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Serving Dallas-Fort Worth since 1984
Prevention That Meets People Where They Actually Are.
CARE‑Dallas educates and empowers our community around alcohol and substance use — and around the mental health, trauma, and stress that so often sit underneath it. Classes, campus programs, staff training, and free resources. Most of it costs nothing.
Need Something Today?
Free Narcan (Naloxone) - Picked up at our office, no cost, no questions
Free Home Drug Screenings - for families and individuals
SoberU - a free four - week class for teens and young adults
What Is...? - Plain-language guide to 18 popular recreational substances
Crisis and Treatment referrals
1984
Founded in Dallas
41
K-12
$0
Years of Prevention Work
Assemblies, Plus Staff Training
SoberU, Narcan & Drug Screenings
Get to know CARE
THE FOUR PILLARS
Education. Awareness. Resources. Support.
Four pillars hold CARE‑Dallas up. Prevention education is where we started — it isn’t where we stop. Substance use rarely travels alone, so neither does our work.
Age-appropriate assemblies for K–12 campuses, SoberU classes for teens and young adults, and evidence-based professional development for the adults who work with them.
Education
1
A plain-language guide to 18 substances, Fentanyl 101 sessions, parent education, and community outreach that takes the stigma out of talking about substance use and mental health.
Awareness
2
Age-appropriate assemblies for K–12 campuses, SoberU classes for teens and young adults, and evidence-based professional development for the adults who work with them.
Education
3
A plain-language guide to 18 substances, Fentanyl 101 sessions, parent education, and community outreach that takes the stigma out of talking about substance use and mental health.
Awareness
4
FEATURED PROGRAM
16 Weeks of Wellness Training for the People Who Hold a Campus Together.
CARE‑Dallas delivers a comprehensive 16-week professional development and wellness training program for teachers, administrators, counselors, and support staff — built for districts ready to invest in their own people.
CARE leadership works alongside experienced life coaches, licensed therapists, and psychiatrists to cover mental health, substance abuse prevention, trauma-informed care, stress and anxiety, burnout, crisis response, and resiliency.
Program at a Glance
LENGTH
AUDIENCE
FACILITATED BY
FOCUS
16 weeks
Teachers, administrators, counselors, support staff
CARE-Dallas leadership, life coaches, licensed therapists & psychiatrists
Mental health, prevention, trauma-informed care, stress, anxiety, staff wellness
PROGRAMS
Six Ways CARE Shows Up in Dallas & Beyond
A NOTE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
"The students we sit with are rarely dealing with a substance problem alone. There’s anxiety underneath it. Grief. A home that isn’t safe. And the teachers and counselors who show up for them every day are carrying their own weight too."
Clint Carlton, Executive Director of CARE-Dallas
WHAT'S NEXT
- CARE-Dallas Scholarship DeadlineThu, Mar 12Scholarship page
- Fentanyl 101 Awareness EducationThu, Mar 12Auditorium Admissions Building
Events & News
Blog Posts
Whatever Brought You Here, Start With a Conversation
A parent with a question. A principle whose staff is running on empty, Someone who just wants Narcan in the glovebox. We answer all of it - free, without judgment.
*Office hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00pm - 8100 Lomo Alto Dr. Dallas, TX, 75225
