The U.S. Department of Education panel chose the programs based on their demonstrated effectiveness and potential for replication throughout the department's National Education Dissemination System.

The programs are:

• Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS) by Oregon Health Sciences University
• CASASTART by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
• Life Skills Training by the National Health Promotion Association, Inc.
• OSLC Treatment Foster Care by the Oregon Social Learning Center
• Project Northland Alcohol Prevention Curriculum by the Hazelden Information and Educational Services
• Project T.N.T.: Toward No Tobacco Use by ETR Associates
• Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum by the Committee for Children in Seattle, Wash.
• Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 by the Institute for Social Behavioral Research at Iowa State University
• Project ALERT (Adolescent Learning Experiences in Resistance Training) by the Best Foundation.

For additional information about the exemplary and promising programs, visit the Department of Education's website.

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