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Additional
Links to Other Resources
Non-Profit Oranizations
Government
Agency Websites
Government-Sponsored
Websites
Non-Profit
Organizations
Adult
Children of Alcoholics
A Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up
in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes.
Al-Anon
A Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition recovery program for family members
and friends of alcoholics.
Alateen
Alateen is Al-Anon's recovery program for young people. Alateen
groups are sponsored by Al-Anon members.
Alcoholics
Anonymous
An international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking
problem. A.A. members share their experience with anyone seeking help
with a drinking problem; they give person-to-person service or "sponsorship"
to the alcoholic coming to A.A. from any source. The formal A.A. program,
set forth in the Twelve Steps, is discussed at A.A. group meetings.
The
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University
Located on the Butler Hospital Campus in Providence, Rhode Island, the
Brown University Center promotes the identification, prevention, and
effective treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems through research,
education, training, and policy advocacy.
ChildTrends.org
A
non-profit research center dedicated to a two-fold mission:
conducting research to improve the lives of children and families,
and communicating research findings to federal, state, and local
officials; service providers; the media; foundations and business
leaders; the academic community; and the general public.
Children
of Alcoholics Foundation
A national non-profit organization that provides a range of educational
materials and services to help professionals, children and adults break
the intergenerational cycle of parental substance abuse.
Community
Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
A membership organization of some 5,000 community anti-drug coalitions,
CADCA offers its members technical assistance and training and represents
them in the public policy arena.
Faces
and Voices of Recovery
Formerly known as The Alliance Project, this coalition of grassroots
advocacy organizations seeks to change public perceptions by demonstrating
the hope and reality of long-term recovery from addiction.
Indiana
Prevention Resource Center
Located on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University, the Indiana
Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) serves Indiana's alcohol, tobacco,
and other drug (ATOD) prevention programs through the provision of information,
materials, consultation, and technical assistance. As Indiana's designated
RADAR Network (Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource Network)
State Center, it also provides information, government publications,
and referral services to all Indiana residents.
Join
Together
Funded primarily by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to the Boston
University School of Public Health, Join Together supports community-based
efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat substance abuse across the nation.
It promotes comprehensive strategies that respond to the harms related
to substance abuse, such as domestic violence, unemployment, crime,
loss of workplace productivity, and gun violence. It produces a variety
of informational products including reports, newsletters, and community
action toolkits.
Leadership
to Keep Children Alcohol Free
A nationwide coalition of more than 30 state governors' spouses, federal
agencies, and public and private organizations working to prevent the
use of alcohol by children ages 9 to 15. The initiative was founded
by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation.
National
Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
A nationwide organization of alcoholism and drug abuse professionals,
NAADAC is committed to increasing general awareness of alcoholism and
drug abuse and enhancing care of individuals through treatment, education,
and prevention programs.
The
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
NASADAD's purpose is to foster and support the development of effective
alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment programs throughout
every State.
National
Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
A nonprofit trade association serving the education, advocacy and networking
needs of more than 800 community providers of mental health and addiction
treatment services.
National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc (NCADD)
Founded in 1944 by Marty Mann, the first woman to find long-term sobriety
in Alcoholics Anonymous, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence, Inc. (NCADD) provides education, information, help and hope
to the public. It advocates prevention, intervention and treatment through
offices in New York and Washington, and a nationwide network of Affiliates.
National
Families in Action
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, NFIA is a drug education, prevention, and
policy center founded in 1977. Its mission is to help families and communities
prevent drug use among children by promoting policies based on science.
It maintains a drug-information center and a Web site, and publishes
numerous articles, pamphlets, books, and a quarterly digest, Drug Abuse
Update.
National
Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCA)
LCAT is a national organization dedicated combating alcohol and tobacco
problems and their underlying causes in Latino communities through research,
policy analysis, community education, training and information dissemination.
Web
of Addictions
Produced by Andrew L. Homer, Ph.D. and Dick Dillon, Web of Addictions
is a Web site dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol
and other drug addictions.
Government-Agency
Web Sites
National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
is supported by the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
as a national resource to promote and distribute alcohol and other drug
information on prevention, intervention and treatment to a wide variety
of audiences.
E-Books
is a new library included within the NCADI Web site (www.health.org/multimedia/ebooks/).
It includes documents about helping children stay drug-free. Readers
download and install Microsoft Reader in order to obtain the documents.
National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIAAA is one of 18 institutes that comprise the National Institutes
of Health (NIH), the principal biomedical research agency of the Federal
Government. NIAAA supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research
on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism
and alcohol-related problems. NIAAA also provides leadership in the
national effort to reduce the severe and often fatal consequences of
these problems.
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Established by Congress in 1992, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the Federal agency charged with
improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and
rehabilitative services to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost
to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. SAMHSA
works in partnership with States, communities and private organizations
to address the needs of people with substance abuse and mental illnesses
as well as the community risk factors that contribute to these illnesses.
SAMHSA
operates two Centers that disseminate information of particular relevance
for helping COAs. The
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention provides national leadership
in the development of policies, programs, and services to prevent the
onset of illegal drug use, to prevent underage alcohol and tobacco use,
and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances.
The
Center for Drug Abuse Treatment works to ensure access to clinically
sound, cost-effective addiction treatment.
Government-Sponsored
Web Sites
Freevibe
Freevibe helps youth understand the dangers of substance abuse and make
responsible decisions with their lives. The site engages visitors to
submit
their own "Anti-Drugs," provides an opportunity to discuss
the effects of
drugs and peer pressure and offers an online community for learning
about
staying drug-free. A special section of the site
(www.Freevibe.com/headsup/help_resource.shtml) provides information
for
young people who live with a parent who uses drugs or drinks too much.
Freevibe also features an animated Webisode series, Summit High, which
follows five freshmen students as they adjust to high school.
Girl
Power!
A site inaugurated in 1996 by the Department of Health and Human Services
to deliver positive health messages to pre-teen (age 9-14) girls. Its
"locker room" includes an ongoing section for children coping
with addiction, called "You Are Not Alone." (www.girlpower.gov/girlarea/notalone/index.htm.)
National
Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
The Congressionally-funded National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign is
an
unprecedented effort designed to educate and empower youth to reject
illicit
drugs. The Media Campaign targets youth ages 9-18, parents and other
adults
who influence choices young people make to lead drug-free lives.
MediaCampaign.org provides Campaign stakeholders with information about
drug-prevention programs, activities and strategies. The site includes
the
Campaign's press releases, announcements, quarterly newsletter, downloadable
anti-drug Web banners and template materials that can be easily adapted
by
stakeholders.
National
Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign: Parents: The Anti-Drug
TheAntiDrug.com provides parents and other caring adults with strategies
and tips on raising healthy, drug-free children. This award-winning
site
encourages parents to help their children with these difficult issues
by
offering information from behavioral experts as well as other parents.
Information from TheAntiDrug.com is available in Spanish at
www.LaAntiDroga.com
and accessible in Korean, Cambodian, Chinese and
Vietnamese from the homepage of TheAntiDrug.com.
¡Soy
Unica! ¡Soy Latina!
This bilingual site for Hispanic girls ages 9-14 and their mothers
and caregivers is designed to help the girls build and enhance
their own self-esteem, mental health, decision-making and assertiveness
skills, and to prevent the harmful consequences of alcohol,
tobacco, and illicit drugs.
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