Wellspring Center for Prevention

Promoting Healthy Living Through Education, Training & Advocacy

A non-profit, community-based health organization providing prevention, education, information, and referrals to Middlesex, Monmouth and surrounding residents counties upon the request of residents, businesses, schools, faith-based organizations, municipal alliances, and social service agencies since 1980.

Our mission is to reduce substance abuse, especially among youth.

The Coalition for Healthy Communities provides opportunities to maximize the quality and availability of services to the communities and residents of Middlesex County. We are comprised of a group of diverse individuals and organizations representing a wide variety of sectors within the community, insuring that everyone's voice is heard.

Effective approaches to school-based alcohol and other drug prevention.

We help you teach students how to resist peer influences, improve life skills, create a support system and provide opportunities for involvement in positive experiences with others in the school and community.

Training

Wellspring offers an ever-expanding array of professional development courses for addiction counselors, prevention specialists, and school faculty and staff. All courses are approved for initial and renewal credits toward multiple state and national credentials. Courses are available in traditional classroom and e-Learning formats.

Addiction Counselors

addiction councelors Wellspring offers all 270 hours of addiction coursework required for initial credentialing as a Licensed (LCADC) or Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) in New Jersey and many other states.

Prevention Specialists

prevention sub websites Wellspring offers all 120 hours of prevention coursework required for initial credentialing as a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) in New Jersey.

Professional Development

professional dev sub websites Wellspring offers nine one-hour professional development courses in an online format for professionals.

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Wellspring offers a variety of electronic newsletters designed for parents, older adults, and school faculty, as well as one for the general public called Prevention Works! We even have one just to keep you up to date about what we are doing called Addiction News & Policy Update providing the latest news, research, and policies impacting the field of addiction services.