A community resource for youth and the people who love them.
Our goal is to promote fun, healthy, and positive lifestyle choices.
The DPS Substance Use Prevention (SUP) program provides parents and educators with the best information and tools to engage kids so they can lead healthy and thriving lives. To effectively promote the health of young people, prevention efforts must work across multiple disciplines.
Upstream Prevention
Upstream prevention seeks to build protective factors into a community, by teaching resiliency and coping, and strengthening youth-adult connectedness.
Prevention is a proactive process that empowers individuals and systems to meet the challenges of life events and transitions and creates and reinforces conditions that promote healthy behaviors and lifestyles.
Watch the video below for a more in-depth explanation of upstream prevention.
Upcoming Events
DPS SUP hosts online webinars designed to provide you with the tools to help empower youth to make smart decisions about substance use.