Founded in 1990 

1824 Route 38 East
Suite B
Lumberton, NJ 08048 

Phone: (609)261-0001
FAX: (609)261-5854
E-mail: info@prevplus.org
Website: www.prevplus.org 

Executive Director: Donald Starn, MAT, M.Div., CPS 

Prevention Plus educates the community that addiction is a disease that is both preventable and treatable, and offers programs designed to equip children, youth and adults with the skills and knowledge necessary to make healthy lifestyle choices. We also offer staff development and training to community agencies in order to enhance the ability of the Burlington County community to address the full range of needs of our diverse population. 

Collaborating with human service agencies, school systems, law enforcement, public policy makers, elected officials at all levels, the media and others, Prevention Plus seeks to maximize the resources necessary to bring about individual changes in knowledge, attitude and behavior as well as social and environmental change for our communities. 

Prevention Plus advocates for changes in public policy appropriate to the prevention and treatment fields by alerting local officials, state legislators and the media to issues and needs related to substance abuse. We are committed to facilitating changes in public policy appropriate to the prevention and treatment fields. 

Prevention Plus brings the following NJPN programs to Burlington County:

• Burlington County Prevention Resource Center
• Childhood Drinking (CD) Coalition
• Disabilities and Addiction Project
• Faith-based Initiative
• Jason’s Message: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Prevention
• Supporting New Jersey’s Military Families
• Take Control of Your Health
• Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE)

We also provide the following additional programs:

The Burlington County Coalition for Healthy Communities
Funded by a Drug Free Communities Grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), this program seeks to reduce youth use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in Burlington County by utilizing community collaboration to facilitate environmental change. 

Coping with Work and Family Stress
This program, developed at Yale University, is a group intervention designed to teach individuals how to develop and apply effective coping strategies to deal with work and family stress. The three components of the program are: (1) methods are taught that can potentially eliminate or modify sources of stress; (2) techniques are learned and practiced that help to modify cognitive and appraisal processes that lead to or exacerbate stress; and (3) stress management approaches through reducing the use of avoidance coping and other negative tension-reducing behaviors are learned.    

Footprints for Life
Footprints for Life builds the internal assets and teaches the important life skills students in grades two and three need to grow up healthy and drug-free. Footprints is a six-week program taught during a regular classroom period for approximately 40 minutes each week. Weekly homework assignments and educational sheets not only reinforce the lessons between classes but also involve parents in their child’s learning experience.  

Forest Friends
This program is designed to teach young children in kindergarten through second grade the value of honesty, respect and healthy decision making. 

Keys to Innervisions (KIV)
This cognitive life skills program is provided to youth in school and community-based settings. The objectives of the curriculum are to: (1) improve participant self-image, self-talk, self-perception, and self-concept; (2) strengthen defense mechanisms related to substance abuse; (3) define and clarify belief systems, goals, and values; (4) develop emotional control; and (5) increase knowledge related to chemical dependency and substance abuse prevention.  

Professional Development Programs
These programs for school staff, administration, teachers and support staff provide information on a variety of topics including alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorders, law review and school policies. 

Strengthening Families Program
This Strengthening Families curriculum is a science-based educational intervention designed to prevent the behavioral health problems associated with children of substance abusers as well as other populations. 

Teens Exposing Alcohol Myths (TEAM)
This youth-led group is comprised of Burlington County students in the 7th-12th grades.  Their mission is to change the behaviors, attitudes, and environments of teens regarding alcohol use through education and advocacy. 

Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE) Program
The purpose of the WISE Program is to celebrate healthy aging and educate older adults so they are less likely to experience problems associated with alcohol and medications and more likely to make positive lifestyle choices as they age. Based on the Health Belief Model of Behavioral Change, WISE provides older adults with resources they need to maintain a healthy lifestyle and feel empowered about their health and the healthcare they receive.