Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities

The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSC Act) is part of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, it is designed to create bipartisan education reform based on accountability, choice, and flexibility in parental & community involvement; and local decision making with the objective of ensuring that every student achieves academic success.

Savings From Effective School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention 

If effective prevention programs were implemented nationwide, substance abuse initiation would decline for 1.5 million youth and be delayed for 2 years on average.  It has been well established that a delay in onset reduces subsequent problems later in life (Miller, T. and Hendrie, D. Substance Abuse Prevention Dollars and Cents: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 07-4298. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009.)
 

Resources

Principles of Effectiveness: Safe and Drug-Free Schools  

Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Providers

Contact: 
Joy Hermansen, M.E.d.
(405) 522-3915 

Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
1200 NE 13th Street
PO Box 53277
Oklahoma City, OK  73152-3277
405-522-3908    405-522-3851 TDD    405-522-3650 Fax
Toll-Free, 24 Hours  1-800-522-9054 
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