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The U.S. Counties along the Mexico Border Initiative was established by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA/CSAP) to provide support to communities to address behavioral health problems in the 24 contiguous counties along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The impact of substance abuse prevention is more effective and likely when communities solve their own substance use/abuse and related problems by implementing the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to identify risk and protective factors, assess needed resources, plan activities to address problems identified, implement culturally appropriate evidence-based programs, practices and policies, and evaluate for effectiveness.
This initiative will train prevention providers, living and working in all venues within the Border area on the SPF in order to extend and enhance SAMHSA/CSAP efforts to prevent and reduce behavioral and associated health issues across the U.S. Mexico Border Counties.
The U.S. Counties along the Mexico Border Initiative is housed in El Paso, Texas and is dedicated to infusing the SPF within communities along the U.S. Mexico Border to strengthen their behavioral health systems and services.
Contact Us:
Counties along the U.S.-Mexico Border Initiative
Christina Lopez-Gutierrez,
Project Director
5400 Suncrest,
Suite D-7
El Paso, TX 79912
Main Border Office: 575.442.9834 or
SAVE THE DATES! August 24-25, 2010 El Paso, Texas
The U.S. Counties along the Mexico Border Initiative Annual Meeting
"Driving U.S.-Mexico Border Programs Forward"
Border Initiative Scholarships