Results identified youths’ strong interest and positive feedback regarding the provision of a potential social service resource telephone program (SSRTP) that was designed to offer information to individuals recently out of high school to help integrate them into emerging adulthood. The vast majority of respondents indicated a strong desire for resource and referral information on vocational, educational, recreational, transportation, and mental health and drug counseling services. This study is the first description, in the form of a needs assessment, of the perceptions and opinions of youth on the information and services that a telephone resource and referral center should provide. The findings are a major step forward in using the views of interested parties to provide a new service that may empower people who are at high risk for drug use. Further research is needed to investigate the effectiveness of the provision of social service resource information on drug use among emerging adults. Data were collected during the period from August to September 2004 from a convenience sample of 102 subjects who received the TND classroom-based program approximately 1 year earlier. References