First Call Safe & Healthy Schools is a prevention intervention program serving students attending selected schools in Kansas City Missouri Public Schools (KCPS), Lee’s Summit Public Schools (LSPS) and University Academy—in neighborhoods where illicit drug and crime rates are high. The target population for this intervention include:

• Hale Cook Elementary (KCPS)
• J.A. Rogers Elementary (KCPS)
• King Elementary (KCPS)
• Success Academy at Anderson (KCPS)
• Bernard Campbell Middle School (LSPS)
• Summit Lakes Middle School (LSPS)
• University Academy (a Kansas City charter school)

The Safe & Healthy Schools program goal is to create a safe and healthy environment for students. Safe & Healthy Schools will be administered at the elementary, middle, junior high and high school levels. The program focuses on the deployment of LifeSkills Training (Botvin 1995), an evidence-based intervention that offers three, age-specific curricula for elementary, junior high and high school age students, designed to prevent underage drug and alcohol abuse, adolescent tobacco use, violence and other risk behaviors. 

As in the past, substance use assessments will be made avaibale for students who are identified by school administration in KCPS and Lee's Summit Districts. Measurable outcomes include: 1) 80% of students increase in knowledge of the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; 2) 80% of students demonstrate increased knowledge across all life skills areas. The project will serve 300 students in 2020. 

COMBAT Funding: $32,000.00