HOPES Program

Healthy Options for the Prevention and Education of Substances

The HOPES Program promotes the message of personal wellness via guidance, education, research, and collaboration focused on healthy choices about the use of alcohol and other drugs.

Unlike some substance abuse prevention programs that utilize fear-based approaches and promote a "just-say-no" message, the HOPES Program takes a more positive approach and focuses on harm reduction.

We recognize that college students are young adults who have the intellectual capacity to make responsible, informed decisions about their substance use. Therefore, it is the role of HOPES to provide students with accurate information regarding substance use and the skills necessary to reduce or eliminate harm.

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As part of the Wellness Center, the HOPES Program utilizes a holistic approach to substance use prevention. While there are services HOPES offers that directly discuss the health risks of using/misusing, as well as the responsible use of, alcohol and other drugs, the HOPES Program also utilizes the eight dimensions of wellness to mitigate substance abuse: physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, occupational, financial, environmental, and social.

Programs HOPES offers:

• AlcoholEdu for College Primary and Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduates online courses

• Step Up! Bystander Intervention Training

• A-Team Coalition

• Healthy Poke Patrol

• AUDIT and CUDIT Screenings

• American College Health Association National College Health Assessment

• Drug Free Schools and Campuses Act Biennial Review

• Wellness Center Program Registration

For substance intervention and recovery information, please visit AWARE’s webpage.