The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has launched Family Checkup, an online resource that provides parents with research-based skills to help keep their kids drug-free. NIDA-funded research has shown the critical role parents play in preventing their children from using drugs. Family Checkup poses questions for parents to consider as they interact with their children; […]
Archives for November 2012
New Futures: Helping Communities and Educators to Provide Children Culturally Relevant Programs
New Futures partners with families in their communities and with educators to ensure that children succeed in school and in life. Their integrated, culturally relevant programs in low-income apartment complexes build skills, foster connectedness, and promote strengths. Population of focus Low income children, youth, families and adults in South King County, Washington state Implementation New Futures increases access to services by […]