·	YADAPP Mission
·	Goals and Objectives
·	Project Description

·	YADAPP 2008
·	Registration
·	Mailings

·	Youth Participants
·	Adult Sponsors
·	Youth Leaders
·	Junior Staff
·	Conference Interns
·	Resource Officers

·	STAN Plan
·	Wheeler Award
·	Mini-Grants
·	Resources

·	Regional Events

·	YADAPP History
·	Past YADAPPs

·	Contact Information

Welcome to YADAPP!

The Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project is a statewide youth leadership project focused on getting teens involved in making their schools and communities safe and drug-free. Since 1984, the Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project has helped teens across Virginia change lives through their leadership.

The mission of YADAPP is to develop youth leadership in order to foster substance abuse and violence prevention efforts at the state, regional, and local level. Over the past twenty-one years, YADAPP has impacted the lives of thousands of students throughout Virginia. Since its beginning, approximately 382 different high schools and community organizations have participated in this unique, “youth-led” leadership project.

Since YADAPP 2002, the Virginia Center for School Safety of the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services has served has the lead coordinator for this initiative that originally began with a partnership between the Virginia Departments of Education, Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, and Motor Vehicles.

YADAPP News - Last Updated: June 23, 2008

Y Street Mini-Grant Application

For more information, click here.

YADAPP 2008 Brochure

Download the YADAPP 2008 informational brochure here.

Register for YADAPP 2008

The registration process for YADAPP 2008 is completely online through the Event Registration System at the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. Space is limited to the first 100 teams that register. Avoid disappointment and take advantage of this unique, Virginia tradition today in order to ensure that your high school or community organization is represented at YADAPP 2008. Please visit the Event Registration System to register your team. The registration deadline for teams is June 30, 2008. Teams must provide student and adult names by July 14, 2008.

YADAPP 2008 Dates

YADAPP 2008 will be held on the following dates: July 21-24, 2008. More information will follow in the coming weeks. Thank you for your patience!

YADAPP 2007 Pictures

Check out some pictures from YADAPP 2007. Enjoy!