Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse

To increase the capacity of the statewide substance Abuse prevention system. Services enhance community collaboration, increase community awareness and readiness, provide information and resources on substance use and related behavioral health data, support professional development of the prevention workforce, and provide resources for evaluation activities. To mobilize the community to implement evidence-based environmental strategies with a primary focus to change policies and influence social norms related to substance use and misuse and to address the state's four prevention priorities: underage Alcohol use, tobacco and nicotine products, marijuana and other cannabinoids, and prescription Drug misuse.

Provides community-based intervention outreach services and evidenced-based education to individuals who are of childbearing age to decrease the impact of substance use. The program uses a coordinated educational approach to decrease the effects of substance use within the family and to increase access to community resources and evidenced-based education.

Services promote a proactive process to address health and wellness for youth, families, and communities by enhancing protective factors that increase knowledge, skills, and attitudes for making healthy choices. Provides youth services related to substance use and misuse that address specific risk conditions. Indicated prevention strategies target individuals at an elevated risk for substance use and misuse. Services address the state's four prevention priorities: underage Alcohol use, tobacco and nicotine products use, marijuana and other cannabinoids use, and prescription Drug misuse.