California has a system of support for expanded learning (SSEL). This webpage has the most current contacts for each region in California.

This brief provides a condensed version of the guide created with Youth Opioid Response California and California AfterSchool Network, to provide information on various strategies co-designed across sectors to support substance use prevention and creating hubs at schools and other community sites to promote whole child, whole family, and whole community health and wellbeing.

In this blog post by Jeff Davis, the Executive Director of California AfterSchool Network, speaks on the opportunities to partner with expanded learning programs in California to support the whole child, whole family, and community wellness.

This journal article reviews the impact of a pilot study on the use of the Safety First real drug education with high school freshman and these findings had significant implications on reductions of overall substance use and increase in harm reduction in these freshman students.

What steps can communities take to engage youth in overdose prevention? The following summary provides concrete examples of data-driven strategies to address rising rates of overdose among youth. Case studies were drawn from overdose prevention coalitions participating in the California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) Accelerator 3.0 Program. These can serve as models for other coalitions and organizations across the country.

What steps can communities take to engage youth in overdose prevention? The following summary provides concrete examples of data-driven strategies to address rising rates of overdose among youth. Case studies were drawn from overdose prevention coalitions participating in the California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) Accelerator 3.0 Program. These can serve as models for other coalitions and organizations across the country.

The National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC) worked with California Overdose Prevention Network (COPN) funded multi-sector coalitions throughout the state in 2022 and focused on supporting coalitions in harm reduction services and approaches for youth. This handout is of the key highlights from the COPN Accelerator 3.0 Program of coalitions working NHRC and implementing harm reduction services for youth.

PRO Youth and Families partners with schools, community organizations, and local governments to engage youth in opportunities that inspire hope. PRO Youth and Families’ offers a variety of direct service programs for youth and supports the Youth & Family Collective initiative that uplifts community organizations, drives collaboration, and fosters capacity building for responsive youth and family programs and services.

Omni Youth Programs mission is to create strong families, develop youth leaders and engage the community to prevent youth alcohol, marijuana & other drug use.

This survey tool is an example of how to anonymously survey and assess youth's experiences with substance use. This point in time survey is being by Empower Watsonville a youth led substance use prevention coalition to help establish a restorative policy for students with substance or found to be intoxicated on school campuses.

RxSafe Marin is committed to supporting youth and listening to youth voices. They are involved in several youth initiatives, including partnering with other community coalitions to distribute Let’s Talk, a resource for parents and teens to begin navigating conversations about substance use.