Awards
COPES programs have received numerous awards for excellence.
- • In 2010 The COPES Connect-Immunity Project has received the
National Prevention Network (NPN) Exemplary Award. The Connect-Immunity Project
implemented a culturally adapted version of the highly acclaimed Creating
Lasting Family Connections (CLFC) program. This is the fourth time that COPES
has earned the prestigious NPN Exemplary Award. The project reduced substance
use and prison recidivism (by as much as 60%) through this powerful personal
and family strengthening approach. Click here to see the
award.
• In 2009 the Creating Lasting Family Connections program was identified as a Promising Program for the Administration for Children and Families’ Responsible Fatherhood Initiative.
• In 2007 the Creating Lasting Family Connections program was reviewed and listed on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
• In 2006 the Creating Lasting Family Connections program was reconfirmed as an effective substance abuse and violence prevention curriculum by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
- • In 2002, Creating Lasting Family Connections was recognized
as a model science-based program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration.
- • In 2001, COPES and the Creating Lasting Family Connections
program received a Special Recognition Award from
the Executive Office of the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy.
- • In 2001, Creating Lasting Family Connections received the
U.S. Department of Education Certificate of Recognition as a Promising Program
for Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools.
- • The Creating Lasting Family Connections program was featured
as a Model Family Program in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s
Strengthening America’s Family publication on substance abuse and delinquency
prevention in 2000.
- • In 1997, Copes Model program, Creating Lasting Family Connections,
was chosen as one of only eight programs nationwide for the Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention’s model program dissemination project.
- • The Creating Lasting Connections program was also featured
in the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s “Prevention Works” video in
1996.
- • Also in 1996, COPES Creating Lasting Connections program was
selected to join the International Youth Foundation’s YouthNet, an international
effort to replicate highly successful programs as demonstrated by research.
Only the most rigorously evaluated and effective programs in the world are
selected to receive this great honor.
- • The COPES Creating Lasting Connections demonstration project
received The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Exemplary Substance Abuse
Prevention Program Award for 1989, 1995 and 1999. The Creating Lasting Family
Connections program is a revised and updated version of this successful program.
- • In 1988, COPES received a Federal Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Otis T. Bowen, M.D.
2010 Connect-Immunity Project Award
COPES won the Exemplary Award an unprecedented four different years!
– 1989, 1995, 1999, 2010.
