About

Prevention is Key (formerly known as “Morris County Prevention is Key”) is a private non-profit 501©3 charitable organization dedicated to empowering every individual we serve to live a healthy lifestyle. We offer a holistic and person-centric, public-health approach, focused on empowering the community, neighbors, friends and family members to strive for a life of good health and well-being by creating accessibility to our impactful programs and services.

History of Prevention is Key

Our Mission

To reduce the rate of problematic substance use and improve the health and wellness of the people and communities we serve.

Our Vision 

To build a future where substance use, suffering, and loss are rare and Recovery is as accessible as the air we breathe.

Core Values

Respect for the individual

Either everyone matters or nobody matters

Regardless of circumstance we believe that Every Person we encounter has innate value, health, wellness, creativity, goodness, and is deserving of our respect, compassion, talents and kindness Every Day.

We are Every Person, Every day.

Integrity

We do what is right

We inspire trust by having the courage to say what we mean, matching our behaviors to our words, and taking responsibility for our actions. We value and support transparency, knowing that open, honest communication is critical to our success. We use science and data to inform our decisions and passionately advocate for what is right and fair for our participants, our communities, and each other.

Innovation and Lasting Impact

We challenge ourselves to constantly learn and improve

We believe in challenging the status quo, replacing underperforming systems with bold new approaches that make a difference for our participants, communities and people. We encourage discovery, knowing that exploring the unknown is the best way to fuel progress in solving intractable social problems. We attract, develop and retain people who possess the passion, curiosity and drive to pursue innovative solutions that improve the health and wellbeing of the people and communities we touch.

Stewardship

We each take responsibility for strengthening PIK to better serve our communities, today and in the future.

We approach everything we do as a united organization, One PIK. We build relationships and work collaboratively across all parts of the organization, leveraging our respective expertise to drive collective success and deliver exceptional and compassionate services to the people and communities we serve.

Measure

We measure success by the ways we touch the lives of people.