17th Circuit Court

Prime For Life

Prime For Life® is an evidence-based prevention and intervention program that helps people learn to reduce their risks of alcohol and drug related problems throughout life. Prime For Life (PFL) is taught by certified Health Educators from the Kent County Health Department. Successful completion of PFL closes the participant’s Minor In Possession charge.

Completion of Prime For Life will be counted if the participant attends both virtual sessions (3.5 hours each, taught live on Zoom), actively participates with video/sound capabilities on, completes the parent/guardian interview assignment, and completes the pre and post-test during the class.

Parents are encouraged to attend but are not required.

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Important Documents

What are the next steps?

  1. View class dates and schedule your child in the program.
  2. Complete the Release of Information Participants 18 and over must sign their own form. Click on the form, fill in your information, save it to your device and send it to Aaron.Toffoli@kentcountymi.gov before the first session. You can choose to print it, sign it, and email a scanned copy or picture of the document instead if this works better for you. In the subject/title line of your email, please put “Prime For Life” followed by the participant’s name (for example “Prime For Life – John Doe”).
  3. Complete the PFL Parent/Guardian Interview assignment. For this assignment, the participant interviews their parent/guardian. Click on the form, fill in your information, save it to your device and send it to Aaron.Toffoli@kentcountymi.gov before the second session. You can choose to print it, sign it, and email a scanned copy or picture of the document instead if this works better for you. In the subject/title line of your email, please put “Prime For Life” followed by the participant’s name (for example “Prime For Life – John Doe”).
  4. Complete the Virtual Workbook. Access and download virtual workbook before the first session on a computer, phone or tablet. Participants will be using the Prime For Life Exploring Edition workbook during the class. It is a fillable PDF, so answers can be typed in and the file saved to your device. There is no need to print off the workbook.

    How to Download the Workbook
    • Visit the workbook information page
    • Enter passcode kchd (must be lowercase).
    • Enter an email address that will be associated with the workbook.
    • Create a password. Re-enter the password.
    • Click “Sign up”
    • On the next page, click “Open workbook”

Information for Parents

  • Prime For Life Question & Answer for Parents is intended to help you better understand the program and questions that other parents have had. Also provided is more information about how to start difficult conversations with your teen, and substance abuse trends.
  • Prime For Life Parent Guide offers information about PFL so you can talk to your participant about what they are learning during the program.
  • Resources for Parents is a list of helpful websites for parents.

If you have any questions please contact the instructor by phone or text at (616) 265-6727, or by email at Aaron.Toffoli@kentcountymi.gov.