Arizona Prevention Resource Center
The Arizona Prevention Resource Center (APRC) is a catalyst to promote effective prevention through the use of evidence based practices that improve social outcomes by providing dynamic training, planning and evaluation services.
- Prevention means the practice process of creating and sustaining conditions that address risk and promote the safety, personal responsibility and well being of people.
The APRC serves as a centralized service delivery system to support, enhance and initiate prevention efforts that are responsive and locally relevant in providing technical assistance to a broad range of constituencies including
- individuals and volunteers
- students, teachers and schools
- communities and community based organizations
- social service and health care providers
- state and local government agencies
APRC is the Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Resource (RADAR) Network Center for Arizona. RADAR consists of State clearinghouses, prevention resource centers, and national, international, and local organizations supporting substance abuse prevention activities. The mission of the RADAR Network is to strengthen communication, prevention, and treatment activities among a broad range of organizations to address problems related to substance abuse. NCADI RADAR Network national website
Bullying. Is it really about “boys being boys”? Have you ever been bullied or witnessed this conduct-disordered behavior?
In response to the bullying epidemic in our state, the Arizona Prevention Resource Center (APRC) spearheaded a partnership committed to keep Arizona schools safe through the evidence-based Olweus Bully Prevention Program.
APRC History
In 1989, in response to the growing problem of substance abuse, Arizona State University (ASU) proposed the development of a statewide Prevention Resource Center. This vision brought together the three major state agencies dealing with substance abuse prevention training and information. Along with ASU, the core partner agencies that created the Arizona Prevention Resource Center were the Governor's Office of Drug Policy, the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Department of Education. In June 1990 the Arizona Board of Regents authorized ASU to estabish the Arizona Prevention Resource Center.