Online Resources

Prevention

• Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free.
• The Office of National Drug Control Policy has facts about drugs, tips for parents and a media campaign.
• NIDA: Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents
• Parenting is Prevention offers tips and resources for parents.
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America has an online resource center for parents.
• Marijuana Facts Parents Need to Know is an online publication from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• MADD: Protecting You/Protecting Me is a science-based alcohol use prevention curriculum for grades 1 through 5.
• Including Your Child is a publication of the U.S. Department of Education.
• Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention is an online publication of the U.S. Department of Education.
• Your Time -- Their Future is a drug prevention campaign launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition promotes community level education and awareness about the dangers of inhalant use.
• The Texas Youth Commission World of Prevention lists a variety of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children.
• Texas Education Agency - Driver Training and Education

Treatment

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration maintains online resources to help locate treatment facilities and operates toll-free hot lines in English, Spanish and TDD.
• Alcoholics Anonymous information in English, Spanish and French.
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. provides information and operates a 24-hour help line.
• Drug Help is a information and referral service provided by the American Council for Drug Education, that provides free, confidential assistance to those seeking help for themselves, a friend or family member.

For Providers

• The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention provides national leadership on efforts to prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
• Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SWCAPT), a regional center funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, focuses on comprehensive prevention planning.
• Addiction Technology Transfer Centers draw upon the knowledge, experience and latest work of recognized experts in the field of addictions.
• The National Institute on Drug Abuse is an agency of the National Institutes of Health charged with bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
• The Federal Office of Management of Budget lists all OMB circulars online.
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services maintains an online resource for federal grant information.
• National Archives and Records Administration maintains an online site for the code of federal regulations.
• The Governor’s Office provides access to Uniform Grants Management Standards.
• The U.S. Department of Labor offers an online resource for workplace issues.
• The World of Prevention is an online directory of resources maintained by the Texas Youth Commission.
• The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information offers current information and materials concerning substance abuse.
• The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
• The Drug Enforcement Administration has a number of publications describing nationwide drug crime trends, drug trafficking and surveillance, and general information and identification of drugs of abuse.
• The Search Institute is an organization focused on generating knowledge about the well-being of adolescents and children, including the development of assets that help children resist substance use.
• Strengthening America’s Families, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, provides information on a number of model programs for substance abuse prevention.
• Texas Council on Family Violence works to end violence against women.
• The Texas Department of Insurance publishes standards for reasonable cost control and utilization review for chemical dependency treatment centers.
• The Texas Nonprofit Management Assistance Network provides management support services and resources to the nonprofit sector.

Tobacco

• The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the nation's largest non-governmental initiative to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.
• The Center for Disease Control’s Tobacco Information and Prevention Source offers a variety of data, research, educational materials and publications.