Prevention and Intervention

School-based prevention services are evidence-based programs, policies, and practices implemented with Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to build protective aspects against identified risk factors.

Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health. Youth risk behaviors are consistently linked to poor grades, test scores, and lower educational attainment*. The Office of Prevention Services works with state partners and LEAs to offer supports and to implement programs that help mitigate these behaviors.

• Abuse Prevention
• Health Promotion
• School Based Mental Health
• School Crisis
• Substance Abuse
• Suicide
• Data & Statistics
• State Laws & Policies
• Training & Resources
  

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022, August 19). Health and Academics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved January 24, 2023, from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/health_and_academics/index.htm