Safe and Drug Free Schools

Disclaimer: The Safe and Drug Free Schools web site has links to non-Clark County School District community agencies and resources.  References in these community web sites, or in any information or documents contained therein, pertained to any specific commercial or non-commercial products, process, service, manufacturer, individual or company does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the Clark County School District or the office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. 

American Lung Association - Quit Smoking 
Support for those who want to quit smoking or vaping. 

Boulder City Police Department
Partners with the community. Boulder City Police Department offers a wide variety of programs  designed to get citizens involved in their community. 

Boys Town
Since 1917, Boys Town has given thousands of at-risk children the love, support and education they need to succeed. The scope has expanded to include in-home family counseling, health care and programs to rebuild at-risk schools.

CARE Coalition
To increase public awareness of the effects of drug and alcohol by educating and supporting youth, adults, the community at large and drug prevention agencies in Clark County; thus identifying and promoting healthy behaviors and reducing substance abuse in our community. 

Career One Stop
Provides resources for finding jobs, choosing a career, and choosing a college. Free and does not require the creation of an account. 

Clark County School District Police Services
Clark County School District Police Department 

Empowering Parents
Program made to help parents design plans and activities for children of any age. 

The Harbor
The Harbor provides a safe place for guidance and to be responsive to the well-being of youths, families, victims and the Clark County community by providing meaningful services to youth and families to address their immediate needs. 

Henderson Police Department
Partners with the community. Henderson Police Department offers a wide variety of programs designed to get citizens involved in their community. 

Job Corps
The nation's largest free residential education and job training program for young adults ages 16-24. Job Corps is administered by the United States Department of Labor.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Partners with the community. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department offers a wide variety of programs designed to get citizens involved in their community.

Mayo Clinic - Quit Smoking
Evidence based quitting approaches for smoking/vaping

NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness
Coping skills support for youth struggling with mental health.

National Institute of Drug Abuse for Teens (NIDA for TEENS)
A series of free booklets showing the effects of different drugs and the consequences of their abuse. Can be ordered or read online.

National Safe Place
Safe Place is a national youth outreach and prevention program for young people in need of immediate help and safety. As a community-based  program, Safe Place designates businesses and organizations as Safe Place locations, making help readily available to youth in communities across the country free of charge. 

Nevada YRBSS - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
Measures health-related behaviors and experiences in young adults. 

Netsmartz
Program from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children created to help children stay safer both offline and online. 

North Las Vegas Police Department
Partners with the community. North Las Vegas Police Department offers a wide variety of programs designed to get citizens involved in their community. 

PACT Coalition (Prevention, Advocacy, Choices, Teamwork)
Resources for Nevada mainly targeted at alcohol and drug abuse. 

Parenting Project
Clark County Department of Family Services. 

Red Ribbon Campaign
Campaign to raise drug awareness by The National Family Partnership (NFP) through discussion. Has resources and opportunities to help raise awareness for both students and parents. 

Smoke Free
Provides different tools to help students quit smoking. 

This is Quitting
A digital quitting program for those who are ready to quit smoking, vaping, using oral nicotine/tobacco pouches or any tobacco product. 

TiNHiH
Empowering Recovery and Strengthenting Families. Dedicated to the wellbeing of teens, adults, and families through comprehensive mental health and substance use services

Truth Initiative
Orgainization dedicated to preventing youth nicotine additction and empowering quitting. 

Youth Vaping Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH). Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among youth and young adults. 

Substance Abuse Awareness Program (SAAP)

• Assists schools as they address drug, alcohol, and tobacco use among students as per the CCSD Code of Conduct.
• Parents are required to participate so that a collaborative approach may be implemented when combating the causes of substance use.
• Drug, alcohol, and tobacco use are recognized as complex human behaviors with patterns that vary and are influenced by many forces (i.e., individual, family, school, peer groups, media).
• The program for students and parents is designed to provide educational awareness on signed and symptoms of substance use and provide community resources.
• Surveys by students and parents who have completed the program indicate a very positive reaction as to the value of the program in improving communication between parent and child. They share having a better understanding of how alcohol, tobacco, and other drug useimpacts learning.

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Program Objectives

• Create family awareness of substance use as a social problem.
• Deal constructively with substance usein an educational setting.
• Deter further experimentation with drugs/alcohol/tobacco.
• Improve communication between the student and parents.
• Impress upon students that substance use has an adverse impact on their development.

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Sessions

Communication Parent Involvement

• Discuss issues, feelings, and ideas about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
• Protective and risk factors
• Improving parent involvement to help decrease risky behaviors.
• Build trust and communication skills between parent and child

Signs, Symptoms, Facts, Community Resources

• Signs and symptoms of use
• Warning signs
• Research and the brain
• Decision making, problem solving, peer pressure, and refusal skills
• Clark County and Nevada Laws

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School Board Policy Requiring Student Attendance of the Substance Abuse Awareness Program

CCSD Regulation 5141.1
http://ccsd.net/district/policies-regulations/pdf/5141.1_R.pdf

Any student who is found to have possessed, used, sold, or to have in anyway encouraged the possession, use, sale by another of any controlled substance including narcotic drugs, prescription or over the counter drugs (except in accordance with Regulation 5150-Health and Welfare), drug paraphernalia or alcoholic beverages or any represented to be drug paraphernalia or alcoholic beverages must attend and complete the District's Substance Abuse Awareness Program with a parent or guardian.

Programs

All-Stars Middle School Drug Prevention Program

Middle school students learn how to write a prevention plan specific to a school's needs and start a club that empowers them to implement prevention efforts in the areas of substance abuse and violence