AIM provides substance use prevention and early intervention services for youth ages 12 to 21 who are demonstrating risk factors that put them in jeopardy of developing a problem with alcohol and drug use.

For young people who experienced any of these:

• Challenges at school (truancy, behavioral problems, failing grades, etc.)
• Involvement with police or juvenile justice
• Family conflict
• Past or present loss, trauma, and/or chronic stress
• Known or suspected earlier use of alcohol or other drugs, but do not need treatment

How AIM helps:

• Assist young people in looking at themselves, examining choices made, and exploring options to new ways of thinking and acting to get what they want out of life
• Assess needs and identify risk factors using BH-Works, and then connect them to services close to home
• Provide youth and caregivers with tools and support to ensure success
• Encourage health decisions by promoting awareness and understanding about the impact and consequences of adolescent alcohol/drug use

Program design is distinctly suited for adolescents and their parent/caregivers and consists of five to six hours of services weekly for approximately 4-6 months.

AIM utilized the following programs that have been proven effective in working with youth at risk of abusing alcohol and other drugs:

Project SUCCESS
prevents and reduces adolescent substance use by reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors.

Getting Started
offers the opportunity for self-exploration of addictive behaviors and provides strategies for lasting behavior change.

Cope2Thrive
is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based skills-building approach that includes reducing negative thoughts, increasing healthy behaviors, and improving communications and problem-solving skills.

Strengthening Families
provides skills training to the whole family.

My Substance Use
provides a close look at the facts of drugs and a clear understanding of the effects of substances on the body.