.
University of Oregon Substance Abuse Prevention Program
The Substance Abuse Prevention
Program (SAPP) is designed to provide education and increased awareness in the
areas of alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention, intervention, treatment,
and recovery.
Washington State
Institute for Public Policy
Mission: To carry out practical, non-partisan research on
issues of importance to Washington State. Areas of staff expertise
include: education, criminal justice, welfare, children and adult
services, health, utilities, and general government.
We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition)
We Can! is a national program designed as a
one-stop resource for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools
to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight. The program
is a collaboration of four Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, University of Washington
The Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit is a research unit dedicated to
the prevention, intervention and treatment of Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE).
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
User-friendly information, frequently asked questions, fact sheets, and more on
the subject of FASD.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence
The FASD Center is
a federal initiative devoted to preventing and treating FASD. This Web site
provides information and resources about FASD.
Site also provide materials you can use to raise awareness about FASD.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Consultation, Education and Training Services, Inc. (FASCETS)
Services available through FASCETS are
designed to increase understanding, build on strengths, expand options
for developing effective parenting and professional techniques, enhance
existing programs and support the development of new programs. Short
term goals include increased effectiveness, reduced frustration, and
attainment of improved outcomes, including burnout prevention in
professionals. The long term goal of this work is to contribute to the
prevention of FASD.
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome (NOFAS)
"Helping children and families by fighting the leading known cause of mental
retardation and birth defects."
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters Boys & Girls
Club
Harvard Mentoring
Project Juvenile Mentoring
Program
Oregon Mentors
Oregon Mentors is a business-led, community-driven nonprofit
organization that is dedicated to the dramatic expansion of quality
mentoring. The website provides information on location of
mentoring programs throughout the state of Oregon, information about
mentorship training, and recruitment/referral of potential mentors.
Public Private Ventures
A national nonprofit organization whose mission is to
improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community
initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. In
carrying out this mission, P/PV works with philanthropies, the
public and business sectors, and nonprofit organizations.
The National Mentoring Center
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 Lane County Family Resource Centers: Click here for brochure
The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS)
The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) is an online resource that
provides detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol-related
policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels. It
features compilations and analyses of alcohol-related statutes and
regulations. Designed primarily as a tool for researchers, APIS
simplifies the process of ascertaining the state of the law for studies
on the effects and effectiveness of alcohol-related policies.
Marin Institute
(The)
For the
prevention of alcohol and other drug problems; uses a public health
approach to prevention. Creates an environment that helps
individuals make healthy choices and requires responsible action
from government and business.
Oregon Research
Institute (ORI)
Oregon Research Institute is an independent behavioral sciences research
center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the
quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health,
education, and social problems.
Oregon Social Learning
Center (OSLC)
The Oregon Social Learning Center is a non-profit, independent research
center located in Eugene/Springfield, Oregon dedicated to finding ways
to help children and parents as they cope with the day-to-day problems.
(Hill Walker connection)
Prevention
Research Center
A national center for the study of environmental
approaches to prevention of alcohol-related problems.
Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (Western CAPT)
The purpose of CAPT is to assist states, jurisdictions, and
community-based prevention programs in the Western Region to apply
scientifically-defensible strategies in their efforts to prevent
substance abuse.
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DepressionIsReal.org
From the Depression Is Real Coalition, a group of seven nonprofit
organizations representing doctors, people living with mental illness
and American communities, who have come together to help educate the
public about the true nature of depression and to offer hope.
One Sky Center
One Sky Center is the only National Resource Center for American Indians
and Alaska Natives that is dedicated to improving prevention and
treatment of substance abuse and mental health across Indian Country.
Oregon Youth
Suicide Prevention Program
The State of Oregon's Youth Suicide Prevention Program. Provides data
regarding suicide in Oregon, publications, crisis line information,
information on trainings, and more.
SafetyLit Injury Prevention Literature Update
Information about injury occurrence and prevention is available from
many sources. The weekly SafetyLit update provides abstracts of English
language reports from researchers in 35 disciplines relevant to
preventing unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm.
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Stop A Suicide
Each year in America almost 30,000 people commit suicide, and 70% of
those people tell someone or give
warning signs. Stop A Suicide, Today!
provides information on how to recognize the warning signs
of suicide in family, friends, co-workers, and patients, and why people
should respond like they would with any medical emergency.
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour,
toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal
crisis. Individuals seeking help can dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). They
will be routed to the closest possible provider of mental health and
suicide prevention services. Washington Youth Suicide
Prevention Program
The YSPP mission is to reduce teen suicide attempts and deaths in
Washington State. Working toward that goal, we build public awareness,
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Center
for Substance Abuse Prevention
CSAP's mission is to provide national
leadership in the Federal effort to prevent alcohol, tobacco,
and illicit drug problems.
Oregon
Health Department- Tobacco Prevention
This is the health division's website that gives lots of
Oregon program specifics and statistics.
Smokefree Oregon
The site features a directory of smokefree establishments and other
resources to help you make healthy, smokefree choices.
Tobacco.org
A resource center focusing on tobacco and smoking issues, featuring tobacco
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BluePrints
for Violence Prevention
Identifies programs and describes
interventions in a series of "blueprints" including
theoretical rationale, core components of the program as
implemented, evaluation designs and results, and practical
experiences programs encountered while implementing model at
multiple sites. Blueprints was designed to offer practical
descriptions of effective programs which would allow states,
communities, and individual agencies to: (1) determine appropriateness of the intervention for their state or community;
(2) provide a realistic cost estimate for the intervention; (3)
provide an assessment of organizational capacity needed to ensure
its successful start-up and operation over time; and (4) give an
indication of potential barriers and obstacles that might be
encountered when attempting to implement the intervention.
Children's Trust Fund of Oregon
Foundation
Mission: To foster healthy child development and
functioning by ending the harm of child abuse and neglect to Oregon's
children. The Foundation fulfills this mission by the funding of
effective, primary prevention programs in local communities throughout
the state of Oregon. 100% of your donated dollars go to support these
vital services for children and families.
Family Allies
Network
For advocates, activists and allies working to end
family violence in Lane County, Oregon.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
(FVPF)
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) works to end domestic violence
and help women and children whose lives are devastated by abuse, because
every person has a right to live in a home free of violence.
National Crime Prevention Council
Online resource center.
Stop
It Now!
STOP IT NOW!'s
mission is to call on all abusers and potential abusers to stop and
seek help, to educate adults about the ways to stop sexual abuse,
and to increase public awareness of the trauma of child sexual
abuse.
Safer Society
The
Safer Society Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit agency, is a national
research, advocacy, and referral center on the prevention and
treatment of sexual abuse. Founded in 1964 as the Prison Research
Education Action Project (P.R.E.A.P.) by Fay Honey Knopp, P.R.E.A.P.
evolved into the Safer Society Program in 1985, and became the Safer
Society Foundation, Inc. in 1995. The Safer Society Foundation, Inc.
provides a variety of services related to the prevention and
treatment of sexual abuse.
Sexual Assault Task Force (SATF)
Oregon
The Attorney General's Sexual Assault Task Force (SATF) website offers users
with information about programs, including the sexual assault training institute
& prevention programs, as well as resources for sexual violence victims, medical
professionals, and more. University of
Oregon, Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (IVDB)
The purpose of IVDB is to empower schools and social service
agencies to address violence and destructive behavior, at the point of
school entry and beyond, in order to ensure safety and to facilitate the
academic achievement and healthy social development of children and youth.
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Take it Back!
Take It Back is a national movement led by youth to reduce alcohol
problems and increase the health and safety of youth. Take It Back is
not a program, curriculum, or organization. Take It Back is about
re-claiming what has been taken from youth due to alcohol. This includes their
safety, dignity, culture, and good health and future.
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