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Featured Prevention Resources
Prevention in TexasPrevention activities improve the lives of Texans by discouraging substance use before it results in costly and life-threatening consequences, such as drunken driving fatalities and emergency room visits resulting from substance abuse. The Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Section, funds approximately 200 school and community based programs statewide to prevent the use and consequences of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) among Texas youth and families. These programs provide evidence-based curricula and effective prevention strategies identified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) in over 500 school districts. The Strategic Prevention Framework provided by CSAP guides many prevention activities in Texas. In 2004, Texas received a state incentive grant from CSAP to implement the Strategic Prevention Framework in close collaboration with local communities in order to tailor services to meet local needs for substance abuse prevention. This prevention framework provides a continuum of services that target the three classifications of prevention activities under the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which are universal, selective, and indicated. Substance Abuse Prevention
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