Twenty exemplary substance abuse prevention programs are presented in this document. These programs are included: (1) Tuba City, Arizona, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Prevention Program; (2) Chemical Addiction Course, University of Arkansas; (3) "Teens Are Concerned" of Arkansas; (4) "Dare to be You of Colorado"; (5) Winyan Was'aka, Denver, Colorado; (6) COPE of Brevard County, Florida; (7) Rock Island County Council on Alcholism (RICCA) Prevention Services, Illinois; (8) 4-H CARES of Kansas; (9) the COPES Prevention Program, Kentucky; (10) Peer Leader Program--Community Leadership Institute (CLIME) of Maine; (11) Roxbury, Massachusetts, Substance Abuse Prevention Program; (12) BABES Curricula, Detroit, Michigan; (13) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Prevention Program, Lincoln, Nebraska; (14) Project Connect, New York; (15) Women's Alcohol and Drug Education Project, New York; (16) Citizens Against Substance Abuse (CASA), Cincinnati, Ohio; (17) Licking County, Ohio, Alcoholism Prevention Program; (18) Austin, Texas, "Adventure Alternatives" Program; (19) Appleton, Wisconsin, School District Prevention Program; and (20) Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Prevention Consortium. Criteria and procedures for selecting the programs are described. Project advisory committee members are listed. (ABL)