About READY (Resources, Education and Advocacy for Drug Free Youth)
About Us
Our Mission
Our Mission
READY (Resources, Education and Advocacy for Drug Free Youth), is dedicated to providing proven and effective drug prevention programming and strategies to the parents and youth in the West Alabama area.
READY is available to come speak to your business, group, or organization.
For information about speaking engagements, making donations, and volunteering, please contact us at
205-764-0351.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
As a non-profit substance abuse prevention organization in the area, we are dedicated to creating awareness and are passionate about preventing the onset of addiction and substance abuse in the Tuscaloosa and West Alabama area. We are committed to being a consistent resource to all age groups in the community and helping people retain their freedom by remaining addiction free.
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Vision
Working in close partnership with area school systems, families, businesses, governments, and community groups, READY determinedly increases awareness and implements proven, holistic, evidenced-based programs directly aimed at the prevention and intervention of the life-destroying substance abuse and addiction problems in our Tuscaloosa and West Alabama youth populations.
Prevention Service Area
Prevention Service Area
Prevention Service Area
READY provides ongoing prevention services in Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Pickens, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Marengo and Choctaw counties. To find out if READY can come to your county, email us at staff@readydrugfree.org
Prevention Programs
Prevention Service Area
Prevention Service Area
READY Prevention Services provides various programs and events throughout the community to create awareness and reduce substance abuse. It reaches these goals through a number of different prevention strategies including promoting environmental changes, coordinating community events, sponsoring educational programming, and providing preve
READY Prevention Services provides various programs and events throughout the community to create awareness and reduce substance abuse. It reaches these goals through a number of different prevention strategies including promoting environmental changes, coordinating community events, sponsoring educational programming, and providing prevention material to parents, students and the community.
READY provides prevention programming at community events, health fairs, seminars and training sessions.
READY has partnered with the Tuscaloosa County and Tuscaloosa City School Systems in implementing "Have a Little PRIDE", an elementary prevention program designed for 3rd graders that focuses on making healthy lifestyle choices and choosing not to use tobacco, e-cigarettes and alcohol, as well as providing prevention classes to the middle and high school students.
READY Partnerships
Prevention Service Area
READY Partnerships
READY works closely with West Alabama school systems by:
- Providing our service area schools with system-wide prevention programming.
- Providing educational and promotional materials to our schools throughout the year.
- Providing educational and promotional materials year-round in the READY office at no cost to the community.
- Providing alc
READY works closely with West Alabama school systems by:
- Providing our service area schools with system-wide prevention programming.
- Providing educational and promotional materials to our schools throughout the year.
- Providing educational and promotional materials year-round in the READY office at no cost to the community.
- Providing alcohol prevention materials to high school parents and students.
- Building and maintaining community coalitions in a coordinated effort to reduce addiction rates and substance abuse.
Campaigns
Programs
Middle and High School Programs
Middle and High School Programs
Middle and High School Programs
READY is heavily involved throughout the Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Hale, Greene, Sumter, Marengo, Choctaw and Pickens City and County School Systems to make sure students are allowed the opportunity to receive prevention education. READY provides programming to several middle and high schools in the area. Our goal is to continue spreading drug ed
READY is heavily involved throughout the Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Hale, Greene, Sumter, Marengo, Choctaw and Pickens City and County School Systems to make sure students are allowed the opportunity to receive prevention education. READY provides programming to several middle and high schools in the area. Our goal is to continue spreading drug education and awareness to as many students and citizens in West Alabama as possible.
Community College Initiative
Middle and High School Programs
Middle and High School Programs
READY maintains a partnership with Shelton State Community College & Stillman College and aims to provide services that includes:
- Athletic Program
- Drug Education
- Alternative Activities
Project TND
READY, SET, GO! Nicotine FREE is the way to be.
READY, SET, GO! Nicotine FREE is the way to be.
Project TND is an effective, interactive classroom-based substance abuse prevention program that is based on more than two decades of successful research at the University of Southern California. Project TND focuses on three factors that predict tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use, violence-related behaviors, and other problem behaviors
Project TND is an effective, interactive classroom-based substance abuse prevention program that is based on more than two decades of successful research at the University of Southern California. Project TND focuses on three factors that predict tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use, violence-related behaviors, and other problem behaviors among youth, including:
- Motivation factors (i.e., students’ attitudes, beliefs, expectations, and desires regarding drug use);
- Skills (effective communication, social self-control, and coping skills); and
- Decision-making (i.e., how to make decisions that lead to health-promoting behaviors).
Drug abuse prevention among teens is no casual business; you can help prevent premature deaths from occurring. Modern drug abuse prevention programs do work. Without these programs, many youth will begin to use drugs at an alarming rate. A critical point between use and abuse occurs during the high school years. PROJECT TOWARDS NO DRUG ABUSE is an effective program that is intended to help break the chain between drug use and abuse. This program targets high school age youth.
READY, SET, GO! Nicotine FREE is the way to be.
READY, SET, GO! Nicotine FREE is the way to be.
READY, SET, GO! Nicotine FREE is the way to be.
"READY, SET, Go!" is our elementary prevention program specifically designed for elementary aged students in West Alabama. READY partners with Tuscaloosa City and County school systems to implement the program. READY provides the program to 3rd grade classrooms in the City and County School System of Tuscaloosa, as requested by the schoo
"READY, SET, Go!" is our elementary prevention program specifically designed for elementary aged students in West Alabama. READY partners with Tuscaloosa City and County school systems to implement the program. READY provides the program to 3rd grade classrooms in the City and County School System of Tuscaloosa, as requested by the school. The purpose of this program is to lay the groundwork for understanding addiction and to gain perspective on the benefits of making healthy lifestyle choices throughout their lifetime.
The children are provided with fun, interactive materials that they can keep and take home as well as a letter to parents and guardians explaining the program goals.
Images of Impact: Prescription Drop Box Work of READY (Resources, Education and Advocacy for Drug Free Youth) in Photos
Prevention Specialist received 106.5 pounds for quarter one.
Prevention Specialist participated in the Annual Prescription Drug Take Back collecting 150 pounds.
Prevention Specialist received 87.3 pounds for Quarter Two of drop box location data.
Prevention Specialist received valuable information during the RX Summit to help in promoting drop box locations within the county. Prevention specialist received 85.6 pounds during Quarter three of collection.
Prevention Specialist received 55.8 pounds of prescription drugs collected from drop boxes within our area for Quarter four.
Prevention Specialist received collection data for quarter one of the new fiscal year. Specialist in collaboration with West Alabama Narcotics collected 24.4 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription drugs.
Contact Us
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READY
1300 McFarland Boulevard Northeast, Suite 125 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35406, United States
Hours
Open today | 08:30 am – 04:30 pm |
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