Engler Awards $823,570 for Summer Drug and Violence Prevention

June 13, 2002

 

 Governor John Engler has awarded $823,570 in funds for youth and family summer programs incorporating drug and violence prevention, education, and other related activities.

 

?These education and prevention efforts are extremely important in our fight against drugs.? ?I am pleased to support these local programs that recognize the important role summer programs play in keeping communities safe and families strong,? said Engler.

 

?By encouraging positive activities, we can prevent drug and violence problems.? ?These grant dollars will play an important role in these communities,? said Michigan Office of Drug Control Policy Director, Craig Yaldoo.

• The program is structured to include parent, youth, and family sessions where parents and their children, separately and then together, learn techniques to resolve conflicts and discuss issues to increase academic achievement and other life skills.  The project is patterned after the Strengthening Families Program, an exemplary and proven program.  Sixty children, ages 12-17, and their families will receive services.  Program, a family-based prevention program targeting families in the Oak Park and Detroit communities.Strengthening Our Chaldean Families will receive $46,660 for the Chaldean American Ladies of Charity in Southfield

 

• Youth will also receive additional prevention services at the conclusion of the camp component.  One component of the overall program is the summer academic or sports camp experience at one of six Michigan universities.  Funding will support prevention services to youth referred by Detroit-area agencies and coalitions using strict criteria.  for a summer youth program serving up to 250 youth, ages 11 to 18.  will receive $99,330Alliance for a Safer, Greater Detroit

 

• targeting 145 youth and 40 parents.summer prevention program Oasis will receive $24,800 for the 13-week Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries in Detroit    The recipients will receive the Strengthening Families Program which will include drug education and prevention, youth leadership development, violence prevention, coping skills and self awareness.

 

• The program will enhance academic excellence, provide non-violent conflict resolution instruction, abstinence education, responsibility, and parenting skills.  Recipients will receive prevention education using the Strengthening Families program.  will receive $19,330 for a three-week summer prevention program serving 45 children in foster care and their parents who are in residential treatment for addiction.Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan in Detroit

 

• Other components include tutoring, computer classes and educational testing services.  The Peacemakers Prevention Program will provide skills in conflict resolution, problem solving and effective communication.  will receive $7,250 for a six-week summer prevention program serving 80-90 girls who are at risk for dropping out of school, using drugs, becoming pregnant, and engaging in gang activities.Alternatives For Girls Program in Detroit

 

• Other components of the program will include academic instruction and support, educational activities, and a parent component.  Second Step program.  25 elementary and middle school youth. The youth will receive violence prevention education through the  will receive $15,200 for a seven-week summer program targetingLatino Family Services in Detroit

 

• The high school youth will also receive job readiness training, high school credit for independent study, and provide mentoring to the elementary youth.  The programs, Second Step and Project ALERT, will provide anger management, impulse control, empathy, drug and violence prevention, and social skills training.  will receive $35,000 for a nine-week summer prevention education program targeting ten alternative high school students and fifty elementary students.Guidance Center in Southgate

 

• The youth will strengthen their skills in conflict resolution, violence and drug prevention, peer mediation, and positive decision-making skills.  The drug and violence prevention program will provide the Second Step Curriculum and Botvin?s Life Skills curriculums.  will receive $21,200 to provide an eight-week program to 25 youth, 11-14 years of age.Starfish Family Services, Inc. in Inkster

 

• The Summer Arts and Prevention Academy will also provide arts education, transportation, a parent component, and field trips.  prevention programs to 60 youth.  The Foundation will collaborate with the Taylor Teen Health Center to provide the Second Step and Project ALERT  will receive $28,600 for an eight-week summer prevention program.Oakwood Health Care Systems Foundation of Dearborn

 

• Other components of the summer enrichment program include recreation, tutoring, and mentoring.  The youth will receive Botvin?s Life Skills prevention curriculum which will encompass anger management, alternatives to violence, and drug education.  will receive $36,000 for a six-week Youth Summer Support Program targeting 80 at-risk 6-12 year olds.Community Services of Oakland in Ferndale

 

• healthy, drug and violence-free lifestyles.  The program will empower youth with skills necessary to increase their ability to resolve conflict, and assist parents in acquiring information which will assist them in supporting their children?s development of  The program consists of three components: youth dialogue seminars, community parent seminars, and a family outreach project.  will receive $20,000 for a summer prevention program targeting 250 youth and 100 parents.Arab-American and Chaldean Council in Lathrup Village

 

• Lessons will be presented in conflict resolution and anger management, drug and violence prevention, academic lessons to encourage reading and writing, and involvement in community projects.  will receive $33,500 for a five-week Summer TEAM (Teaching, Educating, And Mentoring) Program that serves 40 youth using the Project ALERT and Aggressors, Victims and Bystanders curriculums.St. Clair County Sheriff?s Department in Port Huron

 

• A trained team will provide, to about 700 youth, the six pillars of character, life skills, and anger management skills.  will receive $20,000 for a Character Counts program for youth at the St. Clair County Juvenile Detention Center.Save our Neighborhood & Streets (S.O.N.S.) Program in Port Huron

 

• Other program components will include academic enrichment, teaching tolerance, service-learning, and health/physical education.  The program will collaborate with the Buena Vista and Saginaw School Districts by providing Botvin?s Life Skills Training to 60 youth and 125 parents.  will receive $60,000 for an eight-week summer prevention program.Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw

 

• The program will serve fifty youth at each site and will provide life skills training, drug and violence prevention training, participate in community service projects, and share in family projects and activities.  The agency will collaborate with four churches to implement a faith-based youth and families prevention summer program.  will receive $44,000 for a 12-week summer program.Bay Area Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency in Saginaw

 

•   The conflict resolution program will encompass a Career Camp to develop career skills and an adult mentoring program to reinforce skills learned.   grade students. ^th-8^th will receive $15,000 for the HOPES Summer Program (Helping Others Progress-Educational Success) targeting at risk 6Bloomingdale Public Schools in Bloomingdale

 

•   Other components of the program will include sports skills and teamwork, reading literacy, and activities to improve writing skills.  The youth will receive Botvin?s Life Skills prevention program.  The program targets youth from the City of Benton Harbor, Benton Charter Township and the Benton Harbor public housing facilities.  will receive $49,400 for a six-week summer prevention program targeting 200-300 youth, ages 5 -13.Winning Inc. of America in St. Joseph

 

•   The Nurturing Program and Second Step Curriculum will be offered to 90 children and 45 parents through the Roots and Wings summer program. Youth will participate in lessons on being responsible, resolving conflicts, positive identification, anger management, teen problems, and family growth.  will receive $50,000 for two summer violence prevention programs.Cristo Rey Community Center in Lansing

 

• The peer-to-peer workshops will focus on drug and violence prevention in a format that the youth can comprehend.  The prevention programs will include Botvin?s Life Skills training, Character Counts, and Search Institute?s Assets initiative.  They will provide two workshops to help educate the students about health, legal and social implications of using drugs.  will receive $12,600 for summer prevention programming targeting deaf and hard of hearing middle school and high school students in Michigan. Michigan Association for Deaf, Hearing and Speech Services in Lansing

 

• Cheboygan County Juvenile Court in Cheboygan will receive $46,800 for a three-month summer program.  The Straits Area Youth Promotion Academy is a prevention program targeting 20 middle school adjudicated youth within the Cheboygan area.  The program plans to incorporate the Strengthening Families Program and Boystown Life Skills Model to promote accountability, prevent delinquent behavior, develop responsibility and productivity.  The program is designed to reduce out of home placements for restoration of the family and increase skills within the family unit.