Teen Intervene was identified by Madison Substance Awareness Coalition (MSAC) as an action, that when combined with other actions in our community, has a reasonable chance of making a difference in substance use in our community. This is a new program in our community.

The priority population/customers for this program are teens, and the Teen Intervene program aims to make a difference at the individual/interpersonal behavior; organizational and policy change level. Implementation will take place in the school setting.

The partners for this [insert program type] include:

Teen Intervene is a new program added to our CHIP in 2022.  The Madison Substance Awareness Coalition (MSAC) hired a Youth Coordinator to lead the program in September. The program received a significant number of referrals and the majority of students completed the program.  The concern is that there was a higher-than-expected rate of repeat referrals. Our focus in 2023 will be to explore the cause of the repeat referrals and attempt to reduce that number.

In 2023, Teen Intervene, a program under the Drug Free Community grant, experienced some successes and challenges. Our overall number of referrals for vaping has decreased significantly from the beginning of the calendar year. Additionally, we experienced a decrease in repeat referrals. We continue to see a downward trend, which is a huge success!  In early fall, our Health Education Coordinator, a provider of Teen Intervene, gave her resignation. Fortunately, we were able to hire our Master's level intern as our new Health Education Coordinator. Because of this smooth transition, we did not experience any lag time in serving the youth.