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ArtsTech Violence Prevention
ArtsTech has secured funding to upgrade and expand our technology offerings. Youth pod casting, 3-D printing, CAD, Graphic Design using industry standard software, and other new in-demand studio experiences will be available to engage at-risk youth. In addition, ArtsTech is exploring ways to use the gallery space for youth development, anti-violence and healthy lifestyles training, as well as events to support the larger community, including COMBAT-funded agencies and youth throughout Jackson County. ArtsTech is proposing a multipronged approach to reducing-eliminating violence and substance abuse among our most troubled, at-risk youth. Using the evidence-based techniques identified by the CDC, ArtsTech seeks to prevent violence and accompanying substance abuse by providing strength-based strategies of youth development.
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Citizens Of The World KC Trauma-Informed School
CWCKC will provide services to children ages 5-13 impacted by trauma: 1) reducing time out of school for all students by lowering the rate of in and out of school suspensions; 2) reducing disruptions in the classroom due to trauma-related behaviors and incidents; 3) increasing the consistent use of school-selected strategies by classroom teachers to serve students impacted by trauma; 4) increasing student achievement among students impacted by trauma; and 5) improving the awareness and understanding of the parent community about the impact of trauma and our schools' approaches to serving students impacted by trauma. A majority of students at CWCKC are living in poverty from across the KCPS district boundaries. Some students live with trauma in their home or neighborhood; experience food insecurity routinely; have little or no quality early childhood education before entering kindergarten.
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DeLaSalle Education Center Block37
DeLaSalle's Block37 program offers 220 at-risk high school students a safe space, positive adult role models and access to activities that promote positive social, emotional and educational outcomes for students. Our program gives students the protective factors they need to mitigate risky behaviors (e.g. violence, drug-alcohol use, cyber-bullying, etc.) and strengthens their engagement in school. Through internships provided on-site at DeLaSalle Education Center (DeLaSalle) and partner organizations, teens gain real work experience and learn new skills while earning an hourly stipend. Focus areas are arts; science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM); sports; communication; and entrepreneurship.
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High Aspirations
High Aspirations (HA) is a Kansas City, Missouri, non-profit organization, providing a proactive mentoring program to address the social, emotional, academic and spiritual needs of Black males ages 8-18 in the city's urban core. Preventing negative behaviors including violence prevention continues is an essential organizational focus. A COMBAT funding supports key components of HA's leadership programming, delivering youth violence prevention messaging, supporting academic success, inspiring leadership and promoting service learning. HA's leadership program meets COMBAT's priorities: encouraging abstention from violence and negative influences. During 2023, HA will continue to grow in capacity by growing by one third and adding a Sunday 2-hour session raising its capacity to 210 mentees and adding additional interns, mentor's and mothers to encourage more men and young boys and literally strengthen their “High Aspirations.”
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KC Municipal Court Truancy Intervention
The purpose of the Kansas City Truancy Court is to ensure that children between the ages of 7 and 17 are in school as mandated by law. The Truancy Intervention Program (TIP) is designed to improve the school attendance of youths who are referred to the program by their school districts and to empower parents and guardians who were cited for their children not attending school as directed under the compulsory law while also giving resources to the families as needed. TIP seeks to identify barriers to school attendance and provide support to the parent or guardian and children, resulting in regular school attendance, improvement in academic performance and possible behavior change. The program strives to provide parents or guardians with community resources to overcome the challenges of getting the children to school daily.
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MINDDRIVE Collaborative Program
Since 2010 MINDDRIVE has offered STEM project-based, experiential learning programs to over 1,000 underserved urban teens out of school and during the school day, providing pathways to post-secondary training, certification and/or education. Our students work with adult role models to acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. Since 2018 MINDDRIVE has collaborated with public charter schools for school-day STEM classes at our facility, with credits toward graduation. The number of daytime students has increased sevenfold from 35 in 2018 to 250-plus today.
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Northeast Community Center Harmony Project KC
The Northeast Community Center's (NECC) five-building campus has been an anchor in Kansas City's Historic Northeast District for over 80 years, supporting families with connections to safety net services throughout the community. In 2015, NECC launched its flagship program for students K-12: Harmony Project KC (HPKC), the fifth affiliate of the evidence-based Harmony Project in Los Angeles. Our program has grown from 33 students in 2015 to 300 today. The goal of HPKC is to harness the transformative power of music through year-round music lessons, orchestral participation and mentorship, increasing access to higher education for underserved students by removing systemic barriers to achievement through academic and social support.
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Operation Breakthrough Opportunity Internships
Whatsoever Youth Services is a violence prevention-substance abuse program that provides support and opportunities for participants to achieve academic success, while building a solid foundation for a productive future. The purpose of the program is to increase school success, self-esteem, social-life skills, leadership and peer resistance, and to build positive relationships with adults. These protective factors help reduce the amount of violence and drug-related crime, substance use and abuse. The Youth Services Program supports participants academically and socially by providing them with challenging and engaging cognitive activities. Critical thinking skills are developed by integrating multiple disciplines together through project-based learning.
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Whatsoever Youth Services
Whatsoever Youth Services is a violence prevention-substance abuse program that provides support and opportunities for participants to achieve academic success, while building a solid foundation for a productive future. The purpose of the program is to increase school success, self-esteem, social-life skills, leadership and peer resistance, and to build positive relationships with adults. These protective factors help reduce the amount of violence and drug-related crime, substance use and abuse. The Youth Services Program supports participants academically and socially by providing them with challenging and engaging cognitive activities. Critical thinking skills are developed by integrating multiple disciplines together through project-based learning.
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Violence Prevention Programs