What Is Partnership to End Addiction?

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Partnership to End Addiction is a nonprofit organization that helps families prevent, address, and recover from substance use and addiction. Its website, drugfree.org, is built around one promise: "Where Families Find Answers." If you are a parent or caregiver worried about a child's drug or alcohol use, the site offers free, confidential support through a helpline, text messaging, and online groups, plus educational resources on prevention, treatment, and recovery. It also provides training and services for professionals and community organizations.

What the Organization Does

The site organizes its work into four main areas:

  • Family Resources — direct help for parents and caregivers
  • Professional & Community Services — training and tools for providers, educators, and organizations
  • Support Us — donating, advocacy, and endurance teams
  • Policy, News & Research — how the organization pushes for policy change and shares findings

For most families, the Family Resources section is the starting point.

Family Resources: What's Available

The Family Resources hub groups support into several parts:

Resource What it covers
Prevention & Early Action Strategies and early intervention techniques to prevent drug misuse
Treatment & Recovery Resources for addressing substance use disorder and regaining wellness
Family Support Services Free, confidential help via helpline, text messaging, and online groups
Drug Information & Facts A guide to drug types, effects, risks, and safe practices
Resource Centers Guidance on prevention, recovery, family support, and more
Family Stories First-person narratives of recovery and overcoming addiction

Free and Confidential Support Channels

The site lists several ways to get help without cost, and it describes them as confidential:

  • Helpline — text, email, or call to get help addressing a child's substance use challenges.
  • Help & Hope by Text — personalized texts with tips, tools, and resources tailored to each stage of support.
  • Prevention Check-Up Assessment — a free, confidential tool that assesses a child's substance use risk and offers tailored guidance.
  • Online Support Groups — groups for parents and caregivers.

These are the most direct routes if you want guidance for a specific situation rather than general reading.

For Professionals and Community Organizations

Beyond family support, the organization works with professionals and communities. According to the site, it:

  • Leverages research and industry knowledge to empower organizations and professionals.
  • Maintains partner networks to develop and share "compassionate, research-backed messages" that raise awareness and drive action nationwide.
  • Collaborates with prevention professionals on evidence-based strategies to reduce youth substance use.
  • Offers trainings for providers, clinicians, educators, and other youth-serving professionals, with self-paced, live virtual, and in-person delivery options.
  • Provides custom solutions through a business services team.

How to Decide If It Fits Your Situation

  • If you're a parent or caregiver concerned about a child's substance use, start with the helpline or the Help & Hope by Text program, then use the Prevention Check-Up Assessment if you want a structured look at risk.
  • If you want to understand a specific substance, the Drug Information & Facts guide covers types, effects, and risks.
  • If you're a professional serving youth or patients, the trainings and partner networks are the relevant entry points.
  • If you want to support the work, the Ways to Give and Advocacy in Action pages explain donating and policy involvement.

The site also offers a Spanish-language section (Recursos en Español) for Spanish-speaking families.