AIKW 1 - NCADA Substance Abuse Treatment

11/16/18 • 24 min

All In, Kids Win

NCADA Nicole Browning, Clinical Director

www.ncada-stl.org

(314)962-3456 [email protected]

9355 Olive Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63132

NCADA works to reduce or prevent the harms of alcohol and other drug use through education, intervention and advocacy.

In all matters related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse, the NCADA has been the place to turn since 1965.

Substance use disorder is the leading contributor to death and injury among young people. This is unacceptable. Teenagers and young adults—with their lives full of promise and untapped potential—are too often struck down from a condition which is not only treatable, but preventable.

So one of the NCADA’s major goals is to teach young people the skills needed to resist the pressures to use and abuse drugs. We offer proven, evidence- and best-practices-based curricula for every grade from K-12 in nearly 300 schools in the region.

Additionally, we offer youth leadership programs and a wide range of non-school-based prevention services. In a normal year the NCADA offers prevention and education services to over 100,000 people.

NCADA is a proud member of the United Way, meets the 20 Better Business Bureau standards for charity accountability and was a 2013 recipient of the BBB TORCH Award for exceptional customer service and ethical business practices.

NCADA Nicole Browning, Clinical Director

www.ncada-stl.org

(314)962-3456 [email protected]

9355 Olive Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63132

NCADA works to reduce or prevent the harms of alcohol and other drug use through education, intervention and advocacy.

In all matters related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse, the NCADA has been the place to turn since 1965.

Additionally, we offer youth leadership programs and a wide range of non-school-based prevention services. In a normal year the NCADA offers prevention and education services to over 100,000 people.

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AIKW 2 - Safe Connections Therapy Resources

Safe Connections Zenique Gardner-Perry, Prevention Education Manager Heidi Harbin, Adolescent Clinical Manager

24-Hour Crisis Helpline (314)531-2003

Main Office Number (314)646-7500

2165 Hampton Avenue St. Louis, MO 63139

www.safeconnections.org

Dani Smith, Events and Communications Manager [email protected] Ext. 123

Our Mission

The mission of Safe Connections is to reduce the impact and incidence of relationship violence and sexual assault through education, crisis intervention, counseling and support services.

Agency Overview

Safe Connections is proud to be one of the St. Louis region’s oldest and largest organizations working to prevent and end domestic and sexual violence while helping survivors reclaim their lives. Our services in prevention education, crisis intervention and counseling make a big difference for families and the health of our community.

Safe Connections has grown steadily since our inception in 1976 when we began as grassroots domestic violence crisis hotline. It quickly became clear that counseling services for victims of abuse were needed, so our first mental health therapists were hired. In 1988, responding to research and our own recognition that breaking the cycle of violence must include reaching youth, we developed and introduced Project HART (Healthy Alternatives for Relationships among Teens), a violence prevention curriculum, in schools across the metropolitan area.

Safe Connections is the only domestic violence/sexual assault counseling and prevention agency in St. Louis to be accredited by the Council on Accreditation, due to our best practice standards covering governance, human resources, financial management and program services. We are also a member of the Better Business Bureaus Wise Giving Alliance and maintain a top rating with the United Way of Greater St. Louis.