Substance Abuse Prevention

Youth Development Grant

This grant provides evidence-based substance abuse prevention programming for youth (ages 5-18) that includes out-of-school time activities and opportunities for character development, youth development, leadership and community service.

The youth development approach is a way of working with young people that calls for providing youth the developmental experiences shown to promote a healthy transition toward adulthood

Objectives:

• To provide evidence-based youth development programming effective in reducing substance abuse in children.
• To provide specific out-of-school youth development and service opportunities in the community.

Current funding period:

• FY 2012-2015 with annual contracts funding 8 agencies.

Information for contractors:

• Database Builder Website (then click "Data Submissions")  
• Database Builder Expectations  
• Parental Consent Form  
• Guidelines for Survey Administration  
• Youth Development Survey Instrument  
• Tracking Form Instructions  
• Tracking Form  
• Race/Ethnicity Explanation  
• Instructions for Accessing Raw Data  
• Recorded Webinar on the Database Builder System

For more information:

Julie Hibben at (515) 725-7895

Debbie Synhorst at (515) 281-4404