Parents & Community Members

Tips and resources to support you and guide conversations with young people

PROM NIGHT

Talk to your teen about enjoying prom night safe and substance free.

Creating Safe Spaces For Youth

Creating Safe Spaces For Youth

Now more than ever, young people need an environment where they feel seen, heard, and valued. Here are some ideas to build this type of culture into your classroom, community center, or other youth-focused setting.

Creating Youth Friendly Places

This is a list of best practices compiled by Youth UnMuted co-founders, Daphne Morgen and Hannah Brumbaum. Youth UnMuted is a project aimed at elevating refugee and migrant youth voices through weeklong customized workshops designed to engage youth at all levels through arts-based engagement and an online magazine and is currently active in Greece.

How To Talk To Youth About Underage Drinking

How To Talk To Youth About Cannabis

How To Talk To Youth About Substances

Talk Early, Talk Often

Together we can prevent youth substance use.

Learn how to develop healthy relationships and speak about substance use with young people.

Contact MidCoastCHI@mainehealth.org for presentations, displays and materials.

Talk. They Hear You.

Resources to help you start—and keep up—the conversation about the dangers of drinking alcohol and using other drugs at a young age.

Cannabis Safe Storage

If it looks like candy, they’re going to eat it. Help keep children and pets safe by safely storing cannabis products.

Learn more about cannabis safe storage and more.

Medication Storage & Disposal

Big Green Boxes protect the environment and prevent prescriptions from being accidentally misused by young people. Find one near you.

SpeakUp

We all play a role in keeping our youth and community safe.

If you’re concerned about a young person in your life, text SpeakUp to 847411.

Learn more about the new Anonymous Tip Line.

Information & Resources

Substance Use

Tobacco/Vaping

Mental Health

Alcohol

Cannabis

Healthy Eating & Active Living

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