The East Valley Project
The San Bernardino East Valley Project works to prevent substance use and strengthen community well-being across the East Valley region, including Redlands, Highland, Yucaipa, Mentone, Loma Linda, and Oak Glen.
The Central Valley Project
IPS’ Central Valley project strengthens youth and family wellbeing across Bloomington, Colton, Grand Terrace, Muscoy, Rialto, and San Bernardino by reducing underage drinking and other drug-related harms through community-driven prevention strategies.
Smokefree Outdoor Areas
IPS led a focused initiative to expand smokefree outdoor area (OA) protections in the neighboring cities of Montebello and Whittier, working to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and vaping aerosols in places where residents gather, work, and spend time outdoors.
Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing
IPS worked to advance smokefree multi-unit housing (MUH) protections in the cities of Alhambra and Pico Rivera, where dense housing and multi-generational households make secondhand smoke exposure a critical public health concern.
West Hollywood Project
The West Hollywood Project aims to reduce alcohol- and other drug-related harms in the City of West Hollywood, California.
Westside Impact Project
As the designated provider for a Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) in Santa Monica, California from 2012-16, IPS staff engaged with the Santa Monica Police Department and City of Santa Monica to launch the Westside Impact Project.
Overdose Data to Action Program
The Overdose Data to Action Program (OD2A) utilized IPS’s upstream approach to prevent opioid misuse in the East and South regions of San Diego County.
Rethinking Access to Marijuana
IPS formed the Rethinking Access to Marijuana (RAM) Countywide workgroup in 2015 to protect youth in L.A. County from marijuana-related harms in the likelihood marijuana would be legalized for recreational use.
High Desert Community Coalition
The High Desert Community Coalition formed in early 2012 to address a deadly public health issue — synthetic drugs were being sold in smoke shops and liquor stores in over-concentrated areas throughout the High Desert in San Bernardino County, California.
Responsible Redlands
The Responsible Redlands Initiative was a collaborative effort to curb problems related to binge and underage drinking and to improve the business practices of alcohol retailers.
Responsible Beverage Sales and Service Campaign
In partnership with the Responsible Hospitality Coalition (RHC) of San Diego County, IPS has been providing training on responsible methods for sales and service of alcoholic beverages since 1996.
SAFE Barstow Drug Free Communities Coalition
The Substance Abuse Free Environment (SAFE) Coalition was comprised of members who represented the diverse, rural, desert community of Barstow, California, with representation from many different sectors of the small city, including the school district, local law enforcement, youth, youth-serving organizations, parents, businesses, healthcare, media, local government, and substance abuse organizations.
Drug Paraphernalia Task Force
The Drug Paraphernalia Campaign was a countywide effort to hold smoke shops accountable for facilitating and glamorizing illicit drug use, which made it more appealing to youth.
A Matter of Degree
A Matter of Degree (AMOD) was a national initiative to address high-risk drinking by college students at ten major universities across the country.
San Diego-Tijuana Cross Border Underage Drinking Project
The IPS-led Border Project focused on underage youth crossing the border between San Diego and Mexico to consume alcohol in Tijuana. Goals included reducing the injuries, auto fatalities, fights, and assaults that resulted when intoxicated youth returned to San Diego.
