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Download full textDulaney, Chuck – 1995
The Alcohol and Drug Defense (ADD) program provides federal funds authorized by the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to states and local education authorities. ADD is designed to help schools prevent students from abusing drugs and alcohol and provide intervention services for students who use, or are at risk of using, drugs and alcohol.…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Thorne, Judy; Gorham, Bertha; Holley, Judy; Cook, Becky – 1996
In 1990, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) launched a 5-year study of the outcomes of local prevention-education programs funded under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA). This second biennial report summarizes the results of the 1989-91 biennial performance reports completed by governors' DFSCA programs and state education…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Tashjian, Michael D.; Silvia, E. Suyapa; Thorne, Judy – 1996
In 1990, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) launched a 5-year study of the outcomes of local prevention-education programs funded under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA). Every 2 years ED conducts surveys of the Governors' DFSCA programs and those administered by state education agencies (SEAs) to provide a comprehensive report…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1992
Findings of a descriptive study of Drug Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA) state and local programs are summarized in this paper. The formula grant program, which began in fiscal year 1987, is the single largest drug prevention program funded by the federal government. This paper describes the early planning and implementation of DFSCA…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation
Tashjian, Christene A.; Silvia, E. Suyapa – 1998
Enacted by Congress in 1986, the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA) has been the federal government's primary effort to support drug education and prevention for school-aged youth. The findings from the fourth biennial survey, covering the performance period 1993-95, are presented in this report. Nearly all school districts in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Children, Drug Education
Silvia, E. Suyapa; Thorne, Judy – 1997
Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). The study design and data collection methods for a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of DFSCA are presented in this report. As part of an overall assessment of DFSCA, the report details the methodology used to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Children, Data Collection
PDF pending restorationGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
Pursuant to a request from a U.S. Senate committee, this document reviews the implementation of the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986, whose major purpose was to help schools and communities establish drug abuse education and prevention programs. Information gathering efforts were conducted in large urban school districts within five…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Tashjian, Christene A.; Silvia, E. Suyapa; Thorne, Judy – 1996
Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). The extent to which DFSCA-funded programs made a difference in helping states and localities prevent or reduce drug use and some of the effective prevention strategies and programs for use with school-aged youth are examined…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Children, Curriculum Evaluation
Wiehe, James A.; Sabatino, Melissa G. – 1994
The Drug-Free Schools and Communities (DFSC) Act of 1986 provides funding to school districts to supplement efforts to eliminate drug and alcohol use by students. In 1993-94 the Austin Independent School District (AISD) received $466,151 from the DFSC grant. Three types of program components were funded--student programs, programs for curriculum…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, Drug Education
Silvia, E. Suyapa; Thorne, Judy; Tashjian, Christene A. – 1997
Establishing school-based drug prevention programs was the aim of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA). A summary of the findings of a longitudinal study of DFSCA is presented in this report. Revitalized in 1995 as the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA), the Act's scope was extended to include prevention…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Children, Drinking
