Are you asking any of these questions as you try to deal with effective Youth Violence Prevention?

• How can we get the best program available? 
• How can we be sure the programs have been evaluated?
• How can we combine environmental and individual strategies to bring appropriate school climate change and individual behavior?
• What supports are in place for our teachers or our administrators seeking to implement programs?
• How will that program will fit in our environment?

If so we may be able to help you.

We provide consultation for schools who wish to assess their risk and protective factors in order to choose the best program to meet their needs.

We can assist your school or community as you:

• Collect and analyze local data
• Use that data in an evidence-based planning process to identify priority community substance abuse and violence issues, underlying causal factors, and community or school readiness to implement change.
• Develop logically linked goals, objectives, and outcomes.
• Analyze and select environmental and individual strategies that have been proven effective.
• We have more than 20 years experience in prevention of high risk adolescent behaviors.  We are also familiar with a large number of SAMHSA Model Programs, those programs guaranteed to have been evaluated and found to be effective.  We can help you find the best program for your school and environment.
• We can also assist you as you negotiate with program developers to make necessary adaptations to their programs.  Not all programs work right off the shelf.  Most developers are very willing to work with you to make the necessary adaptations for your very specific community.