Faith-based Prevention

In times of need, people often turn to their faith community for guidance and support. This includes individuals and families facing challenges related to mental health or substance use.

Faith communities can play an important role in preventing substance use disorders, reducing stigma associated with behavioral health, connecting people to treatment/support, and suicide prevention. 

The PF! faith-based prevention initiative provides faith leaders with the tools, trainings, resources, and assistance to implement evidence-based prevention strategies in their communities.

This effort brings together pastors, ministry leaders, lay leaders, faith advocates, and representatives from churches, mosques, and other faith-based organizations.

PF! Building Prevention with Faith Toolkit

The PF! Building Prevention with Faith Toolkit is an organized collection of materials and resources that prepare a faith community to provide effective substance misuse prevention activities within the context of their faith tradition. The toolkit and corresponding training are prevention-focused.

• The toolkit is available in both English and Spanish, and only in hard copy.
• No electronic/digital format is available.
• Ohio-based organizations and Ohio residents can request a toolkit at no cost to them, thanks to funding from the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health. 
• The PF! Building Prevention with Faith training is available to Ohio-based organizations and Ohio residents at no cost to them, thanks to funding from the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health.

*For a fee, the toolkit and corresponding training are available to individuals/organizations outside Ohio. Toolkits are $125 each. Trainings are $125 per hour/per trainer. 

For More Information:

Amanda Conn Starner, MS, CHES, OCPC
Chief Program Officer
aconnstarner@prevention-first.org
513-751-8000 ext. 13

Soul Shop Movement: Suicide Prevention Training for Faith Community Leaders

The mission of the Soul Shop Movement is to equip faith leaders to minister to those impacted by suicidal desperation within churches and communities by teaching basic suicide awareness and intervention skills as well as empowering faith communities to be sources of hope and social connection. During a Soul Shop training, participants learn what Scripture says about suicide, how to identify suicidal desperation, what outreach to at-risk community members can look like, and much more. 

More information about the  Soul Shop Movement can be found at https://www.soulshopmovement.org/

Are you a faith leader interested in joining the Soul Shop Movement by attending a training?

Contact one of the certified Soul Shop trainers on our PF! team.

Amanda Conn Starner
Jade Jacobs
Faith Hostetler