PRIDES (YPU1)
PRIDES is a youth prevention universal program that serves both youth within local schools and communities in El Paso County that have not been identified on the basis of individual risk. We address health and wellness for youth, families and communities by enhancing protective factors while reducing risk factors through promising, emerging, and /or evidence-based education and skills training. We enhance community awareness and mobilization around behavioral health.
Prides Program Includes
- Life Skills Curriculum
- Prevention Presentation in the following prevention priorities: underage alcohol use; underage tobacco and nicotine products; marijuana and other cannabinoid use; prescription drug misuse and the use and misuse of other drugs and substances.
- Alternatives activities to promote a drug free lifestyle
- Referrals to access additional education or intensive services
Cost
FREE Resources
Eligibility Criteria
All youth and supportive structures
Contact Information
Priscilla Cortez, BA, ACPS
Program Director
1626 Medical Center, 3rd Floor
- (915) 782-4032 ext 1321
A Youth Prevention Universal Program