School prevention programming through-out Livingston County includes Project Alert and Botvin’s Life Skills. 

• Project Alert teaches students

  • Why some people use drugs

  • Why most people don’t

  • How to recognize the pressure on teens to use drugs

  • How to resist these pressures. 

• The Life Skills program has three major components that cover the issues found to reduce high risk behaviors including

  • Drug resistance skills

  • Personal self-management skills

  • Social skills

  Both of these programs are FREE to any school in Livingston County. 

 Operation Snowball: (Click here for registration form)

The name originates from the idea, if I have a positive impact on you; you can have a positive impact on someone else and the effect Snowballs. 

Operation Snowball

• Is an alcohol and other drug use community-based prevention program that

  • Focuses on leadership development to promote youth to lead drug-free lives 

  • Spotlights on the negative effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and the impact drugs have on them, their family, and their friends 

• Shall be a youth and adult partnership

• Provide awareness and prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use

• Encourage healthy decision-making in an active community of caring

 Operation Snowball's Mission:

• Is through the development of leadership skills

Yearly events are planned for all Livingston County 4^th through 8^th grade students.  If you are interested in being an adult volunteer for this drug-free program please email the substance abuse program at substanceabuse@ihrpontiac.com.