Stanly County Schools and Center Prevention Services are partners in the SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Partnership for Success grant.  This grant provides funding for evidence-based youth prevention education curricula and training of teachers.  This funding also support the Youth Drug Survey which gives the county important information about student use and perceptions of tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.  Prevention education programs for youth serving organizations are also available through Center for Prevention Services. 

Youth, parents, and those who work with youth are supported through prevention education. 

In 2022, Center for Prevention Services collaborated with Stanly County Schools to provide two prevention education curricula for students. Too Good for Drugs was implemented for students in grades 3-5. This program is designed for reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors related to substance misuse in youth. This includes developing skills for making healthy choices, increasing self-esteem, and reducing peer pressure. Botvin Life Skills Training was implemented for students in grades 6-9. This is a substance misuse prevention program that is designed to reduce the risks associated with misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. This curriculum focuses on increasing self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as increasing students’ knowledge of the effects of misusing substances. For school year 2021-2022, we evaluated the effectiveness of the Botvin Lifeskills program. For both life skills and anti-drug knowledge, students’ level of knowledge increased (3.1%, 0.9%) after participating in the curriculum. School year 2022-2023 is the first year of the Too Good for Drugs curriculum, evaluation for this program is not yet available.