• Develop partnerships with area faith and community-based organizations as a way of coordinating training programs, sharing information and drug prevention educational resources that have proven effective. Organize a "challenge" with other faith and community prevention organizations that encourage youth leaders to compile and trade activities and ideas.
• Contact national, state and/or community alcohol and drug programs for technical assistance and guidance on ways to develop or enhance your existing prevention programs.
• Let local media know about your initiatives. Partner with community newspapers to produce special inserts or sections that promote participation in faith-based youth programs and community involvement as a protective factor in drug prevention. The Media Campaign has developed a Media Tool Kit for Community Action that provides suggestions, templates and tools to generate media interest in your substance abuse prevention programs. Visit www.mediacampaign.org to order or download the tool kit.
• Include special sections on your organization's Web site to promote your youth and parenting outreach and prevention programs. Consider naming your youth area "Faith. My Anti-Drug" and let kids share their thoughts and ideas about how their beliefs help them steer clear of drugs and other risky behaviors. A special parenting area on your Web site can include examples of success stories, parenting tips, surveys and resources that reflect your religious traditions. You can help visitors find research-based facts, drug prevention and parenting tips quickly by placing a "Faith.TheAnti-Drug" banner on your Web site and by linking or borrowing content from the Media Campaign's Web sites.

If you have programs or activities that are effective in your congregations, share the information with other local, regional and national organizations - and with the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. Visit www.theantidrug.com/faith and post the highlights of your effective prevention activities or programs so that others might use them too!