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ASAP Center
The ASAP Center was formed by The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati in 2000. Its work is focused on youth, youth group leaders, educators, clergy, volunteers, and others who recognize the role they play in substance abuse prevention in their communities. These are the groups who have the potential to change society’s beliefs and actions toward alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. They are usually not formally trained in prevention activities, and they also are not usually paid for this work. However, they have seen the needs for prevention in their communities and are working to address them. We call these groups our Partners.
The ASAP Center supports our Partners’ community-based activities, helping them tap into resources – including evidence-based practices – to be more effective. We offer workshops, a resource library, and one-on-one consultations to community groups. Through these and other activities, we teach and connect people to substance abuse prevention resources.
The Health Foundation originally considered the ASAP Center a short-term project that would last about six years, and that it would culminate in our Partners’ development of self-sustaining prevention activities. At the six-year mark, the Health Foundation evaluated the ASAP Center’s work and realized that it needed to continue. Together, the ASAP Center and the Health Foundation have come to understand that effective prevention support is not a short-term project or program that can be completed, but an ongoing role in the community.
We work in an area surrounding Cincinnati, Ohio, that covers 20 counties in 3 states:

Guiding Principles of the ASAP Center
Community Input Response Form
We value input from the community as we work to improve community-based prevention. Please use the form below to send us comments and suggestions. Thank you for your input and for your interest in the ASAP Center.
Supporting Community-Based Substance Abuse Prevention: Lessons learned from 10 years of the ASAP Center. Click here for the 10 year report.
New Talking Points
7/21/2010
Did You Know? The Search Institute has now made all of the 40 Developmental Assets lists available to view and download in both English and Spanish language. To see these now, click here.
7/12/2010
Did You Know? The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has an entire section of it's web site dedicated to credible tobacco prevention for youth. This is far more reliable than information widely promoted by the tobacco industry. To view it, click here.
7/1/2010
Did You Know?
The Search Institute has now made all of the 40 Developmental Assets lists available to view and download in both English and Spanish language. To see now, click here.
6/16/2010
Did You Know?
Rand Corporation's Getting to Outcomes methods and planning tools are available free online. A Spanish-language version is also available. This is a valuable resource for groups and organizations seeking process-oriented outcome-based tools for planning and implementing prevention strategies. The direct link is here.