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The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the information service of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Service.  NCADI is the world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse. http://www.samhsa.gov/

http://www.health.org

The NIPC serves as an inhalant referral and information clearinghouse, stimulates media coverage about inhalant issues, develops informational materials, produces ViewPoint (a quarterly newsletter), provides training and technical assistance and leads a week-long national grassroots inhalant education and awareness campaign.

1201 W. Sixth Street, Suite C-200
Austin, Texas 78703
phone: 800.269.4237 or 512.480.8953
fax: 512.477.3932

http://www.inhalants.org

The purpose of NPIN is to provide information to parents and those who work with parents and to foster theexchange of parenting materials. Materials included full text on NPIN have been reviewed for reliability and usefulness. Publications, brochures, and other materials that are merely listed on NPIN may not have been reviewed and are included for informational purposes only.

http://npin.org/

The Center represents a partnership of the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Education and Pepperdine University. NSSC's charge is to promote safe schools - free of crime and violence - and to help ensure quality education for all America's children. Orders may also be processed over the phone or by mail.

National School Safety Center
4165 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290,
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Phone: (805) 373-9977 - Fax: (805) 373-9277.

http://www.nssc1.org

A "virtual library" of information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from seven Federal agencies. It is a "one-stop," searchable, information resource to help reduce redundancy in information management and provide clear and comprdhensive access to information for States and local communities.

http://www.pavnet.org/

Texas Youth Commission Office of Prevention
A worldwide directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicatedto the prevention of youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children

http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/prevention

The Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program is 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. The Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program consists of two major programs: State Grants for Drug andViolence Prevention Programs, and National Programs.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/

Model Programs

• The Department of Education identifies effective drug and violence prevention programs that demonstrate reductions in youth drug use or violence, or that results in more discipline and improved order in classroom environments.

Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
600 Independence Ave., S.W.
Portals Building, Room 604
Washington, DC 20202-6123

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/programs.html

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/

 

TCADA provides educational materials on substance use, develops prevention, intervention, and treatment and offender education programs, and conducts studies on the problems of substance use in Texas.

9001 North IH 35, Suite 105
Austin, TX 78753

TCADA Hotline 1-800-832-9623 - Call for immediate help.

http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/

TCADA Prevention Initiatives and Prevention Resource Centers

• In 1997, the agency opened 11 new Prevention Resource Centers to provide materials, information andprograms across Texas and to coordinate substance abuse prevention efforts with teachers, parents, community leaders, and local government officials.

http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/prevention/

TCADA School Surveys of Substance Use

• Statewide school surveys are conducted biennially by TCADA's Needs Assessment Department. Since the award-winning school project began in 1988, 60 percent of the school districts in Texas have participated and over 1.5 million students have filled out survey forms. The survey covers not only prevalence of substance use, but also factors affecting youthful substance use and the students' attitudes toward substance use.

512-349-6634

http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/

Texas Parent Teachers Association

One objective of the organization is to develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.

http://www.txpta.org/

Children, Youth and Family Consortium

This web site provides information and resources to children, youth and families. It features articles, research materials and information related to the health, education and well-being of children, youth and families.

www.cyfc.umn.edu

Drug Enforcement Administration

www.usdoj.gov/dea/

This web site provides information regarding the enforcement of controlled substance laws and regulations of the United States.

FEDSTATS

www.fedstats.gov

This web site provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by more than 70 federal agencies.  Included are statistics from the Bureau of the Census, the National Center for Educational Statistics, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, etc.

National Organization Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

www.nofas.org/

This web site provides information and resources regarding fetal alcohol syndrome.

March of Dimes

www.modimes.org/

This web site provides information and resources regarding birth defects including substance abuse related issues.

National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

www.nasadad.org/

This organization fosters the development of effective alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment programs throughout every State.

Consortium for School Networking

www.cosn.org/

This web site provides resources materials, publications and information on K-12 technology education.

Justice Information Center: A Service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service

www.ncjrs.org/

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is an extensive source of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals.  NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices.

National School Board Association

www.nsba.org/

This web site provides national school board updates, resources, information and legal briefs regarding current educational issues.

Join Together

www.jointogether.org/

A project of the Boston University School of Public Health, a national resource for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence.

  Partnership for A Drug-Free America

www.drugfreeamerica.org/

This web site offers up-to-date information through a database of drug names, frequently asked questions, help for parents, what the organization is and partnership news.

Texas School Safety Center

http://www.txssc.txstate.edu/txssc.htm

The Texas School Safety Center serves as an ongoing interdisciplinary resource providing training and technical assistance statewide to reduce violence and promote safety.

Center for the Prevention of School Violence

http://www.ncdjjdp.org/cpsv/

This web site serves as resource for safe school planning efforts and school violence.

National Resource Center for Safe Schools

www.safetyzone.org/

The National Resource Center for Safe Schools serves as a resource on school violence, strategies to reduce violence and research regarding school violence prevention.

Keep Schools Safe

www.keepschoolssafe.org/

Keep Schools Safe is a project of the National Association of Attorney Generals and the National School Boards Association.  It provides up-to-date information on successful programs and ideas to assist communities in creating safer schools and devising appropriate responses to youth violence.

Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies

www.captus.org/

This web site brings research to practice by assisting States/Jurisdictions and community-based organizations in the application of the latest research-based knowledge to their substance abuse prevention programs, practices and policies.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

www.samhsa.gov/csap/index.htm

The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s mission is to provide national leadership in the federal effort to prevent alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug problems.

National Center for Conflict Resolution Education

www.nccre.org/

The National Center for Conflict Resolution Education provides training and technical assistance nationwide to further the development of conflict resolution education programs in schools, juvenile justice settings and youth service organizations and community partnership programs.

Hamilton Fish National Institute

www.hamfish.org/

The Institute serves as a national resource to test the effectiveness of school violence prevention methods.  The goal is to determine what strategies and programs work to reduce school violence.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention

www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm

The Division of Violence Prevention in CDC’s Nation Center for Injury Prevention and Control focuses on youth violence, family and intimate violence, suicide and firearm injuries.

National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

www.ncpc.org/

The National Crime Prevention Council serves as a national resource of crime prevention strategies, information, and materials.

Regional Education Laboratories

www.usdoj.gov

The network of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories, serving geographic regions that span the nation, works to ensure that those involved in educational improvement at the local, state, and regional levels have access to current research and practice.  With support from the US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), the Laboratories work as vital partners with state and local educators, community members, and policymakers in using research to tack difficult education reform issues.