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Some programs may have more than one area of focus that includes a Violence Prevention category because they have overlapping services.

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Amethyst Place helps families overcome generational poverty, substance use and trauma through three core programs. The Supportive Housing Program provides 37 fully furnished apartments within a tight-knit community. Families receive access to basic needs and can stay as long as needed. Through the Family Empowerment Program, families increase their economic and social mobility through educational, vocational, financial and wellness support and programming. The Therapeutic Support Program helps families heal from past trauma, stabilize mental health, improve parenting skills, and build resilience through on-site mental health care.
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The BE THE CHANGE (BTC) Program fills critical gaps in the local safety net to prevent substance use relapse and to address substance use disorder and co-existing conditions among individuals who are experiencing homelessness. While AHH assists all segments of the homeless population across the metro, the COMBAT-funded activities target homeless individuals in Jackson County who have substance use disorders. Many of them are referred by hospitals, social detox, residential services, jails, and other agencies. The BTC's Discharge Planning service meets people where they are, literally and figuratively. The process starts with a needs assessment. AHH assists in developing and executing discharge plans, including transporting people to placements and assuring admission with a warm hand-off. Follow-up support and assistance is available when needed.
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SMART Moves is an age-specific, progressive, nationally-recognized program focused on providing youth with resistance training in the areas of substance abuse, violence, peer pressure, bullying and other dangerous behaviors. This program focuses on providing young people from Kansas City's urban core with access to safe, secure, positive environments on a daily basis as well as ongoing educational programming to keep youth engaged in beneficial, healthy activities. The program has been listed as one of 10 exemplary primary prevention programs by the U.S. Office of Substance Abuse Prevention, the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, and the National Prevention Network. This program has two components: a Positive Action curriculum, which has significant focus on opioid resistance and education, and a full new set of curricula for all SMART Moves components, which address issues at the forefront for our youth, including vaping and increased social media focus.
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Youth 4 Change works to prevent drug, alcohol and tobacco usage/abuse by providing curriculum, activities and interventions that increase key protective factors and reduce known risk factors that our youth encounter daily. Research suggests that the presence of protective factors in conjunction with reducing key risk factors can prevent the abuse of drug, alcohol and tobacco amongst youth.
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First Call's Safe & Healthy Schools program supports the healthy development of children and youth through a program aimed at preventing underage and alcohol misuse, adolescent tobacco use, violence, and other risk behaviors. Through education, our goal is to prevent early initiation of substance use that research shows leads to higher levels of misuse in adulthood. The program serves students attending schools in geographical areas that have been designated as a hot spot area for violence, an area where violence is still a concern, or a school identified by administration as a need for prevention education. First Call's evidence-based Safe & Healthy Schools program focuses on educational prevention. It is delivered at the elementary, middle school and high school levels.
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JACKSON COUNTY CASA PROGRAM -- Jackson County CASA’s Family Drug Court Advocacy Program serves children who are brought under the Jackson County Family Court system's jurisdiction due to parental abuse and/or neglect with a co-occurrence of parental substance use. This program works directly with the Jackson County Family Drug Court. This special treatment court is designed to work with families affected by substance use disorder by assisting parent(s) to enter treatment. Children are placed in a safe temporary living environment while their parents receive treatment and support. The ultimate goal is for family reunification and preservation.
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The Guadalupe Centers' Life Skills Program is for youth ages 10-15 who reside primarily in Kansas City's Westside and Northeast neighborhoods as well as to the students of Our Lady of Hope serving students residing in KCMO's midtown. COMBAT funds are be used for a Youth Awareness Coordinator and a Youth Worker, supplies, the evidence-based and culturally appropriate Lions Quest curriculum, incentives in the form of gas cards to encourage parents/guardians to attend trainings and nominal mileage expenses. Guadalupe Centers will serve 180 adolescents and youth, providing tools and support to make healthy choices when considering alcohol, tobacco and other substance, use as well as bullying, dating violence, and peer and family relationships.
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The Healing House, Inc. Non-Residential Aftercare Program is a key recovery support component bridging the transition from a housing program to sober, independent living for persons with Substance Use Disorder-Opioid Use Disorder (SUD-OUD) in the Jackson County area. The program focuses on resource referrals, individual counseling, education classes (vocational & HiSET), open 12-step meetings, Domestic Violence groups, employment services, and healthy lifestyles choices. Family counseling is available to spouses, partners, children and parents who have been affected by their loved one's addiction.
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The Healing House, Inc. Non-Residential Aftercare Program is a key recovery support component bridging the transition from a housing program to sober, independent living for persons with Substance Use Disorder-Opioid Use Disorder (SUD-OUD) in the Jackson County area. The program focuses on resource referrals, individual counseling, education classes (vocational & HiSET), open 12-step meetings, Domestic Violence groups, employment services, and healthy lifestyles choices. Family counseling is available to spouses, partners, children and parents who have been affected by their loved one's addiction.
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When a child and siblings are removed from a family system affected by substance use, it becomes the job of CASA staff attorneys (also known as guardians ad litem), staff case supervisors, and agency volunteers to ensure that: A) Where the child is temporarily lodged is a safe home. B) The child's physical, emotional, and educational needs are being met while in foster care. C) These interventions lead to the child's improved physical, social, and emotional health. D) When no longer under court protection, the child has a permanent home where she or he can thrive. Ultimately, it is our goal to reunify and preserve families whenever possible and safe.
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reStart Prevention serves youth and adult client. Staff coordinate on-site and off-site substance abuse prevention education and activity services, including substance abuse education, health and wellness programming, smoking cessation services, Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Al-Ateen groups, arts and recreation programming.
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The Crittenton Children's Center is a level 4+ facility that provides intensive inpatient services to youth ages 12-18 from Jackson County violence "hot spots" and the surrounding areas. Approximately 100 youth receive treatment services each year as they deal with complex trauma, as well as mental health and behavioral issues.
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The Dahomey Training Center is a substance abuse prevention and anti-violence program based on the protective factor of workforce development in mitigating the occurrence of substance abuse and criminal activity among at-risk populations. Its programs and services are designed for at-risk women. This includes women from families suffering from generational addiction; women with personal histories of substance abuse; women involved or associated with criminal activity and lifestyles; and formerly incarcerated women facing massive challenges as they transition from correctional facilities to re-entering society.
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Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation was founded in 1984, under the leadership of Ollie Gates. Our mission is to provide quality and stable affordable housing, through construction and rehabilitation within the 12th Street Corridor area of Kansas City. The “Prison-to-Workforce Program” (re-entry program), was established in 2010. This program serves to offer employment opportunities for ex-offenders as they re-enter society and provide supportive services to heighten their potential for success.
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