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353 Telfair Street
Augusta, GA 30901
Tel. (706)721-1040
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Local Drug Abuse Prevention Programs Program Name Contact Agency Name Requirements Drug Focus Hours Cost T.A.G. Wendolyn Lacy 706-796-6819 706-792-1088 Teens in Action with Goals (T.A.G.), Inc. Age 10-18 all drugs Mon 6-8:00pm Wed 6-8:00pm free After School and Summer Enrichment Programs George Grant 706-722-1031 Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church Age 5-15 all drugs Mon-Fri 4:30-5:00pm free Smart Moves Gary Winferry 706-737-3554 Boys & Girls Clubs of Augusta (Dogwood Terrace unit) 8 and older; Richmond or McDuffie County school student tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine Tue 6-7:00pm Thu 6-7:00pm free Smart Girls Gary Winferry 706-737-3554 Boys & Girls Clubs of Augusta (Dogwood Terrace unit) female; 8 and older; Richmond or McDuffie County school student tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine Sat 1-2:30pm free Goals for Growth Gary Winferry 706-737-3554 Boys & Girls Clubs of Augusta (Dogwood Terrace unit) 8 and older; Richmond or McDuffie County school students tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine Wed 6-7:00pm free ACE (Actions, Consequences, Expectations) Program Ketarya Hunt 706-729-5661 University Health Care Foundation's ACE Program Students of any county in 3rd-5th grade all drugs Mon-Fri during school hours
Weekend events by requestfree Substance Abuse Day Treatment for Adolescents Patrick Waters 706-771-4760 Community Mental Health under 18; Richmond County resident all drugs except tobacco Mon-Fri 4:30-7:30pm Sliding Scale ADAPP (Alcohol and Drug Awareness and Prevention Program) Allison Campbell 706-731-8770 Richmond County Board of Education Richmond County student who have violated the RCBOE code of conduct all drugs Mon 6-8:30pm Wed 6-8:30pm once per month free Bridges Youth Program Laverne Proctor-Streeter 706-722-4999 Beulah Grove Community Resource Center age 6-18 all drugs Mon-Fri free Barton Weed and Seed Michael Simmons 706-261-1122 Barton Weed and Seed Resident of Barton Village all drugs Mon 9:30am-7:00pm; Tue 9:30am-7:00pm free Tobacco Use Prevention Education Sadie Stockton 706-729-2055
Onnie Payne
706-667-4297Richmond County Health Dept Group setting (TUPS will provide education) tobacco Mon-Fri 8:00am -5:00pm free no name, it's through MCG Dept of Psychiatry 706-721-9331 Medical College of Georgia Must need detox (done on an inpatient basis) all drugs and alcohol Mon-Fri 10:00 am -9:00 pm Sat-Sun 10:00 am-6:00 pm varies Safe and Drug Free Schools Carol Rountree / Allison Campbell
706-731-8770Richmond County Board of Education Enrolled in Richmond County School System all drugs school year programming free Red Ribbon Carol Rountree / Allison Campbell
706-731-8770Richmond County Board of Education Enrolled in Richmond County School System all drugs October 21-31, 2002 free DARE Eva Cooper
706-821-1434Richmond County Sheriff Department Students enrolled in grades 4 and 5; Richmond County Schools all drugs free PASS Carol Rountree
706-731-8770Richmond County Board of Education
Targeted students who face suspension in grades 3-5 behavior problems free Technology and Tennis for Life Betty Jones
706-231-2433MACH Academy, Inc. Age 6-18; residents of Richmond, Columbia, or Aiken counties tobacco, alcohol, cocaine Mon 5:30-7:00 pm
Wed 5:30-7:00 pmfree On-Track Elizabeth Gainous
706-650-2165Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Richmond County 3rd – 5th graders all drugs Tue school hrs
Thu school hrsfree No name; general drug intervention and education Douglas Downs
706-312-3154Augusta Housing Authority Age 10 and older all drugs Mon-Fri 9:00 am -5:00 pm free Drugs, No Way! I’d Rather Dance
(ACE/LifeSkills)David Tucker 706-731-0008 Art Factory Resident of Cherry Tree Crossing (Augusta Housing Authority) alcohol., tobacco, other drugs Tuesday s and Thursdays free Bernice Griffin 706-793-5192 Augusta Chapter LINKS, Inc. Upward Bound Herbert Gerald 706-821-8210 Paine College Richmond County high school students participating in Upward Bound all drugs Academic year and summer program free Gloria Lewis 706-722-0493 CSRA EOA P.R.A.I.S.E. (Parents Reclaiming African Information for Spiritual Enlightenment) Donald Jordan 706-796-2550 Trinity CME Church Parents all drugs Wed 6-8:00 pm free ROY (Reclaiming Our Youth) Da’Henri Thurman 706-796-2550 Trinity CME Church Age 8-17 all drugs Thurs 6-8:00 pm free CORA Doris Jordan 706-796-2550 Trinity CME Church Females all drugs Tues 6-8:00 pm free Get CONNECTED with PREVENTION for a DRUG FREE Community