IMPACT MOHAVE COUNTY Description: IMPACT (In Mohave Prevention Action Collaboration Team) is using a county-wide approach to increase access to effective, evidence-based substance use prevention services across the critically high-need, rural tri-city area of Mohave County, Arizona.  It is working with current community substance abuse coalitions: in Lake Havasu City YADAH (Young Adult Development Association of Havasu), in Kingman the Meth Coalition and MSTEPP (Mohave Substance Abuse Treatment and Education Prevention Partnership),…

Teen Maze Description: Teen Maze is an interactive, 30-minute event for high school students focused on decision making and the consequences of using drugs and alcohol. Students start at a party, where they are given a card with a scenario about an unhealthy choice that a teen could make at a party. The students then enter the “maze”, where they visit different tables that represent possible consequences around youth substance…

WakeUP Description: Wake Up is an alcohol and drug education program that targets offenders 12-22 years of age. It is designed to address behaviors and attitudes towards drugs and alcohol by exposing youth to real life consequences of impaired decision making. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their beliefs about alcohol and drug use and its effects on their lives: themselves, family, friends and community.  Outcomes: 187 youth…

AZYP operates three (3) shelter facilities for youth ages 12-17  in Mohave County and Yavapai County.  Harbor House for boys in Kingman, Providence Place for girls in Bullhead City, and The Lighthouse for boys in Prescott Valley.  AZYP’s shelters are a home environment with only 5 beds so youth receive individual attention and support. The program addresses the immediate needs of youth, and then go beyond immediate needs to provide…