Services

Offering a wide range of services and programs, the goals of Aliive are to:

  • Reduce substance abuse and other risky behaviors among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in our community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse; and

  • Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, private non-profit agencies and Federal, State, Local and Tribal governments to support the efforts of our community organization to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth.

Programs to serve the community

Botvin Lifeskills

This program can be offered in person, via pre-recorded sessions, hybrid (middle school only), or remotely. Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program proven to reduce the risks of alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse, and violence by targeting the major social and psychological factors that promote the initiation of substance use and other risky behaviors. This comprehensive and exciting program gives adolescents and young teens the confidence and skills to handle challenging situations successfully.

Too Good For Drugs Curriculum (In person)

Too Good for Drugs empowers teens to meet the challenges of middle school life, fostering confidence and building resistance to substance abuse. Students set and reach more complex goals and, in the process, develop and practice more vital decision-making skills and effective communication skills.

Students also learn to identify and manage their emotions and the emotions of others so they can better relate to others and seek to associate with positive peer groups. Too Good for Drugs addresses environmental and developmental risk factors related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs through developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes teens need to make healthy decisions consistent with their healthy goals.

Vaping-Know the Truth Grades 8-12

Youth e-cigarette use remains at an epidemic level. This prevention-forward digital learning experience gives today’s students core knowledge about the dangers of using e-cigarettes. It offers resources to help young people quit if they already vape.

Mental Health First Aid

The adult Mental Health First Aid course is appropriate for anyone 18 years and older who wants to learn how to help a person who may be experiencing a mental health-related crisis or problem. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.

Build a powerful community of teens ages 15-18 by teaching them how to support a friend or classmate with the evidence-based teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) course. Adolescence is a time of critical change and development. It’s when mental health challenges may first emerge and may be the cause for falling grades, problems with close relationships, and substance use. Young people will be prepared to provide support for their peers as well as better cope with mental health challenges themselves.

Training Intervention Procedures (TIPs)
This is the responsible beverage server training class offered. The class teaches alcohol retailers how to recognize and appropriately intervene with underage and over intoxicated customers.

QPR

QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention is a 1-2 hour educational program designed to teach lay and professional “gatekeepers” the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to respond. Gatekeepers can include anyone who is strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide (e.g., parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, coaches, caseworkers, police officers). The process follows three steps: (1) Question the individual’s desire or intent regarding suicide, (2) Persuade the person to seek and accept help, and (3) Refer the person to appropriate resources.

Educational classes
Aliive also offers a wide array of educational classes around the issues of substance use. We offer classes on underage drinking, marijuana, shoplifting, tobacco use, drinking and driving, along with parenting classes. The classes are based online to increase the accessibility.

Strategic Planning and Consulting Services
Aliive is available to provide strategic planning and consulting services to organizations. Strategic planning examines the necessities of today and tomorrow in light of an organization’s goals and capabilities.   And it lets organizations update their goals and identify new capabilities they may need on board, tying strategic goals to a strategic management plan and goal setting. Aliive also provides assistance in grant writing services.