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Since 1990, The “Partnership” has provided programs and resource information as ways to provide assistance to the county region as a front line substance abuse community coalition.

Given the challenges today’s youth and parents are facing, it is our intention to offer methods and services to further prevent adolescent use and to intervene with substance abuse before addiction sets in with an adolescent.

In 2003, the organization developed a division of programs under the name of Clean Teens to further engage and support adolescent age children, their parents, and schools with the mission to delay, deter, and/or eliminate adolescent alcohol and other drug use and abuse in the context of educational and intervention services. 

Clean Teens Programs & Services...

Assessments
An assessment is a tool designed to examine an individual’s alcohol and/or other drug use patterns.  Based on the assessment findings, a recommendation will be made to address the student’s needs and prevent repeat offenses. Assessments are mandatory for every person convicted of underage drinking, possession, etc.  The assessment involves a personal interview by an ATOD intervention staff member who has been trained in the assessment process.  If an individual is under the age of 18, a parent will need to accompany their child for the assessment. (Click here for more information)

Alternate Routes Detour Program, (ARP)
This early intervention series of educational groups for youth ages 13 to 17 years of age is comprised of five one-and-a-half-hour motivational sessions designed to interrupt a high school student alcohol and/or other drug use. The program is coordinated and facilitated by Clean Teens staff in collaboration with school personnel to increase student self-awareness concerning the dangers and harm associated with alcohol and other drug use and explore how use pattern’s effect major areas of their life, peer, family, and educational goals. The group sessions are conducted on a rotating basis after school in a safe, confidential, and positive environment.
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MIP Alcohol Education for Minors
This series of educational groups is designed for young adults whom are between the ages of 18 to 20 year-old and have received an underage alcohol (MIP) violation. The series is comprised of three 2.5 hour education sessions and a 30-minute intake interview. The emphasis is on providing motivational strategies that support and strengthen individual decision and coping strategies to interrupt personal use patterns.  (Click here for more information)

Home Diversion Program, (HDP)
This program is a home-based intervention program with a multi-systemic approach providing the needed intervention service to address substance abuse behaviors (13 to 17 years old) among adolescents while supporting family goals and ideology. The program works within the family home to conduct twelve one-on-one sessions with the youth, six parent sessions, and six family sessions. The focus is to confront the issue at the point were newly learned skills are applied, at home. The strength-based approach, techniques, and strategies to support youth (as an individual) and parents (family as a whole) are geared to reduce substance use and related conflicts. Family members learn to draw reinforcement for change from one another and together, family members celebrate individual growth as they support changes needed for the family.  Please call to schedule a youth assessment and facilitator interview to ensure the program fits your child and family needs. (Click here for more information)

“We were fortunate to be referred to Clean Teens when we discovered our child was in trouble and heading down a path we couldn't handle on our own.  The classic symptoms were all there: withdrawal from family, grades dropping, and quitting sports.  Yet, none of this hit home until we found the physical evidence of drugs.  Shock and hysteria set in, we had no idea what to do next.  Clean Teens responded immediately, assisting us in outlining what was not working in our family for this situation to occur.  We developed a plan together and stuck by it. Our child had private meetings with Clean Teens staff.  The results of those meetings made an instant difference in our child's life.  His growth in self-confidence and self-esteem enabled him to take control of his life and his future.  Through family counseling we worked on issues that affected the entire unit.  We committed together; parents, children's & Clean Teens.  Through time and effort we are now in a much better place.  Our son sees his potential and is focusing on the positive ways to reach his goals.  Clean Teens made a tremendous difference in all of our lives.  Without them, our story might have turned out much different.” ~ Dexter Parent

Parents Organizing
A support group for parents to discuss concerns regarding their high school students peer, family, school, and community influences as it relates to youth alcohol and drug use. Participating parents gather in an organized private parent group organized by parents themselves to share personal information while learning factual ATOD information by a Clean Teens staff. The emphasis is on providing parents with practical and useful information that can help parents further engage their child within meaningful and nonabrasive dialogs at home. (Click here for more information)


Life as an Athlete, (LOA)
(information coming soon)


Training for Intervention Procedures, (TIPS)
For more than 25 years, the TIPS program been a global leader in education and training in the responsible service, sale, and consumption of alcohol area. TIPS is a skilled-based training program designed to prevent intoxication, underage drinking, and drunk driving. By building on individuals' fundamental "people skills", TIPS provides the knowledge and confidence servers/sellers need to recognize potential alcohol-related problems and how to effectively intervene to prevent alcohol-related tragedies. (Click here for more information)

The Prevention Corner Television Show
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It is an honor as a member of the Grammy’s to help promote this exciting and challenging music contest to teens (14-18 yrs old) throughout Michigan and abroad!

As a musician, singer, songwriter I’ve dedicated over 15 years to the promotion of violence and substance abuse prevention through music and my television show “The Prevention Corner”. I’ve been recognized by the Director of the F.B.I. the D.E.A. the RARE Foundation, The Parents Television Council and twice as the Crime Prevention Practitioner of the Year by the Crime Prevention Association of Michigan.

I’m so excited for this opportunity for young musicians to be recognized by the Grammy’s and have your positive music shared with others around the world.

It’s not to late! Check out this exciting opportunity to promote a positive message!

Let me know if I can help:
preventioncorner@writeme.com
www.cdbaby.com/richcoleman
www.youtube.com/WashKnights 


Holiday effort to keep our roads safe,

"Tie One On For Safety" 

Although Red Ribbon Week was just celebrated during the last week of October in our local middle schools to increase awareness about alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) prevention and promote drug-free lifestyles among our students, it’s time to gear up and help encourage drivers in our community to pledge sober driving practices.

During the holiday season, when social calendars are full of parties and people are traveling to visit family and friends, the risk for impaired driving is especially high. The “Tie One On” For Safety campaign, originally named the "Project Red Ribbon Campaign" was created in 1986 to help heighten public attention to drinking and driving during the holiday season.

The 162 overtime enforcement hours by law enforcement, an increased public awareness, and responsible behaviors, where key factors for ZERO fatal traffic crashes involving alcohol in Washtenaw County last year.

Today, the goals is to sustain last years efforts while recruit anti-drunk driving partners to tie MADD ribbons to a visible place on their vehicle; boost awareness about drunk driving during the holiday season; to offer suggestions to deter drunk driving; and to increase MADD's identity with the red ribbon and its symbolism which is to prevent drunk driving.

This effort continues throughout the holidays and will distribute ribbons to residents to encourage public involvement in the fight against drunk driving by taking a red ribbon and “tying one on” to a visible place on their vehicle such as the antenna or side mirror. 

^{Federal initiative urges parents to "Start Talking before They Start Drinking”}

Nearly 1,200 town hall meetings convened around the nation in 2006 as part of a national campaign to prevent underage drinking. Town hall meetings were to increase community dialog as part of a national strategy spearheaded by a Federal Inter agency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, chaired by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in partnership with state and local agencies and organizations. Meetings were held in all 50 states, four territories, and the District of Columbia.

Clean Teens received a federal grant from SAHMSA to join this national effort and to spearhead a local response with a team of community organizations and decision makers from Washtenaw County. Over 20 nonprofit organizations and a number of local volunteers helped to increase their communities awareness of the concerning increase underage drinking. The collaborative team of nonprofits, students and parents hosted a series of 6 Town Hall Meetings with a panel of experts from each community. Over 180 Ypsilanti, Whitmore Lake, Northfield Township, Milan, Ann Arbor, Saline and Pittsfield Township residents attended the meetings to learn and share ideas that support efforts to reduce underage drinking in their community. Below are a few pictures of those that participated in this county-wide effort to reduce underage drinking in Washtenaw County.



Information on the town hall meetings and the Start Talking Before They Start Drinking initiative is available at www.stopalcoholabuse.gov or call 1-800-729-6686. To learn more or to get information about the short and long-term consequences of underage drinking, including tips for parents on initiating conversations about alcohol, visit www.stopalcohlabuse.gov or call 1-800-729-6686.

Information on the town hall meetings and the Start Talking Before They Start Drinking initiative is available at or call 1-800-729-6686. To learn more or to get information about the short and long-term consequences of underage drinking, including tips for parents on initiating conversations about alcohol, visit or call 1-800-729-6686.

 The Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act
The Sober Truth on Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking Act was introduced in the House and Senate on July 21 and 22, 2006. The principal sponsors of the House bill are Congresswomen Lucille Roybal Allard and Rosa DeLauro and Congressmen Tom Osborne, Zach Wamp and Frank Wolf. The principal sponsors of the Senate bill are Senators Mike DeWine and Christopher Dodd. These bills are a bi-cameral, bi-partisan effort that represents an important step in our nations efforts to combat underage alcohol use and abuse. For more information click here.

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