COPES is home of the Nationally and Internationally Recognized "Creating Lasting Family Connections" Program for Youth & Family Strengthening.

COPES (The Council on Prevention and Education: Substances, Inc.) provides consultation, education and training services on youth and family-strengthening programs that have demonstrated strong research results of increasing protective factors and personal and family behaviors. COPES' Creating Lasting Family Connections (CLFC) program has demonstrated effectiveness in promoting and enhancing successful:

  • • Family strengthening
  • • Healthy marriage
  • • Fatherhood
  • • Motherhood
  • • Recovery
  • • Reentry

By successfully promoting the critical areas of influence above, COPES and other agencies implementing the Creating Lasting Family Connections curriculum continue to achieve powerful prevention outcomes in:

  • • Reducing Substance Abuse by Youth and Adults
  • • Reducing Violent Behavior
  • • Reducing HIV Transmission
  • • Reducing Prison Recidivism
  • • Enhancing communication and refusal skills
  • • Enhancing emotional awareness and expression skills
  • • Enhancing family bonding

Through a variety of state, local and federal grants, and private contracts, COPES, Inc. has provided consultation and training to schools, churches, Juvenile Justice Detention and Diversion programs, civic organizations, neighborhood associations, coalitions, recreation centers, and city and county governments to implement effective family skill-building programs for their populations that result in measurable reductions in negative behaviors such as substance abuse, violence, delinquency, criminal behavior, etc. COPES is interested in partnering with other institutions and organizations which strive to provide a powerful positive influence in an adult individual’s or a young person's personal and/or family life.

Join Thousands of Others Already Enjoying the CLFC Program

Since the publication and distribution of the widely acclaimed Creating Lasting Family Connections program through a licensing agreement with Resilient Futures Network, LLC, the CLFC curriculum has been distributed to professionals and volunteers in 100's of cities in all 50 states. Click here to see some of the locations enjoying our services and/or implementing one or more of our programs.

Thousands of people have received CLFC Trainer Certification to implement this highly flexible and effective "state of the art" youth and parent skill-building curriculum listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. The CLFC materials are available from the Resilient Futures Network, LLC. (See products page for ordering information).

Call or email COPES at (502) 583-6820 or tstrader@sprynet.com.