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!
Managing Pain to Have a Good Life
Being in pain is challenging and does not have to be a normal part of aging. Join us for this workshop on how to talk to your doctor about pain and how you can manage it.
*Wellness Kit Giveaway for Bergen and Passaic County Older Adults**
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.
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**
Narcan Training
Are you interested in learning how YOU can save a life using Narcan during Recovery Month?
Increased naloxone (Narcan) access and training is a key tool for preventing overdose deaths.
The Bergen County Prevention Coalition is partnering with Rutgers' Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's Division of Addiction Psychiatry to provide a FREE Narcan training on Wednesday, 9/21 @ 1:30pm.
Participants will receive a free naloxone kit.
