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Prosper Partnerships
Improving the health and well-being of youth and families

PROSPER produces many benefits; for the families and youth who participate, and for their communities. Youth learn skills to deal with the stresses and pressures of school and peer relations. Families become closer and learn to work together. Communities come together to make it all happen.

In addition, recent cost-benefit studies indicate that evidence-based prevention programs are economically beneficial to communities. Because there is a lower need for the use of the court system and drug and alcohol rehabilitation services, evidence-based interventions like those used in PROSPER communities save money. Past research on PROSPER family interventions suggests that for every $1.00 the community spends on prevention programming, they are potentially saving $9.60. This savings represents money that would have been spent on special education, mental helath, and drug and alcohol treatment services.

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Funding Provided by:
NIDA
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