SACADA is a nonprofit that has served over 60,000 children and adults in Bexar County since 1957 through prevention, intervention, and recovery programs for substance abuse issues. Their annual Red Ribbon Rally will have over 6,000 children attend concerts by the Air Force Band of the West this week. In 2014-2015, their Project Heart youth prevention programs served 4,600 children and saw increases in self-esteem, decision making, academics, and social skills for 87% of participants. Their Little Warriors Camp provided free summer programming for 190 children of military families. Testimonials from students and clients showed how SACADA's services helped improve behaviors, life skills, and supported recovery.

1. Empowering our community to live healthy lives;
by providing prevention, intervention, and recovery
services for children and adults.
Since 1957
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2. Impact
• Over 60,000 children and adults were served in Bexar and
surrounding counties during the 2014-2015 school year.
• Over 6,000 children and chaperones will attend the annual Red
Ribbon Rally Concerts performed by the Air Force Band of the
West, which is happening this week.
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3. Help Be Part of the Solution
• Problem: The average age of first use of alcohol in Texas is 12.6
• Solution: Prevention
• Solution: Intervention
• Solution: Recovery Services
• Solution: Community Change
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4. Help Be Part of the Solution
• Problem: 7,322 DWI arrests in Bexar County in 2014.
• Solution: Prevention
• Solution: Intervention
• Solution: Recovery Services
• Solution: Community Change
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5. In 2014-2015 the Project Heart Youth
Prevention Programs served 4,600
children in Bexar County.
87% of the children report
• an increase in self-esteem
• increase in healthy decision making
• improve in academics
• improve in social skills
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Prevention

6. Little Warriors Camp 2013-
2015, SACADA provided
free summer day camp for
children of military to over
190 children.
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Prevention

7. The Little Warriors
Campers weren’t shy
when it came time to
learn Hip Hop!
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Prevention

8. Little Warriors Camp
included creative
sessions like drama.
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Prevention

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10. In 2015, Little Warriors
Campers received over
140 hours of prevention.
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Prevention

11. Prevention
“ I love Project Heart
because it helped me
behave and because we
talked about our anger. It
made me a better person
than who I was before
Project Heart.”
– Third Grade Student
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12. Prevention
“Project Heart is a place
where I feel safe and
makes a BIG difference
in kids’ lives.”
– Third Grade Student
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13. Prevention
“I thought I was a
nothing but now I
am feeling great
and believing in
myself. I feel all
fixed.”
– Third Grade Student
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14. Intervention
“SACADA helped me
find additional
emotional outlets
instead of smoking
weed.”
– High School Student
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15. Recovery Support
“I want to thank you for
your support. You have
given me a strength that I
have never felt in myself
before, to believe in myself
more than I have.”
– Recovery Coach Client
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16. Recovery Support
“My recovery coach
taught me how to live
life without using
substances or continuing
to engage in self-
defeating behaviors.”
- Recovery Coach Client
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17. Recovery Support
“Now I have a bed to
sleep on, a roof over
my head and food to
eat.”
- Reentry Participant
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