The Neighborhood Resource Center's goal is to prevent and minimize substance use in youth and educate parents by providing information, skills and strategies.


​The NRC is the coordinating agency for the Bay County Prevention Network.  In addition to being the fiduciary for the coalition, NRC also coordinates the following:

• Bay County HOPE (Heroin and Opiate Prevention and Elimination)
• BCPN Data Committee
• CAAPT Youth Committee 
  (Communities Addressing Alcohol Problems Together)
• Human Services Collaborative Committee
• MAT Marijuana Awareness Team
• Safe Journey
• TAM Training and other training events
• Resource tables for community events

​NRC Staff provide prevention programming weekly in local schools using evidence-based programming such as Too Good for Drugs, Too Good for Violence, Sport + Wellness, and Prime for Life.

• Bay City Academy
• Bay County Juvenile Home
• Christa McAuliffe Middle School
• Cramer Junior High
• Handy Middle School
• State Street Academy
• Western Middle School

Presentations on topics such as opiates, alcohol, and/or the Safe Journey program are also done with health classes and athletes.

• Bay City Academy
• Bay City Central High School
• Garber High School
• Western High School

In addition to schools, NRC staff provides education and programs to many other groups:

• Local Churches
• Local Civic and Professional Groups
• Bay/Saginaw ISD Health Teachers
• Active Parenting Classes
• Insight Program for Juvenile First Offenders
• Juvenile Court Day Treatment
• Spring Break Day Camp for Rescue Mission children
• YELL Youth Leadership Program at Handy Middle School

NRC staff participate in a number of community initiatives:

• Bay-Arenac Great Start Collaborative
• Bay-Arenac Suicide Coalition
• Bay County Prevention Providers
• Community Violence Response Team
• Families Against Narcotics
• Neighbors Against Drug Abuse
• Peer 360 Recovery Alliance
• Project Connect
• Safe Journey

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