Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood

Below are resources relevant to drug abuse prevention. Information on NIDA’s website is followed by websites for other federal agencies and other public and private organizations. These resources are excellent sources of information on research-based early childhood drug prevention programs.

Selected Resources

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

NIDA’s website provides factual information on all aspects of drug abuse, particularly the effects of drugs on the brain and body, the prevention of drug abuse among children and adolescents, the latest research on treatment for addiction, and statistics on the extent of drug abuse in the United States. The website allows visitors to access publications, public service announcements and posters, science education curricula, research reports and fact sheets on specific drugs or classes of drugs, and the NIDA NOTES newsletter. The site also links to related websites in the public and private sectors.

The Prevention Research Branch (PRB) of NIDA’s Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (DESPR) is a great resource for more information on the latest research on the prevention of drug abuse.

Other Federal Resources

U.S. Department of Education (ED)
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: 800-872-5327

• Office of Safe and Healthy Students (in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE))

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 877-696-6775

• Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
  370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW
  Washington, DC 20447
  Phone: 202-401-9200
  • Children’s Bureau
  • Office of Child Care (OCC)
  • Office of Head Start (OHS)
  • Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
• Administration for Community Living (ACL)
  One Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC 20001
  Phone: 202-401-4634
  • Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  1600 Clifton Road
  Atlanta, GA 30329
  Phone: 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
  • Division of Violence Prevention (DVP)
    • Child Maltreatment
  • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
    • Child Development
    • Legacy for Children^TM
    • Learn the Signs. Act Early.
    • Parent Information
  • National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
    • Protect the Ones You Love: Child Injuries are Preventable
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  5600 Fishers Lane
  Rockville, MD 20857
  Phone: 888-ASK-HRSA (888-275-4772)
  • Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
  The Reyes Building
  801 Thompson Avenue
  Rockville, MD 20852
  Phone: 301-443-3593
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  9000 Rockville Pike
  Bethesda, MD 20892
  Phone: 301-496-4000
  • The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
    Bldg 31, Room 2A32, MSC 2425
    31 Center Drive
    Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
    Phone: 800-370-2943
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
    5635 Fishers Lane, MSC 9304
    Bethesda, MD 20892-9304
    Phone: 301-443-3860
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
    111 T.W. Alexander Drive
    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
    Phone: 919-541-3345
    • Children’s Health
    • Environmental Health Topics
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6200, MSC 9663
    Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
    Phone: 866-615-6464
  • National Library of Medicine (NLM)
    8600 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20894
    Phone: 888-FIND-NLM (888-346-3656)
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
  200 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC 20201
  Phone: 877-696-6775
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  1 Choke Cherry Road
  Rockville, Maryland 20857
  Phone: 877-SAMHSA-7 (877-726-4727)
  • Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 202-720-2791

• National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
Phone: 800-666-3332

Academic Professional Organizations

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
  3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC 20016
  Phone: 202-966-7300
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
  11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
  Leawood, KS 66211
  Phone: 913-906-6000
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
  141 Northwest Point Boulevard
  Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
  Phone: 800-433-9016
• American Psychological Association (APA)
  750 First Street, NE
  Washington, DC 20002
  Phone: 800-374-2121
• American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
  4601 North Park Avenue
  Upper Arcade, Suite 101
  Chevy Chase, MD 20815
  Phone: 301-656-3920
• International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS)
  350 Main Street
  Malden, MA 02148
  Phone: 800-835-6770
• National Association for the Education Young Children (NAEYC)
  1313 L Street, NW, Suite 500
  Washington, DC 20005
  Phone: 800-424-2460
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
  5 Hanover Square, Suite 1401
  New York, NY 10004
  Phone: 917-746-8300
• National Association of School Nurses
  1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 925
  Silver Spring, MD 20910
  Phone: 240-821-1130
• National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
  1201 West River Parkway, Suite 200
  Minneapolis, MN 55454
  Phone: 888-781-9331
• National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN)
  Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
  Louisiana State University
  1901 Perdido Street
  New Orleans, LA 70112
  Phone: 504-568-6187
• Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN)
  330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2000
  Chicago, IL 60611
  Phone: 312-321-5154
• Society for Prevention Research (SPR)
  11240 Waples Mill Road, Suite 200
  Fairfax, VA 22030
  Phone: 703-934-4850
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
  2950 South State Street, Suite 401
  Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  Phone: 734-926-0600

Other Non-Governmental Resources

• Annie E. Casey Foundation
  701 St. Paul Street
  Baltimore, MD 21202
  Phone: 410-547-6600
• CASA The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
  633 Third Avenue, 19th Floor
  New York, NY 10017
  Phone: 212-841-5200
• Casey Family Programs
  2001 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2700
  Seattle, WA 98121
  Phone: 206-282-7300
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
  Institute of Behavioral Science
  University of Colorado Boulder
  483 UCB
  Boulder, CO 80309-0483
  Phone: 303-492-1032
• Children’s Defense Fund
  25 E Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20001
  Phone: 800-CDF-1200 (800-233-1200)
• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
  815 West Van Buren Street, Suite 210
  Chicago, IL 60607
  Phone: 312-226-3770
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
  625 Slaters Lane, Suite 300
  Alexandria, VA 22314
  Phone: 800-54-CADCA (800-542-2322)
• Drug Strategies, Inc.
  1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 800
  Washington, DC 20036
  Phone: 202-289-9070
• Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  CB 8180
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599
  Phone: 919-966-2622
• Foundation for Child Development
  295 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
  New York, NY 10017
  Phone: 212-867-5777
• Mentor Foundation USA
  2900 K Street NW, South Building
  Washington, DC 20007
  Phone: 202-536-1594
• National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
  340 East 2nd Street, Suite 409
  Los Angeles, CA 90012
  Phone: 213-625-5795
• National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
  1313 L Street, NW, Suite 110
  Washington, DC 20005
  Phone: 800-556-2234, 202-833-2220
• National Head Start Association (NHSA)
  1651 Prince Street
  Alexandria, VA 22314
  Phone: 866-677-8724, 703-739-0875
• Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
  352 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor
  New York, NY 10010
  Phone: 212-922-1560
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  Route 1 and College Road East
  P.O. Box 2316
  Princeton, NJ 08543
  Phone: 877-843-7953
• William T. Grant Foundation
  570 Lexington Avenue, 18th Floor
  New York, NY 10022
  Phone: 212-752-0071
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 350
  Washington, DC 20037
  Phone: 202-638-1144

Other Resources

• National Prevention Network (NPN)
  National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)
  1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 605
  Washington, DC 20036
  Phone: 202-293-0090
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  Vienna International Centre
  Wagramer Strasse 5
  A 1400 Vienna
  Austria
  Phone: +(43) (1) 26060