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Whytry for middle school youth: whytry is an evidence-based program that is currently offered weekly at four middle schools. The program appeals to all learning styles (auditory, visual, and kinesthetic) and involves videos, music and metaphorical methodology to explain some of lifes situations and also helps youth identify the best approach applicable to them. Honesty, respect, and dignity are taught, internalized and reinforced through whytry lessons. There is also a 7 week substance abuse education/prevention component taught by a licensed substance abuse associate. The program served 126 students. Covid-19 ended the program inside the schools, but lessons continued to be mailed to more than 100 students, with follow-ip phone calls to students and families. In the new school year, beginning september 2020, the whytry program has been carried on via zoom remote meeting application.

Programs for the incarcerated: educational programs for inmates at the chaves county detention center. Separate programs are held in the adult mens and womens detention centers, and in the juvenile detention center, covering such life-skills topics as substance abuse education, relapse prevention, health education, healthy relationships, cognitive behavior, infectious disease prevention, anger management/forgiveness and parenting. The meetings are led by trained and licensed substance-abuse counselors. Guest lecturers also make presentations about resources available to assist inmates and their families, with the goal of building self-reliant and resilient ex-inmates who do not return to detention. The detention center closed in march 2020 due to covid-19. When it re-opened temporarily in june, all outside programs remained suspended.