October 2021: National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month

"This October, we honor all those who champion evidence-based youth substance use prevention and recommit ourselves to ensuring that all Americans have the skills, knowledge, and resources to live full and healthy lives."

A Proclamation on National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month, 2021.

A Presidential brief from The White House on September 30, 2021

The Mountain Plains PTTC has put together the following resources specific for substance use prevention among youth: 

SAMHSA Resources: 

Blog: Helping Your Children Build Resilience to Substance Use By CAPT Jeffery A. Coady, Psy.D., ABPP, Acting Director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and SAMHSA Region 5 Administrator

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Alcohol

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana

Tips for Teens: The Truth About E-Cigarettes

                              More Tips for Teens on SAMHSA.gov

Underage Drinking: Myths vs. Facts

Talk. They Hear You. 

This Substance Use Prevention Campaign helps parents and caregivers start talking to their children early about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs. 

• Talk. They Hear You. Mobile App
• Talk. They Hear You. Parent Resources
• Talk. They Hear You. Partner Resources
• 5 Conversation Goals: Talking with Teens About Alcohol and Other Drugs

Get ready for SAMHSA National Prevention Week: May 8-14, 2022

Other National Youth Substance Use Prevention Resources:

CDC's Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program

• Communities Are Leading the Way to Preventio Youth Substance Use

NIH, National Institue on Drug Abuse

• Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents (In Brief)

HHS.gov, Office of Population Affairs

• Substance Use in Adolescents (& ways to prevent it)

Youth.Gov, Substance Use Prevention

Hilton Foundation, Substance Use Prevention

• Preventing Youth Substance Use Through Access to Early Intervention

• Infographic: Moving Upstream: Addressing Youth Substance Use

Rural Health Information Hub

• Prevention Programs for Youth and Families

TTC Youth Substance Use Prevention Resources

PTTC Network Coordinating Office

• Training and Technical Assistance Focused on Children and Youth (Prevention Resources), May 2021

National Hispanic & Latino PTTC

• Fact Sheet: Prevention Tools for Latino Families During COVID-19, May 2020

HHS Region 1: New England PTTC

• Resource Page: October is National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month, October 2021

HHS Region 3: Central East PTTC

• LGBTQ Youth Tobacco Prevention: COVID-19 and Lung Vulnerability, December 2020. 

HHS Region 5: Great Lakes PTTC

• Vaping: Evidence-based Prevention Efforts to Address Vaping Among Youth, July 2021

HHS Region 8: Mountain Plains PTTC

• Informing Prevention (Adolescents) Webinar Series, March 2019