About Us

The BEST Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to providing schools and their community partners with the necessary information, materials and guidance to effectively implement Project ALERT, a skills-based substance abuse prevention curriculum for middle grade students.

BEST works with superintendents, principals, substance abuse prevention coordinators, curriculum administrators, counselors and youth-serving organizations to encourage school-wide or district-level adoption of Project ALERT, and to encourage implementation fidelity through training and on-going technical assistance.

The services of the BEST Foundation are funded through multi-year grant commitments from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.