lander populations, Hispanic, African-American and mixed cultures. Part of the program process outlines that it is appropriate and desirable to adapt at least 10% of the curriculum to culturally specific issues.

FAST-Families and Schools Together is a collaborative parent-professional partnership, early intervention multi-family program for pre-school, elementary and middle school youth, ages 3-14, who are at-risk for alcohol and other drug abuse, school failure, and juvenile delinquency. The development of FAST in 1988 was based on family therapy and family stress theory by Dr. Lynn  McDonald and Family Service of Madison, Wisconsin. FAST replication is now coordinated through the FAST National Training and Evaluation Center at Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin. Dissemination is continued through four state governments  (Wisconsin, South Carolina, Missouri, and California) and two non-profit, national organizations (Family Service America and Communities In Schools). FAST is now being implemented in over 450 schools in 31 states and five countries. Recognition of FAST as a Model include the White House Conference on School Safety, (October 15, 1998), Office of National Drug Control Policy, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Harvard University and Ford Foundation Innovation in State Government, Kraft Food Corporation, DeWitt Wallace Readers Digest Foundation, United Way of America, Family Resource Coalition, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

To find out the details of these programs see the Strengthening Families website below.

Adapted and modified from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in collaboration with the  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP).  Additional information as  well as direct links to individual program websites can be found on the Strengthening America's Families site at :www.strengtheningfamilies.org.

Also look up the website www.Colorado.EDU/cspv/blueprints -This site has reviewed over 450 violence prevention programs, by entering  in your needs this site