The Drug Free Schools and Communities Act program for the Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS) in Louisiana is designed to provide a comprehensive and developmental substance abuse prevention education program coupled with an early intervention program. The JPPSS program exists in each of the 84 public schools and a portion of the…

This report provides information about the use of Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Program grants by rural school districts. The study used a telephone survey to obtain information from a representative sample of the nation's 8,913 rural school districts. In addition, 20 judgmentally selected rural districts were visited in 10 states.…

Enacted by Congress in 1986, the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA) has been the federal government's primary effort to support drug education and prevention for school-aged youth. The findings from the fourth biennial survey, covering the performance period 1993-95, are presented in this report. Nearly all school districts in…

Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). The study design and data collection methods for a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of DFSCA are presented in this report. As part of an overall assessment of DFSCA, the report details the methodology used to…

Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). The extent to which DFSCA-funded programs made a difference in helping states and localities prevent or reduce drug use and some of the effective prevention strategies and programs for use with school-aged youth are examined…

This legislative hearing focuses on Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota's drug-prevention efforts. The emphasis here is on the efforts of rural states, rural communities, rural schools, and families to combat drug and alcohol abuse. Drug-free school programs are particularly emphasized. Also discussed are the issues various…

The Drug-Free Schools and Communities (DFSC) Act of 1986 provides funding to school districts to supplement efforts to eliminate drug and alcohol use by students. In 1993-94 the Austin Independent School District (AISD) received $466,151 from the DFSC grant. Three types of program components were funded--student programs, programs for curriculum…

Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). A summary of the findings of a longitudinal study of DFSCA is presented in this report. Revitalized in 1995 as the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA), the Act's scope was extended to include prevention…