Awards

COPES programs have received numerous awards for excellence.

• • In 2009 the Creating Lasting Family Connections program was selected for international promotion by the United Nations.
  • In 2009 the Creating Lasting Family Connections program was identified as a Promising Program for the Administration for Children and Families’ Responsible Fatherhood Initiative.
  • In 2007 the Creating Lasting Family Connections program was reviewed and listed on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
  • In 2006 the Creating Lasting Family Connections program was reconfirmed as an effective substance abuse and violence prevention curriculum by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
  
• • In 2002, Creating Lasting Family Connections was recognized as a model science-based program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
• • In 2001, COPES and the Creating Lasting Family Connections program received a Special Recognition Award from the Executive Office of the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy.
• • In 2001, Creating Lasting Family Connections received the U.S. Department of Education Certificate of Recognition as a Promising Program for Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools.
• • The Creating Lasting Family Connections program was featured as a Model Family Program in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Strengthening America’s Family publication on substance abuse and delinquency prevention in 2000.
• • In 1997, Copes Model program, Creating Lasting Family Connections, was chosen as one of only eight programs nationwide for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s model program dissemination project.
• • The Creating Lasting Connections program was also featured in the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s “Prevention Works” video in 1996.
• • Also in 1996, COPES Creating Lasting Connections program was selected to join the International Youth Foundation’s YouthNet, an international effort to replicate highly successful programs as demonstrated by research. Only the most rigorously evaluated and effective programs in the world are selected to receive this great honor.
• • The COPES Creating Lasting Connections demonstration project received The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Program Award for 1989, 1995 and 1999. The Creating Lasting Family Connections program is a revised and updated version of this successful program.
• • In 1988, COPES received a Federal Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Otis T. Bowen, M.D.