The Kentucky Prevention Network (KPN)

The Kentucky Prevention Network (KPN) promotes evidence-based substance use/misuse prevention efforts, through training, education, and networking. KPN strives to increase the understanding of prevention strategies to reduce substance use/misuse and as a key component of public health. KPN encourages collaboration among prevention professionals, volunteers, community members, and other stakeholders in the interest of a healthy Commonwealth.

KPN supports and advocates for data-driven decisions and evidence-based practices for effective alcohol, tobacco, and other substance use/misuse prevention strategies, resources, and programs. KPN recognizes that there is a relationship between mental health wellness, suicide prevention, and substance use and promotes the use of the Strategic Prevention Framework and upstream prevention strategies to address those in the community.