Services

Minnesota Prevention Resource Center Services

As a state-funded project the Minnesota Prevention Resource Center is here to serve you!  In an average year, MPRC will respond to more than 1,200 requests from residents across Minnesota.  These requests vary in regard to their content, but all are related to the many services that we provide. 

Training and Events:

Program Sharing Attendees browse the more than 40 exhibitor tables.

Throughout the year MPRC sponsors and facilitates a number of different trainings and events throughout the state.  Most notably are the Program Sharing Conference, Shutting Off the Tap to Teens and Young Adults, and the Spring and Fall ATOD Forums.

In addition, MPRC partners with other organizations to plan events that build a greater capacity around substance abuse prevention.  Partners have included Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota; Hennepin County; Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention & Parenting; Minnesota Department of Health; and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

MPRC also helps assist in the provision of trainings for substance abuse prevention professionals.  Previous trainings have included:

• Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training (SAPST)
• Walking the Talk
• Ethics
• Cultural Competence
• Wellness
• Clergy
• Data gathering and using statistics

If you have a specific training need, please contact us about making it possible in your area.

Clearinghouse Materials

MPRC has been and continues to be committed to providing professionals with substance abuse prevention materials to aid them in their work.  We have a large clearinghouse stocked with an ever-changing assortment of poster, pamphlets, brochures, and videos the cover a variety of topics related to ATOD prevention.  Many of our products are free of charge, including a large selection of videos that are available to rent.  You can view and order products by visiting our online catalog.

Research Services

MPRC has an on staff librarian that helps fulfill research requests.  A sample of questions received include:

• What's the relationship between meth use and Parkinson's disease?
• What are the economic costs of underage drinking in Minnesota?
• Where can I go to find information for parents on how to talk to their kids about drugs?

Our library has over 5,000 different articles, books and journals that you can search via our online library catalog.

Newsletters and Electronic Communication

Download the latest issue of Prevention with Impact

MPRC produces a biannual newsletter titled Prevention with Impact.  This newsletter highlights what's new in prevention and what's happening in prevention around the state of Minnesota.  Subscriptions are free.  To access older copies of Prevention with Impact or to subscribe to the newsletter you can visit the Prevention with Impact Archives.

MPRC also manages the MN-Prev List Serve.  This e-mail list has over 450 subscribers that are updated weekly with upcoming events, free resources, funding opportunities, job openings, news articles, research publications, and other resources that are related to prevention.  The e-mail list is free to subscribe and is a great way to stay on top of what's happening in prevention and connect with others in the state to build a larger prevention professionals network.  To subscribe to MN-Prev, please fill out this online form.