We offer programming and support across the lifespan in several areas that encourage people on their path to recovery, give youth the skills they need for smart and health decisions, give parents the support that they need, support older adults to encourage wellness, and arm communities with the tools they need to reduce substance misuse.
Upcoming Programs
This list is some of our upcoming programs. Please visit our family, older adult, school, community, and recovery support pages or our events calendar to see what other programs we offer!
Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families Program for parents and youth is delivered over seven or fourteen weeks in parent, youth, and family sessions that are highly interactive and include role-playing, discussions, learning games, and family projects. This family skills program is designed to delay the onset of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, increase resistance to peer pressure, and improve parent management skills. Families are provided with dinner, free babysitting, transportation (if needed), and a $100 Visa Gift Card upon graduation.
Take Control of Your Health
Bergen County Older Adults....Put Life Back Into Your Life.
Consider a TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH FREE Workshop developed by Stanford University.
Free book. Gift card and certificate on completion of at least 4 sessions!
Are you an adult (over 18 yrs) with an ongoing health condition or a caregiver of a person with a chronic disease?
You’ll get the support you need, find practical ways to deal with pain and fatigue, discover better nutrition and exercise choices, understand new treatment choices, and learn better ways to talk with your doctor and family about your health.
If you have conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, or addictions, this workshop can help you take charge of your life.
Sign Up Now. Spaces Are Limited.
Join a free 2 hour Bergen County Workshop, held each week for six weeks.
Learn from trained volunteer leaders with health conditions themselves.
Set your own goals and make a step-by-step plan to improve your health—and your life.
Brought to you by The Bergen County Community Health Improvement Partnership and The Center for Alcohol and Drug Resources
Strengthening Families (youth ages 6-11)
This cycle of Strengthening Families is for families with children between the ages of 6 and 11. This program is offered in English and Spanish. Registration is required!
Many parents have found that this program has helped them to connect with other parents, understand their youth more, and communicate better as a family. Many of the youth have found that this program helped them to resist peer pressure, taught them about drugs and alcohol, and helped their families connect.
It really is a great opportunity for families. The only requirement is that the family has a child between the ages of 10 and 14. When families graduate from the program, they receive a $100 gift card. Each week the families receive a free dinner on a different night of the program.
Families begin the program by eating dinner together. After dinner, the families break up into three groups: parents, youth, and babysitting where parenting skills and life skills are taught. Some of these topics include: parents - Love and Limits, making rules, consequences, and protecting against substance abuse and youth – speaking, listening and staying out of trouble. The families then come together and do family bonding games and activities around these topics.
**Babysitting and transportation provided if necessary**
Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families Program for parents and youth is delivered over seven or fourteen weeks in parent, youth, and family sessions that are highly interactive and include role-playing, discussions, learning games, and family projects. This family skills program is designed to delay the onset of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, increase resistance to peer pressure, and improve parent management skills. Families are provided with dinner, free babysitting, transportation (if needed), and a $100 Visa Gift Card upon graduation.
Take Control of Your Health
Bergen County Older Adults....Put Life Back Into Your Life.
Consider a TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH FREE Workshop developed by Stanford University.
Free book. Gift card and certificate on completion of at least 4 sessions!
Are you an adult (over 18 yrs) with an ongoing health condition or a caregiver of a person with a chronic disease?
You’ll get the support you need, find practical ways to deal with pain and fatigue, discover better nutrition and exercise choices, understand new treatment choices, and learn better ways to talk with your doctor and family about your health.
If you have conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, or addictions, this workshop can help you take charge of your life.
Sign Up Now. Spaces Are Limited.
Join a free 2 hour Bergen County Workshop, held each week for six weeks.
Learn from trained volunteer leaders with health conditions themselves.
Set your own goals and make a step-by-step plan to improve your health—and your life.
Brought to you by The Bergen County Community Health Improvement Partnership and The Center for Alcohol and Drug Resources
It’s Cluttering my Cabinet!
Does opening your medicine cabinet feel like a game of Tetris? It might be time to clear some of those pieces. Learn about Deterra, an easy and environmentally friendly way to dispose of your expired or unused medications taking up space in your cabinet.
*$25 gift card for Bergen and Passaic Older Adults*
Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families Program for parents and youth is delivered over seven or fourteen weeks in parent, youth, and family sessions that are highly interactive and include role-playing, discussions, learning games, and family projects. This family skills program is designed to delay the onset of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, increase resistance to peer pressure, and improve parent management skills. Families are provided with dinner, free babysitting, transportation (if needed), and a $100 Visa Gift Card upon graduation.
CHAT GPS Creating Healthy Attitudes in Teens Going Places Substance-Free
The Center for Alcohol and Drug Resources is offering an interactive, reflective, and introspective, 2-hour program for adolescents who are experimenting with alcohol or other substances, or whose parents are concerned about potential use. The program includes an educational component for parents and caregivers.
Youth who attend this program will have an increased awareness of:
Why people might use substances
How substance use might impact a person's life and their environment
Practice using goal-setting and action-planning tools
Parents who attend will have an increased awareness of adolescent substance use, level of risk, and how to have conversations with youth about substance use.
This program is available at no cost to families.
Bergen County Prevention Coalition Meeting
The Bergen County Prevention Coalition (BCPC) and Garfield Prevention Coalition (GPC) are a collaboration of individuals and organizations that are committed to, and passionate about reducing the rates of alcohol and drug use among youth and young adults in Bergen County.
The coalition’s members work together to address these issues by leveraging resources and building on the group’s collective strengths to influence the environment as it relates to underage drinking, electronic cigarettes/vaping, prescription medication misuse, reducing the use of illegal drugs with a special focus on opioids, and reducing the use of new and emerging drugs of abuse across the lifespan.
Monthly meetings provide an opportunity for members to network, participate in relevant training seminars, and plan collaborative initiatives to address the needs the coalition establishes as its focus.
Membership is open to those who are interested in creating a healthy, safe and drug-free Bergen County, including youth and young adults.
Meetings are currently hybrid. In person: Children's Aid and Family Services, 22-08 Route 208 South or virtual through Zoom
Garfield Community Outreach Table
Visit us at the Recovery Support Services Community Outreach Table. Narcan Kits are available on site and also immediate contact with a recovery support specialist.
Stress Management
Effective stress management helps you break the hold stress has on your life, so you can be happier, healthier, and more productive. The ultimate goal is a balanced life, with time for work, relationships, relaxation, and fun—and the resilience to hold up under pressure and meet challenges head on. Join us as we learn skills and about resources to help us positively respond to stress.
Familias Fuertes
¡Somos familias fuertes que se preocupan el uno por los demas y nos divertimos juntos!
Programa familiar gratuito de 7 sesiones para padres y ninos de 10-14 anos
Unase a nosotros para actividades divertidas e interactivas que ayudan a las familias a desarrollar sus puntos fuertes, ayudan a los padres mostrar amor y establecer limites, y ayudan a los ninos a desarrollar habilidades para un futuro postivo.
Para registrarse contacte Angelica Rodriguez.
Strengthening Families
The Strengthening Families Program is a free 7-week family program for parents & kids ages 10-14. Parent, youth and family sessions are highly interactive and include role-playing, discussions, learning games, and family projects. This family skills program is designed to delay the onset of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use increase resistance to peer pressure, and improve parent management skills.
Free dinner and babysitting provided.
