Resources
Parent Resources
Operation Parent
Operation Parent provides a practical guide for parents raising kids K-12. Raise your awareness on today’s toughest parenting issues: anxiety, vaping, cyberbullying, depression, suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, screen time, social media, apps, sexting, porn, human trafficking, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, prescription drugs, opioids, dating, parties, sleepovers, gaming and more. Webinars and other great resources are available here:
https://www.operationparent.org/
Parents Against Vaping (PAVE)
Parents Against Vaping e-Cigarettes is a grassroots community of passionate parents and concerned individuals committed to protecting children from the dangers of vaping and other flavored tobacco use. Learn more Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes:
https://www.parentsagainstvaping.org/
Talk. They Hear You Campaign
SAMHSA’s national youth substance use prevention campaign helps parents and caregivers, educators, and community members get informed, be prepared, and take action to prevent underage drinking and other substance use.
https://www.samhsa.gov/talk-they-hear-you
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Here you will find many sources for prevention education, medication take back days and locations, programming for youth and families and more.
https://www.dea.gov/what-we-do/education-and-prevention
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
National Helpline that is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
Youth Resources
My Life My Quit
My Life, My Quit™ is the free and confidential way for teens to quit smoking or vaping. Text "Start My Quit" to 36072 or click to chat with a Coach.
https://itql.mylifemyquit.org/
Illinois Human Performance Project (ILHPP)
This is a program that gives students the tools for accountability and positive change: to help students learn the academic side of human performance, practice and teach those integral leadership skills, and even serve the community and younger students.
https://ilhpp.org/
Operation Snowball
Operation Snowball is an international youth program that empowers student leaders through prevention education, community advocacy, and leadership development to create a positive impact.
https://ilhpp.org/
Partner Resources and Programs
Catch My Breath
CATCH My Breath is an evidence-based youth vaping prevention program for grades 5-12 that has been proven to substantially reduce students’ likelihood of vaping. The vape education program’s effectiveness was published in a peer-reviewed journal and the program is listed in SAMHSA’s Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series.
CATCH My Breath - Vape Education - Tobacco Youth Prevention
Stanford Medicine
Stanford REACH Lab's Tobacco Prevention Toolkit (TPT). Here you will find a variety of resources regarding nicotine and tobacco.
https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit.html
INDEPTH
Developed by the American Lung Association in partnership with the Prevention Research Center of West Virginia University, this new free education program is available for any school or community to establish to help our teens make healthier choices.
INDEPTH: An Alternative to Teen Nicotine Suspension or Citation | American Lung Association
Programs and Training
Illinois Prevention Network (IPN)
The Illinois Prevention Network (IPN) is a collaboration of coalitions and organizations working to create and maintain safe, healthy, and drug-free communities in Illinois.
https://illinoispreventionnetwork.org/
Prevention First
Prevention First is a leading nonprofit organization focused on promoting healthy behaviors and preventing drug and alcohol misuse.
https://www.prevention.org/
CADCA
CADCA represents over 5,000 community coalitions that involve individuals from key sectors including schools, law enforcement, youth, parents, healthcare, media, tribal communities and others. They have members in every U.S. state and territory and more than 30 countries around the world.
https://www.cadca.org/
Campaigns
Strive to Thrive Campaign (BCDPC)
https://www.youtube.com/@boonecountydrugpreventionc4942
National Prevention Week
National Prevention Week is a public education platform showcasing the work of communities and organizations across the country that are preventing substance use and misuse and promoting positive mental health. This week is during the 2nd week of May.
https://www.samhsa.gov/prevention-week
Truth Initiative
Gives people the facts about smoking, vaping, nicotine and the tobacco industry, engage individuals and groups to make change in their communities, innovate ways to end nicotine addiction and join forces with collaborators committed to a future where tobacco and nicotine addiction are a thing of the past.
Truth Initiative: inspiring lives free from smoking, vaping, and nicotine
Real Cost Campaign
Giving you the most accurate, up-to-date information about the harmful effects of tobacco use, so you know the real cost of smoking, vaping, and other tobacco use.
About us - The Real Cost (hhs.gov)
Red Ribbon Week
The Red Ribbon Week Campaign serves as a catalyst to mobilize communities to educate youth and encourage participation in drug prevention activities during the week of October 23-31st.
Red Ribbon Campaign | Largest drug-use prevention campaign in the U.S.
Treatment and Cessation and other Local Resources
State
The Illinois Tobacco Quitline is a free resource to help people quit smoking, vaping, or other tobacco use. :
Your Call, Your Quit | Illinois Tobacco Quitline (quityes.org)
Local
Medication Disposal Information
In Boone County we have multiple disposal sites for unused and expired medications that include prescription, over the counter medications and pet medications.
Current locations include:
Synders - Poplar Grove
Public Safety Building - Belvidere
*No needles, creams or inhalers are accepted. Guidance for safe disposal of these products can be found at the links below:
https://safeneedledisposal.org/states/illinois/
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-10/Proper%20Disposal%20Flier%20%28October%202018%29.pdf