PO - Improve Protective Factors to Reduce SUDs

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Brief Page Description

Examples of a Description for this Objective

A prevention strategy should include many things that help improve protective factors that make it less likely that youth will experiment with substances and develop and addiction.

Examples of a From-To Gap

Current State		Desired State
There is little community understanding of the importance of protective factors for youth and how they reduce the odds of kids undertaking high-risk behaviors like substance misuse.		There is broad understanding of protective factors, and there is a growing understanding of how they can be increased to help kids thrive and not use drugs or engage in other high-risk activity.