ILLINOIS TEEN INSTITUTE

2000

ITI returns to the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois

ITI holds a Name the Mascot contest and selects participant Christine La Porte’s entry of DAFFLE (Drug and Alcohol Free For Leading Everyone).

The PALS curriculum is rewritten with PALS 1 focusing on facilitation skills and PALS 2 highlighting presentation skills and putting facilitation skills into practice as a staff in training.

A film crew from Governors State University visits ITI to collect footage on the role of prevention among Illinois youth.

Beginning in 2000, ITI and OS undertook an evaluation process to become “Best Practice” programs. In this time of diminishing resources, prevention programs have been challenged to prove their success in decreasing substance use through scientific research.

ITI and OS have hired Dr. Randy Black of Purdue University as the evaluation project consultant.

2001

Mini-workshops disappear and round robins emerge led by the Illinois National Guard Low Ropes Challenge Course and an exhibit hall of prevention programs and opportunities in Illinois.

The Community Action Teams (CAT) Resource Directory is developed to assist ITI participants in creating and implementing their action plans.

Operation Snowball develops and provides a Prevention Resource Calendar to its chapters to encourage year-round prevention programming.

Operation Snowball revises its mission statement.

1999

CAT's (Community Action Teams) replace Grupitos with a new structure tohelp participants with a better plan for their communities after ITI.

A new position, PALS consultant, is created as the PALSprogram takes focus on facilitation skills.

1998

Operation Snowball visits Australia to spread their prevention ideas!

ITI moves to its new home at Knox College in Galesburg, IL.

The Adult Participant program returns Cluster Leaders now head training for facilitators