DREAM of Hattiesburg, Inc. (DOH), is an over 40-year-old 501(c) 3 non-profit, community-based substance abuse prevention agency certified by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. DREAM’s RADAR Resource Center provides alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) abuse prevention print materials (posters, curriculum resources, DVD/video checkout, and brochures) in South Mississippi and also offers training and technical assistance in community mobilization, coalition development, youth leadership development, experiential learning, service-learning, evaluation, ATOD abuse prevention (marijuana, underage drinking, merchant education, suicide prevention, and prescription drug abuse) and other related topics. DREAM’s community-based prevention activities and effective evidence-based prevention programming (i.e., Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol, Positive Action, Project Towards No Drugs, Project Northland: Amazing Alternatives/Slick Tracy, Life Skills) is offered to children and youth in high-risk environments and schools in South Mississippi. DREAM has numerous partnerships with agencies and volunteers working together on prevention activities in South Mississippi.
