Hunterdon County
Founded in 1971
Phone: (908) 782-3909
FAX: (908) 782-6025
E-mail: info@hunterdonprevention.org
Website: www.hunterdonprevention.org
Executive Director: Karen Widico, MSW
Hunterdon Prevention Resources (HPR) is a community-based non-profit that is dedicated to promoting healthy choices and preventing substance abuse and violence through education and counseling. We offer a continuum of evidence-based prevention services from fetal alcohol syndrome, in schools from kindergarten to high school, community and parenting programs, professional seminars and conferences, and a range of educational programs for the older adult population.
HPR is also a licensed outpatient treatment facility. Within this realm, the following services are offered: individual counseling in addictions, grief and loss, mental health, life transitions, and marital; Intoxicated Drivers Resource Center; anger management groups, and certified tobacco cessation. Also offered is an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which has served county businesses and schools for over thirty years.
HPR works closely with disparate populations in the county as well, thus ensuring all residents of Hunterdon County have access to the services they need. The agency has significantly expanded its services to the Hispanic population, which is the largest minority group in the county, and now offers all services in Spanish.
Hunterdon Prevention Resources offers a range of services from science-based prevention education at the universal, selected and indicated levels. All prevention programs and services offered by HPR are evidence- or science-based and are overseen by a Certified Prevention Specialist.
Hunterdon Prevention Resources is governed by an independent, volunteer Board of Trustees who works in concert with the Executive Director and team of HPR staff to ensure that the agency follows its Strategic Plan, adheres to the Best Principals in non-profit management, and continually strives to meet the ever-changing needs in our county.
HPR brings the following NJPN programs to Hunterdon County:
- Hunterdon County Prevention Resource Center
- Childhood Drinking (CD) Coalition
- Compass Gang Prevention Program
- Disabilities and Addiction Project
- Faith-based Initiative
- Jason’s Message: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Prevention
- Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE)
We also provide the following additional programs:
Community Partnership for Tobacco Prevention
Funded by the N.J. Dept. of Health and Senior Services Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program, this program provides health education programs, raises awareness about New Jersey’s Smoke-free Air Act and works to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke among all New Jersey residents.
Community and Parenting Programs
Our community and parenting programs are designed to help educate parents and community members on a variety of topics, including those listed below:
Gambling: The Silent Addiction
Parenting for Prevention
Drug Overview: What Can Parents Do?
Identifying Prevention Principles
Strengthening Families
Unifying Families
Technology and Youth
what’s in Your Medicine Cabinet?
Disabilities Awareness
Alcohol-related birth defects can result in disabilities that last a lifetime. These programs highlight the issue and the importance of drug education for special-needs children.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum (FAS)
Why Drug Education is Important for Youth with Special Needs
ADHD and Substance Abuse
High School Programs
Our high school programs cover a broad range of topics to provide our youth with accurate information to help them make healthy decisions about alcohol, drugs and related issues.
Drug Overview
Courageous Kids: Bullying Prevention Program
Heroin: “The Real Deal”
Ecstasy and Other Club Drugs
Suicide Prevention
Binge Drinking
Diversity Training
STOP (Student Teen Outreach Prevention)
Peer Leadership Program
Marijuana Reality Check
Internet Safety
You’d Better Think Twice (Pregnancy prevention)
Date Rape
Disability Awareness and Sensitivity Training
Licensed Outpatient Treatment Facility
We offer support groups, counseling services, substance abuse evaluations and interventions to help build and support healthy families in Hunterdon County. We can also assist businesses with Employee Assistance Programs to help their employees and the employees’ family. For more information, call us at 908-782-3909.
Primary Prevention Programs
Our primary prevention programs are designed to meet the needs of children of all ages and ensure they’re getting the help they need to make healthy choices as they grow into adulthood.
Prehistoric Pals (Grade 1)
Forest Friends (Kindergarten)
Footprints for Life (Grades K-3)
Strengthening Families (For families with children ages 6 to 11)
Reflections (Grades 7-12)
Inhalant Awareness (Grades 6-8)
Marijuana Reality Check (Grades 7-12)
Keys to Inner visions-KIV (Ages 12-16)
Conflict Mediation (Middle and high school students)
Diversity Training (Grades 6-12)
Tobacco Reading Program (Grades K-2)
Youth Matters (Middle school students)
Start Talking Before They Start Drinking
Brain Power
Internet Safety
Reaching Everyone by Exposing Lies (REBEL)
This youth-driven tobacco control movement is designed to prevent and reduce the spread of tobacco use among adolescents and other community members.
Senior Education Topics
Our seniors are a vital part of our community. We offer programs specifically designed to educate them on topics impacting today’s active senior.
How to Talk to Grandchildren about Drugs
Senior Jeopardy (Covers nutrition education, elder law, substance abuse education and more)
Tobacco Jeopardy
Grand parenting
Fraud Protection
Game of Life (Covers alcohol and drug use and misuse and more)
Prescription and Over-the-counter Medications
Tobacco Programs
Our tobacco programs teach both children and adults about the harmful effects of tobacco.
Breathing Easier in Hunterdon County (Adults)
What’s in a Cigarette? (Grades 3-8)
Tobacco Jeopardy (Grades 4-8)
Advertising (Grades 4-8)
Tobacco Disconnect: Question Quest (Grades 6-8)
Violence Prevention Services
Our violence prevention programs are designed to build self-esteem, teach teamwork and help children recognize and challenge bullying behavior.
Courageous Kids: Bullying Prevention Program (Elementary and middle school students)
Team Challenge (Grades 7-12)
