We offer a wide variety of evidence-based substance abuse prevention programs in our three service counties. The targeted populations for these programs range across the lifespan.

Most of the Southwest Council’s evidence-based drug prevention or educational programs take place in school settings, although they have also been provided in community and faith-based settings. In our experience, the most effective programs are delivered interactively and teach skills that assist individuals to refuse drug offers, resist pro-drug influences, correct misperceptions that drug use is normative, and enhance social and personal competence skills.