Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We at notMYkid address the preventable conditions leading to youth suicide, including substance abuse, bullying, addiction, and mental illness. One bad decision in adolescence can not only destroy the life of a young person but has the potential to also irreparably damage the lives of others, including the countless people who care for him/her. To proactively educate and provide coping skills to young people on a range of issues that teenagers face every day to prevent them from derailing their futures before they reach adulthood, notMYkid has a mission to empower and educate youth, families, and communities with the knowledge and courage to identify and prevent negative youth behavior. Our vision is that every child will have the knowledge and confidence to reach their full potential through making positive life choices.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
amplif[i] & Life Skills Training
notMYkid offers two signature programs for youth in grades 5-12. Choose from our popular amplif[I] programming or our 10-week LifeSkills Training offered in schools and community settings.
EXTENDED PROGRAMMING: Botvin LifeSkills Training is an evidence-based curriculum that has been proven to be effective at reducing things such as youth substance use and violence, while teaching teen’s crucial knowledge and abilities to help them successfully navigate life. Our Prevention Team can be found in 15 high schools across the Valley of the Sun and we also have trained facilitators that can serve middle schools.
HIGH IMPACT ASSEMBLIES AND CLASSROOM WORKSHOPS: amplif[I] youth presentations aim to educate, empower and inspire youth with the knowledge and courage to make positive life choices. Our program follows the IMBR peer-to-peer model: Information, Motivation, Behavior Skills, and Resources. Our trained presenters share appropriate and relatable stories connected to the discussion topic and facilitate moments of audience interaction.
Project Rewind- Early Intervention for Families
program for teens experiencing mild to moderate problems associated with alcohol and/or other drug use. We believe in strengthening family connection, communication and setting appropriate boundaries to protect and support our youth in making positive life choices. Parent involvement is a requirement of the program to achieve the best outcomes possible for participating families.
notMYkid takes a proactive approach to early intervention when dealing with problematic issues teens face as a result of substance abuse. The overarching goal of the program is to deter experimenters from becoming regular users.
notMYkid has developed a dynamic and engaging platform, utilizing our peer-to-peer model, to address the impact of substance abuse on the individual teen, academics, friendships, employment, and relations with family and loved ones. All drugs of abuse addressed include: alcohol; smoking/vaping; marijuana; prescription pill misuse/abuse; club drugs/synthetics; and illicit street drugs. A portion of the curriculum is also dedicated to cyber safety and online digital behavior.
Participants explore risk factors associated with substance abuse, engaging teens in internalizing consequences of use, overcoming peer pressure, assessing and motivating change, practicing positive coping skills, effective communication, and looking ahead to a positive and healthy future.
Corporate Wellness
A program which allows employers to offer parent education about substance abuse, bullying, depression/self-injury and internet safety to their employees during the company lunch hour. Parent education By hosting The Corporate Lunchbox, you can provide valuable information and tools for your employees regarding substance abuse, bullying, and Internet safety for their children. Helping employees with parenting skills will encourage more positive life choices and allow for more productivity at work.
Parent and Faculty Education
notMYkid empowers caregivers, school faculty, faith communities, and anyone that interacts with youth with up-to-date informational workshops and more intensive professional training on the following topic: substance use prevention planning; drug trend updates specifically addressing opioids, marijuana, and vaping-related health concerns; suicide alertness; depression and mental health issues affecting children (elementary, middle school and high school specific content); navigating internet safety; body image; relationships; and other behavioral health concerns that may be affecting your community. Our seasoned team of prevention experts are trainers of nationally recognized programs in suicide alertness and intervention which include: SafeTalk, ASIST and Mental Health First Aid. Attendees of our substance use prevention program leave with a complimentary home drug testing sample provided by First Check and a personalized family prevention plan.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of students receiving information on tobacco use and addiction
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
amplif[i] & Life Skills Training
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Metric relates to students served in served in one of three prevention programs: Amplif(i), Project Rewind, Life Skills
Number of students receiving information on suicide
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
amplif[i] & Life Skills Training
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Suicide information and education is one of six topics included in our school based Amplif(i) program.
Number of students receiving information on alcohol and other drug use
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Alcohol and other drug use are topics covered in our Amplif(i), Project Rewind, and Life Skills programs.
Number of middle school students improving health-related attitudes and behaviors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
In 2018, 24,639 middle school youth were served, and 80% (19,711) youth reported an improvement in health related attitude.
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This number reflects youth served in Project Rewind, amplif(i), and Life Skills Training programming.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Today’s youth are posed with an inextricable alliance of threats working against their health, happiness, development, and success. In the past two years, Maricopa County experienced an 85% increase in youth suicides, with 34 teenagers in the East Valley alone tragically taking their own lives during the 2018/19 school year. The premature loss of young lives is always horrifying, but not necessarily isolated from the influence of other factors. Instead of pursuing a singular culprit to blame, we must address the preventable conditions leading to youth suicide, including substance abuse, bullying, addiction, trauma, and mental illness. As studies indicate that people who reach 21 without engaging in risky behaviors are likely to never do so, notMYkid firmly believes that providing youth with coping mechanisms for demanding situations is key to helping them arrive at adulthood healthy and whole.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Since 1999, notMYkid has been presenting peer-to-peer prevention education programs in Arizona schools, including amplif(i) Prevention Education for youth, parents, and educators; Corporate Employee Wellness Programs; Project Rewind Early Intervention Program, and l
Leadership Workshops for Youth that build self-confidence, foster resiliency, and inspire social and emotional change.
Three years ago, notMYkid successfully launched Project REWIND with support from the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family. Partnering with three originating school districts, we currently offer the program 22 times a school year. Schools refer students to the program who have been identified as using alcohol, e-cigarettes or drugs. Participating students, along with a least one parent, attend education sessions that detail the risk factors associated with substance abuse and the related consequences. While students learn how to practice positive coping skills and overcome peer pressure, parents learn ways to improve family communication and motivate changes in behavior. Together the teens and parents practice open communication, listening to each other to “Rediscover Existing Ways to Inspire New Directions” (REWIND).
amplif[i] Prevention Education presentations work to prevent the onset of behavioral health problems for youth and teens by implementing evidence-based strategies that address the full spectrum of behavioral health prevention. The program proactively ad, bullying, dresses behavioral health issues such as depression, suicide, substance abuse, bullying, Internet safety, unhealthy relationships, and body image to promote positive decisions that will positively impact youths’ health and future. Administered by extensively trained peer educators, the one-hour presentations are designed to equip youth with skills that build resilience and foster positive choices, while helping them understand and overcome behavioral health problems. In separate one-hour sessions, parents and school faculty are educated on the warning signs related to the given topic, provided tools for prevention planning, and offered resources to continue the conversation and connect youth to services who may need additional support.
Corporate Wellness allows employees to receive valuable information about substance abuse, depression/self-injury and internet safety during their corporate lunch hour.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Since 1999, notMYkid has been presenting peer-to-peer prevention education programs in Arizona schools, including amplif[i] Prevention Education for youth, parents, and educators; corporate employee wellness programs; Project Rewind- an early Intervention program, and mentoring for youth that build self-confidence, foster resiliency, and inspire social and emotional change.
Over the course of 20 years, notMYkid has served over 2 million youth and adults, with programs reaching more the 75,000 people each year with the help of our expert trained prevention specialists and peer educators.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
With a vision for every child to have the knowledge and confidence to reach their full potential through positive life choices, Steve and Debbie Moak founded notMYkid in 1999 after battling the substance abuse addiction of their teenage son. The first-hand experiences of the Moak’s are what inspired them to develop notMYkid with a simple principle behind its inception: prevention rather than intervention.
Recognizing that the challenges our youth face today are complex and can potentially devastate and derail futures, notMYkid passionately works to educate and protect our community’s kids by providing a range of peer-to-peer programs, including behavioral health prevention education for youth, parents, and educators; corporate employee wellness programs; an early intervention substance abuse program for youth and their parents, and leadership workshops for youth.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Community meetings/Town halls,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback,
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NOT MY KID INC
Board of directorsas of 8/4/2020
Seth Leibsohn
The Leibsohn Group
Term: 2012 - 2020
Mark Rohde
PH.D., Co-Founder & Psychologist
Alan "Duke" Schwartz
Brown and Brown Insurance
Seth Leibsohn
The Leibsohn Group
Mark Goldberg
Goldberg Family Foundation
Steven Lewis
Wells Fargo Advisors
Kelly Conner Rubin
Alliance Bank of Arizona
Laurie Fielder
Owner, Set It Straight
Zuhdi Jasser
MD, Advanced Nuclear Cardiology
Brett Johnson
Partner, Snell &Wilmer
Scott MacDowell
Diversified Investors Group
Debbie Moak
Co-Founder
Michelle Siwek
Owner, Scottsdale Recovery Center
Jeffrey Siegel
MD, North Scottsdale Pediatrics
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
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Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.