A number of international organizations committed to guiding young people toward responsible, healthy, drug and violence free lives have supported Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Lions Quest Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Prevention Program

In 2014 Lions Quest began collaboration with the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) In 2009 Lions Clubs International (LCI) launched a new partnership with Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). In 2002 the US State Department, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) partnered with LCIF to promote and expand Lions Quest in Eastern Europe.

Evidence-based Social and Emotional Learning Program

Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence program has received a “Select SEL” rating from CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. This rating is awarded in recognition of Lions Quest’s excellence in three areas recommended by CASEL as the most important starting points for program selection – Outstanding SEL Instruction, Evidence of Effectiveness, and Outstanding Professional Development.

Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence is listed on the National Registry of Evidence- Based Programs and Practices, a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).Skills for Adolescence remains on the NREPP list as an evidence-based prevention program, rated for Quality of Research and Readiness for Dissemination