2026-09-08T14:38:13-07:00 2025-12-31 853008074 Adams and Associates Accounting Advisors 227 Anna Dr Inman SC 29349 990 2025-01-01 871458544 RIZE Prevention Inc RIZE 8649916343 218 New Neely Ferry Road Mauldin SC 29662 Martine Helou Executive Director 2026-09-08 true Thomas R Adams Jr P01390745 8647063750 2025 X Martine Helou 218 New Neely Ferry Road Mauldin SC 29662 497197 false X https://www.rizeprevention.org/ X 2021 SC As an organization, our vision is to create effective, proven solutions to one of the biggest crises affecting our state and country today- substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders among youth. 3 out of 10 middle school students and 8 out of 10 high school students have used substances at some time in their lives. 90% of adults with a reported substance use disorder began experimenting with nicotine, drugs, or alcohol before the age of 15. Data from CDCs National Center for Health Statistics (2024): 15% of high school students reported having ever used select illicit or injection drugs, such as cocaine, inhalants, heroin, methamphetamines, hallucinogens, or ecstasy. 14% of students reported misusing prescription opioids. Injection drug use places youth at direct risk for HIV, and drug use places youth at risk of overdose. Youth opioid use is directly linked to sexual risk behaviors. 10.9% of eighth graders, 19.8% of 10th graders, and 31.2% of 12th graders reported any ill 8 8 8 0 759144 492602 0 4851 3535 781 1060 764776 497197 0 0 345157 366488 0 29371 185109 230343 530266 596831 234510 -99634 629567 531731 3572 5370 625995 526361 As an organization, our vision is to create effective, proven solutions to one of the biggest crises affecting our state and country today- substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders among youth. 3 out of 10 middle school students and 8 out of 10 high school students have used substances at some time in their lives. 90% of adults with a reported substance use disorder began experimenting with nicotine, drugs, or alcohol before the age of 15. Data from CDCs National Center for Health Statistics (2024): 15% of high school students reported having ever used select illicit or injection drugs, such as cocaine, inhalants, heroin, methamphetamines, hallucinogens, or ecstasy. 14% of students reported misusing prescription opioids. Injection drug use places youth at direct risk for HIV, and drug use places youth at risk of overdose. Youth opioid use is directly linked to sexual risk behaviors. 10.9% of eighth graders, 19.8% of 10th graders, and 31.2% of 12th graders reported any ill false false 457166 We provide the iRIZE program, which is an evidence-based approach to primary and secondary prevention for youth. iRIZE was built on our innovative, signature prevention methodology and comprehensive relational system of care model. We provide iRIZE free of charge to middle schools in South Carolina, thanks to grants and donations we receive for this program. Having conducting a 4-year pilot study in collaboration with SC Department of Education and school districts in Upstate SC, we are confident about the efficacy of our evidence-informed approach and our implementation of evidence-based drug prevention programming and peer led social norm interventions. This 4-month program serves students in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Access to our Community Connector resource tool is given to all students, parents and school staff associated with those schools. We are now piloting our Mission iRIZE initiative to provide our facets of our iRIZE program to high school and college students- via our participation in the SC POWER Collective Co-op for opioid addiction and overdose prevention- along with all our support resources and counseling/coaching services. During the 2025-26 academic year, RIZE Prevention provided the iRIZE program to 20 middle schools and conducted over 50 program presentations for approximately 7,300 students, parents and school staff. For schools that implemented our program with high fidelity, approximately, 89% of 6th graders who received our iRIZE program signed the iRIZE Pledge to be drug-free. Approximately, 85% of 7th graders who received the second-year installation of our program signed the pledge. Approximately, 69% of 8th graders who received the third-year of our program signed the pledge. We provided our Mission iRIZE program to 6 high schools and 1 college, reaching approximately 9,000 students. We also provide one-on-one coaching and licensed clinical counseling to teens, regardless of if they attend a school that receives our iRIZE program. This coaching is administered through our staff members, each of who are IAAMC certified through The Addictions Academy. During the 2025-26 academic year, we coached over 100 teens, 80% of who chose to remain sober and refrain from drug usage after completing the coaching program. That is a 400% increase from the previous year. We also connected multiple youth to outside clinical resources to address substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorders. 3670 We also present our evidenced-based message and provide our support services to houses of worship, community centers, and correctional institutions via our BEYOND Genesis 3 program, anchor RIZE Up. Live Drug Free! presentation, and Power Collective Co-op programs and outreach. These efforts conducted outside of school settings are innovative ways to reach youth who may not have access to our iRIZE program and are conducted in partnership with local community resource providers, local law enforcement and national law enforcement. These initiatives are provided free of charge and are funded by specified donations and grants received by RIZE Prevention. Access to our CCFC resource tool is given to everyone who attends, as well as to the entire Upstate community. We also launched a new workshop designed to educate parents about the teenage brain, effects of substance use on the developing brain, and teaching the principles and skills of parental co-regulation. The total number of attendees for these presentations was approximately 8,750 people. 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