Prevention & Community Services

At Nicasa, we are dedicated to promoting wellness through comprehensive prevention and community services. We offer tailored support to empower communities with the knowledge and tools they need to foster healthy behaviors and build resilience.

From youth education initiatives to community outreach and risk-reduction programs, our goal is to create lasting positive change, ensuring a safer, healthier future for everyone.

Serving Wauconda’s District 118 and surrounding areas, Choose Your Path Coalition is dedicated to empowering communities, particularly youth, to combat substance misuse through education, collaboration, and prevention efforts.

The Deflection and Harm Reduction Program provides post-overdose recovery support, treatment referrals, naloxone distribution, and community education to reduce substance use stigma and promote harm reduction throughout Lake County​.

Since 1994, Nicasa Behavioral Health Services has provided evidence-based in-school prevention programs to empower Lake County youth, currently focusing on the Too Good For Drugs curriculum to teach decision-making, communication, and resisting negative influences.

The Mundelein STAND-UP Task Force is a coalition of community members from 14 sectors working together to promote the health, safety, and well-being of Mundelein youth by preventing substance use, violence, and other risky behaviors.

Teen Court offers first- and second-time non-violent youth offenders an alternative to the traditional justice system, where peer juries determine sentences focused on restorative justice. Designed for youth aged 10 to 18, the program allows participants to avoid a court record through community service and educational tasks, supporting their rehabilitation and positive development.