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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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Calvary Community Outreach Network HYPE
The Calvary Community Outreach Network will expand the Helping Youth Plan for Excellence (HYPE) program to provide trauma assessment and treatment/referral services aimed at improving the wellbeing of youth. HYPE will provide additional after-school and evening classes that integrate STEM, Visual & Performing Arts, Nutrition and Healthy Living practice. Through this COMBAT funding we will add a Crisis Intervention Counselor and skilled program instructors to our staff. These staff members will be able to provide increased service delivery, including assessment, screening, referrals and follow-up. Youth will have constructive free-time activity and outlets for positive expression. We will also be able to recruit and mobilize community leaders whose voices resonate in the hearts of their congregations.
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Child Protection Center
The mission of the Child Protection Center (CPC) is to build a healthier community by leading the response to the prevention, identification and treatment of child abuse and violence. The CPC accomplishes its mission by providing forensic interviews, family advocacy and mental health services to children 3 to 17 living in Jackson County, who are victims of sexual or physical abuse, or who have witnessed violent crimes. CPC also conducts interviews with the children's non-offending caregivers. The CPC ensures children who are victims of child abuse or witness to violent crimes are properly identified, that their statements are made through forensic interviews, and that they are ensured access to all necessary mental health treatments and social supports as soon as possible.
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Eastern Jackson County Schools Collaborative
The Eastern Jackson County Schools Collaborative of Greater Kansas City (EJCSC-GKC) is a joint effort among the school districts of Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove and Lone Jack create to address the prevention of violence among our youth and families in Eastern Jackson County. All school-aged children within our collaborative who are identified to be at-risk of violent, either to themselves or others, are eligible for services. All prevention services are guided by our district psychologist, who acts as our Prevention Services and Drug Abatement Coordinator (PSDAC). Services include the implementation of the SOS Signs of Suicide Prevention Program and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.
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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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Youth Ambassadors
Youth Ambassadors aims to prevent teen violence through specialized training courses in health and wellness, youth entrepreneurship, community development, life and job skills, and creative expression. Training courses occur in conjunction with an evidence-based social emotional learning curriculum, along with a specific focus on skills attainment and violence prevention. Ambassadors who master the curriculum are promoted to participate in community impact projects that include maintaining community gardens, leadership on community health projects such as the Teen Peace Summit, public art murals, and neighborhood clean-ups. Youth Ambassadors has two primary objectives that establish the framework for all services: 1) youth strengthen their cognitive coping and processing skills that promote social and emotional health and wellbeing; 2) youth become better prepared for future employment and educational opportunities through the development of skills that increase overall job readiness.
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Violence Prevention Programs