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DARE is a program designed for positive interaction between student and police officers who will educate the students about the dangers of substance abuse, risky and violent behaviors, as well as social media dangers, peer pressure, vaping, bullying, and many other situations. The purpose is designed to build a foundation from the ground up to frame the basis of good and appropriate decision making in many of life's choices. The program is designed for 5th grade students in and around the Blue Springs IV school district. Overall, the goal is to ensure our children are given every tool imaginable early in life to be a productive member of society and to help in the betterment of oneself and as society.
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The objective of this program includes: 1) Preparing students to act decisively in refusing offers to use drugs. 2) Helping students recognize risks and avoid drug-related, and violent situations. 3) Building strong decision-making, planning, communication, and assertive refusal skills. 4) Empowering youth to value their own perceptions and feelings and make choices that support drug-free values, and avoiding violent situations. 5) Fostering positive relationships between local law enforcement, youth, and parents of youth in an effort to build community support and trust. D.A.R.E believes that if you can teach youth to make safe and responsible decisions, it will guide them to healthy choices, not only about drugs, but across all parts of their lives. As they grow to be responsible citizens, they will lead healthier and more productive drug- and violence-free lives.
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The Law Enforcement School-Based Program of the Grain Valley Police Department consists of three full-time School Resource Officers who work in schools throughout each school year. The School Resource Officers are available to school staff and students on a daily basis to provide law enforcement services as well as assisting in counseling, mentoring, teaching and maintaining daily interaction and engagement with staff and students.
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Drug use remains prevalent in our community. Also, pockets of individual groups of a small number of at risk youths are often seen as catalysts for criminal behavior. Teaching life skills to avoid drugs and substance abuse is crucial for all school-aged kids. The development of anti-substance abuse attitudes must be coupled with giving them the skills to resist temptation and peer pressure associated with drugs. Program foucs includes: 1) Preparing students to act decisively in refusing offers to use drugs. 2) Helping students recognize risks and avoid drug-related situations. 3) Building strong decision-making, planning, communication, and assertive refusal skills. 4) Empowering youth to value their own perceptions and feelings and make choices that support drug-free values alcohol, cigarette and substance use will be reduced.
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The STEP (Students Transitioning Exceptionally Preparped) program is specifically designed to address the ongoing need to properly prepare those students transitioning from elementary school to middle school, then middle school to high school. It provides the training and information needed to allow the students to transition smoothly, without causing additional stress and/or trauma to being introduced to a new environment where goals and expectations are increased. It is directly targeted to all current 5th grade and 8th grade students within the Independence School District.
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It is the mission of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office's Junior Deputy Academy to teach 7th and 8th graders the dangers that they may face in response to the current vaping epidemic, one of the most serious adolescent public-health crisis the country has faced in the last decade. The Sherriff's Office's goal is to slow down and eventually stop the teen vaping epidemic and to prevent young children from starting to use flavored e-cigarettes including such products as JUUL, Blu and other style Vape pens.
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The G.R.E.A.T. and D.A.R.E. Curricula address some of the crucial issues the youth of Jackson County are facing: violence, drug/alcohol use and peer pressure. Many youth don't have the communication tools or skills to avoid violent behavior. The youth are taught refusal and avoidance techniques. Youth need skills to handle conflict and relieve stress in a healthy, non-violent way. The students are taught conflict resolution skills, how to recognize stress in themselves and others; and they practice healthy ways to deal with conflict and stress. Youth in Kansas City may have favorable attitudes about alcohol or drugs until they are taught about the harmful effects they have on the body. Students are taught resistance to negative peer pressure.
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The LSPD IMPACT curriculum will be taught in the R-7 school district as well as Our Lady of Presentation parochial school for elementary students. The program exists to enrich students' lives by teaching, modeling, and encouraging the core values of integrity, responsibility, and respect while fostering relationships with students, teachers, and parents to prevent drug abuse and risky behavior. Today's youth are faced with a multitude of difficult and complex situations that require the courage and knowledge to address safely and properly. Both the LSPD IMPACT and DARE curriculum are designed to provide information and skill sets that empower them to make those decisions.The programs address not only drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention for youth, but also provided information on topics such as problem-solving and peer pressure.
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Youth in Jackson County may have favorable attitudes about alcohol or drugs at school, or may not know anything about them or their dangers at all. They are exposed to friends who engage in or have favorable attitudes towards alcohol and drug use, with peer pressure to use alcohol or drugs. Youth do not have adequate skills to refuse peer pressure to engage in drinking alcohol or abusing drugs. Youth who have experience in the use of drugs and alcohol may not know their dangers or the negative impacts they have on their bodies. Some youth may not have the home support system to differentiate between what is right or wrong when it comes to drugs, alcohol or violence. Lessons promote healthy interactions between students and teachers, featuring fun activities that involve students in their own learning and offer students the opportunity to act out the REAL strategies of Refuse, Explain, Avoid, and Leave.
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The objective of this program is 1) reduce alcohol, cigarette, and drug use; 2) promote anti-substance use attitudes; 3) promote anti-drug normative beliefs; 4) promote substance use resistance; and 5) provide the youth resources that they can take with them as they continue to grow and mature. Youth in Jackson County may not know anything about alcohol or drugs—or the dangers associated with them. Many are exposed to friends who use alcohol and/or drugs, and many do not have adequate skills to refuse peer pressure to engage in drinking alcohol or abusing drugs. Youth who have experience using drugs and alcohol may not know their dangers or the negative impacts these substances have on their bodies. Some may not have the home support system to differentiate between what is right or wrong when it comes to drugs, alcohol, or violence.
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The Sugar Creek Community Violence Prevention Police Officer is an all encompassing role model and teacher for a majority of youth programs specifically applied to students in the two elementary schools in Sugar Creek. The programs emphasize outreach to students between the ages 6 and 13. The Sugar Creek program includes both DARE and S.T.E.P. (Students Transitioning Exceptionally Prepared), with an emphasis on promoting interaction between students and teachers from first grade through eighth.
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2023 Totals

11 Programs

$1,435,367

21,475 Students
To Be Served

This map shows all locations for the COMBAT-supported Law Enforcement School-Based Initiative programs throughout Jackson County. Use the "Link to page" links above to view maps for each program being provided funding.