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Adult Prevention Services
Pathways’ Regional Prevention Center (RPC) provides education and training for adults on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) prevention, suicide prevention, and behavioral health promotion. Prevention services are provided at worksites, churches, schools, and other sites in the community. Emphasis is placed on training adults who are in positions to encourage and support youth in making healthy choices. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.

Community Prevention
Pathways’ RPC facilitates and/or partners with prevention coalitions in the ten-county catchment area to increase public awareness and involvement in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention, suicide prevention, and behavioral health promotion. The RPC’s Certified Prevention Specialists provide consultation, technical assistance, and training to mobilize schools, community agencies, and community groups to plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive, evidence-based substance abuse and suicide prevention programs. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.

Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy (KY-ASAP)
Pathways participates as a fiscal agent and provides facilitators for several Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy (KY-ASAP) local boards. KY-ASAP was created in 2000 to develop a strategic plan to reduce the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth and adult populations in Kentucky. KY-ASAP also co-ordinates efforts among state and local agencies in the area of sub-stance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. KY-ASAP local boards embrace and incorporate the three-pronged approach of the Office of Drug Control Policy that includes prevention, treatment, and interdiction (involvement of law enforcement). The group has worked with various initiatives, including assisting with smoke-free policies for schools and communities and training/educational programs regarding the dangers of using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Pathways serves as the fiscal agent for the Bath County KY-ASAP Local Board, Lawrence County KY-ASAP Local Board, and the Tri-County KY-ASAP Local Board (Boyd, Carter, and Greenup counties).

KY-Moms MATR (Maternal Assistance Towards Recovery)
KY-Moms MATR is a program funded by the Early Childhood Development Authority using Tobacco Settlement funds to help identify and provide services for women at-risk for substance use during pregnancy. The RPC offers a community outreach program where women can learn the risks of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use to the fetus during pregnancy. Participants are screened and offered additional prevention, intervention, or treatment services. The RPC also offers selective and indicated prevention education programs involving basic information on reducing harm to the fetus from substance use during pregnancy, along with reducing risk for developing an alcohol or drug use problem across the lifespan. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.

Prevention Resource and Information Services
The RPC serves as a primary source of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention, suicide prevention, and behavioral health promotion information for all communities in the region. Services include a resource library and the distribution of printed materials and audiovisuals. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.
Prime for Life

Prime for Life is an evidence-based motivational prevention, intervention, and pretreatment program specifically designed for people who might be making high-risk choices. It is designed to change drinking and drug use behaviors by changing beliefs, attitudes, risk perceptions, motivations, and the knowledge of how to reduce risk of alcohol and drug related problems throughout a lifetime. Prime for Life includes both prevention and intervention content; it is also designed in a way that serves universal, selective, and indicated audiences with program delivery options for each. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.

Suicide Prevention Training - Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)

QPR is an 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. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.

Youth Mental Health First Aid
QPR is an 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. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.
Youth Prevention Services
The RPC provides an array of services aimed at preventing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems. Services for children and youth emphasize the development of healthy foundations for decisions regarding tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use. Consultation and training are provided for schools, agencies, and organizations that support healthy environments. Certified Prevention Specialists also provide technical assistance for evidence-based substance abuse prevention curricula. Services are available in all ten counties served by Pathways.
Zero Tolerance Program (ZT)
The Zero Tolerance Program (ZT) is a legally-required program for youth/young adults under 21 who violate the Kentucky Under 21 DUI-Zero Tolerance law (driving with a blood-alcohol content of .02 to .08). Adolescents are screened and provided with 12 hours of education using the Prime for Life lifestyle risk-reduction curriculum. Zero Tolerance is available to offenders in all ten counties, but mandatory educational classes are only offered in Boyd and Rowan counties on a bi-weekly basis.