Mission Statement
The mission
of the Chemical Abuse Research, Education and Violence Prevention (CARE)
Project is to provide substance abuse and violence prevention information,
education opportunities, and research support to the communities and
citizens of the state of Wyoming.
Care Values, Public Awareness, Education, Communication Sharing, Community
Collaboration, Cross Discipline Training,and Integration Of Services.
Goals & Objectives
The Wyoming
Chemical Abuse Research Education and Violence Prevention Program seeks to
meet the following goals.
- Dissemination of information about alcohol, drugs and violence prevention
through increasing the WyoCare video, curriculum, and book libraries;
collection of additional violence prevention materials; obtaining and
distributing additional information concerning Wyoming's current issues
and efforts in prevention and reducing violence and the use of alcohol,
tobacco and other drugs through The Wyoming Prevention Pipeline newsletter
- Expansion of WyoCare's ability to coordinate workshop and consultation
opportunities with the inclusion of statewide training and promotion of
successful state programs. Further purpose will be to disseminate
materials that promote awareness of alternatives to drugs, alcohol, and
violence as well as information on program assessment and evaluation and
provide the opportunities to link between prevention, school and treatment
professionals.
- Complete
creation and continued maintenance of the free public access WyoCare Web
Site that provides state, national and global prevention resources,
schedules of events, and access to databases for research, practice and
funding opportunities for whom it would be appropriate.