To reach this office, call: 609.984.4049

State and County Prevention Services:

Responsible through contracts, for providing community-based prevention education and early intervention services to at-risk populations that will enhance their knowledge and skills to promote healthy life choices. The office promotes a 3-tiered approach:

Universal - where media messages and written information is provided statewide to all citizens through contracts and the establishment of resource centers in every county.

Selective - where programs of information and skill development are provided to groups of individuals at some risk.

Indicated - where programs of information, skill development and behavioral change are promoted to identify individuals most at risk.

New Jersey Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information Clearinghouse:

The New Jersey Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information Clearinghouse operates under the auspices of the Division of Addiction Services Office of Prevention and Training Services. The purpose of the New Jersey Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information Clearinghouse is two-fold: (1) Serves as the main Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information at a State level and works in conjunction with the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information's (NCADI)/RADAR Network, 1-800-729-6686 . (2) Coordinates its services with the New Jersey Prevention Network (NJPN) and its 21 county resource sites.

Workforce Development:

Responsible for ensuring evidence based training opportunities are made available to those working with substance abusers and their families. Training towards licensing and certifications in both treatment and prevention are promoted and scholarships are made available to those who express need.

Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant:

This grant, awarded in September 2006, will significantly improve New Jersey 's prevention capacity and infrastructure at the State, County and Local levels. It provides the opportunity for DAS to join with all other agencies in New Jersey administering substance use prevention-related programming and develop a systematic, data-driven, approach to decision making. The additional capacity provided by the grant will allow New Jersey to assess ways of reforming funding distribution and build a sustainable system that is truly data driven. The grant will also provide an opportunity for New Jersey to combine the epidemiological profile data collected by its State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup with our current system for assessing and analyzing causal factors and link those casual factors to priority problems, a function our current system does not serve. A total of $10,465,000 million has been awarded for the five year grant.