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Engaging
Communities
"Making
the Right Choice Easy"
Peer pressure is one of the strongest forces in a teen's life. Why not use it?
Teens inevitably find themselves trapped with a choice to make: 1. Try a substance or 2. Walk away. They must choose between accepting or alienating their friends.
"Drug test day" always includes rewards, and they continue all year as visibly as possible. This actually makes test day FUN! It also shows others who is "in" - and getting recognized for it.
Non-member students see the rewards and want them too!
Random re-testing continues throughout the year. Members who face their use choice have the power to say, "I Can't, I might get tested". Peers know this is true because they have seen the member getting DFCA rewards.
Since schools do not know test resuts, parents who discover that their child has experimented with drugs can focus it as a threat to their child's health rather than other consequences.
Peer pressure reverses and
works FOR US!
Parents are given the direct phone number of a "parent resource" person. This is a substance abuse professional volunteering to be called for advice when DFCA parents feel unsure or vulnerable about drug-related topics with their teen.
The likelihood that a teen will use drugs is about HALF as high if their parents talk to them about drugs!
"Take 5" is a DFCA parent tool that points out PERFECT chances to talk about drugs and tips on how to do it in a way that is not awkward or accusatory.
Parents take an active role in their child's drug prevention!
Often the teens who are NOT causing problems get overlooked because their choices do not demand our attention. We say they do.
Members show their ID Cards at school and community businesses for special offers as rewards. These are designed by hand-picked "student officers" and can be anything from discounts to special events, unique priveleges or even items like special graduation cords.
Recognition encourages more good choices and fuels a positive culture!
A comprehensive package of metrics are used to monitor and analyze DFCA's effects. Each school receives thier own tailored metrics package annually.
You will see how your club is making an impact!
Every drug user was once drug free, so the challenge is to influence the very moment a teen is choosing whether or not to use. Here's how DFCA does just that...
Many experts agree that an ideal drug prevention strategy must combine efforts from the schools, community, and parents.
Drug Free Clubs of America's system accomplishes this challenge!
Scores of organizations work hard every day to fight drug abuse. DFCA believes that by working together, rather than along side each other, we expand what can be achieved.
Through our "stakeholder system" of growth organizations are opening DFCA branches to provide the strategy in their own communities, protecting the potential in their local youth.
"Many drops make an ocean"
Every type of student has prevention available to them regardless of grades, accomplishments, or extra curricular interests.
Students become members after passing a drug test and receiving a full color photo ID "Club Card". Since test results only go to parents, the Club Card is used to identify members.
Members can rely on drug testing as their "OUT" if they are offered substances.
Teens get the message 24/7 !
"Every
American Child
will face a
conscious choice
America Needs an Effective Strategy to Fight Drug Abuse
whether to smoke, drink, or use drugs before they graduate from high school"
"More
People Have Died
-CASA (National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University)
-Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Age
Matters
Each year
drug abuse costs
taxpayers nearly $534,000,000,000 (Billion)
each year from drug poisoning than from motor vehicle crashes"
78% of these were accidental drug overdoses
Teens Need
Compelling
Prevention
,
Each $1 invested in prevention
saves up to $7
in treatment
and criminal system costs
Those using illicit drugs by their senior year were 3 times more likely to misuse prescription drugs at age 35 compared to students who had not.
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
-National Institute on Drug Abuse
In 2005 two firefighters became very frustrated by seeing so much devastation from drugs. They wanted to protect our youth and realized one obvious truth...
Empowering
Parents
Energizing
Schools