NCJ Number
125768
Editor(s)
E N Goplerud
Date Published
1990
Length
179 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the 130 demonstration grants funded by the Federal Office of Substance Abuse Prevention in 1987 to develop, test, and evaluate promising approaches for working with high-risk youth to prevent the abuse of alcohol and other drugs.
Abstract
These approaches involve prevention, intervention, and treatment programs for individuals and groups, as well as comprehensive, communitywide projects. The demonstration projects are operated in 39 states by State organizations, community nonprofit organizations, universities, school boards, and juvenile courts. They are located in rural, suburban, urban, and inner-city locations. In 56 percent of the grants, the target population is a minority group; multiethnic groups that include whites are the target for an additional 41 percent of the grants. Discussion of prevention theories and project summaries that include agency addresses, target populations, and project descriptions.