Western Prevention Resource Center
About the WPRC
The Western Prevention Resource Center, one of three prevention resource centers in South Dakota, serves 24 counties. Services are provided in cooperation with the South Dakota Department of Human Services, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the South Dakota Department of Education & Cultural Affairs, and the South Dakota Department of Health.
The WPRC is an Associate Site for the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) and is a member of the regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR) Network, both projects of the Center for Substance Abuse (CSAP) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Our Services
The YFS Western Prevention Resource Center assists students, parents, educators, community groups, social service and mental health agencies, chemical dependency service providers and law enforcement personnel in developing and implementing prevention programs in western South Dakota.
The WPRC is committed to providing the following services:
- Disseminating information through the resource library and a monthly newsletter;
- Assisting schools and communities in developing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention policies, programming and curricula;
- Providing training to educators and community prevention advocates in various prevention programming;
- Assisting community and parent groups in developing prevention activities and programs.
Workshops
The workshops and presentations offered include:
- Alcohol and Dating Violence
- Improvisational Theater Camp youth leadership training
- Kids on Fire (inhalant abuse)
- Marijuana: New Facts, Old Fictions
- Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities grant writing, goal setting and evaluation
- Trainings and curriculum that are research-based and proven effective.
- Walking the Talk (designed to teach parents how to talk to their kids about alcohol)
- Youth to Youth leadership training
Prevention Matters Newsletter
Read our newsletter! We are bringing back the popular Prevention Matters newsletter. You can view it online by clicking below. Also, you may want to join the mailing lists for discussing prevention topics, regional events, and sharing resources.
New Mailing Lists!
Beginning June 1 we are using two new electronic mailing lists:
- Newsletter Announcements. Individuals on this list receive a monthly link to the Prevention Matters newsletter.
- Prevention Link. This is a moderated list for everyone working with prevention in western South Dakota who would like to provide information or ask questions about prevention issues.
To join one of these lists, visit the Newsletter page.
Visit Our Library
More than 1,000 prevention videos, DVDs, books, CDs, brochures, and curriculum are available at the Western Prevention Resource Center's library.
Individuals, groups, or schools may check out all materials free of charge. Topics include information on specific drugs (such as alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamines), conflict resolution, depression and suicide, self-esteem, eating disorders, abstinence, parenting, anger management and more.
» Click here to Search or Browse the Library Online
Online Resources
