Grantees - Governor's Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA)
Grants and Contracts - 2004-2005
| Recipient | Localities Served | Project Description | Amount (1 yr, renewable for 1 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Families and Children | Cities of Lynchburg & Bedford, Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell | This program provides services to the high school alternative education population utilizing the Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND) curriculum providing students the opportunity to understand cognitive misperceptions that may lead to substance abuse, while increasing coping and self-control skills. They also learn substance cessation techniques, self-control, and the environmental, social, psychological, and emotional consequences of drug use. The program also provides six parent involvement workshops focusing on communication skills and parent-teen involvement in an effort to increase family protective factors and reinforce "no-use" messages within the home. | $49,000.00 |
| Bedford County | City of Bedford and Bedford County | The Bedford Community Coalition is conducting a comprehensive prevention needs assessment for Bedford City and County. Having completed the needs assessment in the areas of statistical data, key informant data, legislative review, and resource inventory, the coalition currently is administering a youth survey to obtain information directly from youth concerning their attitudes and behaviors about substance abuse. Upon completion, a baseline of prevention data from which to formulate an effective community prevention plan for the coming years will be established. | $15,000.00 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters/Harrisonburg/ Rockingham |
Harrisonburg and Rockingham County | The target populations are low-income, Hispanic children living in a mobile-home park with a high prevalence of methamphetamine use and children whose parents are participating in research-based parenting classes, voluntarily or by court order. This project is comprised of the "SMART Moves" (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) program and the adult mentor program with youth in these two populations. The program provides children with the knowledge, skills, and self-esteem to help them avoid risky behaviors and situations. | $24,335.00 |
| Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare | Cities of Roanoke & Salem, Botetourt County Blue Ridge | Behavioral Healthcare is implementing Kids Connection and Youth Connection as selective prevention programs with children and youth who have been identified as high-risk, i.e., characterized by impoverished neighborhoods, inadequate community bonding, inadequate school bonding, and a positive attitude toward alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. These children and youth are also at risk of early sexual activity, violence and other criminal acts. The goal of the program is to increase the age of first use with the objectives of increasing/maintaining a negative attitude toward alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, increase school attendance, increase the ability to express feelings effectively and constructively, raise grades, and improve communication skills. | $25,609.00 |
| Central Virginia Community Services' Child and Family Center | Amherst County | Central Virginia Community Services (CVCS) is expanding its evidence-based Multisystemic Therapy (MST) program for adolescents and their families from Amherst County. MST is an intensive, family- and community-based intervention that addresses the multiple factors related to delinquency across the key settings, or systems, within which youths live (e.g., family, peers, school, neighborhood). CVCS previously has offered an MST program only for adjudicated youth, but now is extending its services to offer a MST program for at-risk youth (i.e., Children In Need of Supervision or children in foster care). The primary goals of the MST program are to (1) reduce youth criminal activity, (2) reduce other types of antisocial behavior, such as drug abuse, and (3) achieve these outcomes at a cost savings by decreasing rates of incarceration and out-of-home placements. | $41,040.00 |
| Common-wealth ChalleNGe | School dropouts from all over the Commonwealth of Virginia | Commonwealth ChalleNGE is implementing the evidence-based program, Too Good For Drugs and Violence (TGFD&V) as a part of the Rise to the Challenge: A Drug-Free and Nonviolent Future project. This project targets 16-18 year-old school dropouts at Commonwealth ChalleNGe. The project institutes drug testing to complement the evidence-based program and provide an additional incentive to remain drug-free. Outcomes to be achieved are a reduction in the intention to use alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs, an increase in intention to solve conflicts non-violently, a decrease in incidents of violent behavior, and an increase in acts of pro-social behavior. Long-term benefits to cadets are an increased knowledge of the negative consequences of alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use and the benefits of a drug-free lifestyle. | $32,442.00 |
| Cumberland Mountain Community Services Board | Tazewell County | Cumberland Mountain Community Services is implementing the Community Connection Project. This project is expanding the prevention programming in Tazewell area schools. Services include prevention identification and referral services for Tazewell area schools grades Pre-K-12, implementation of the 6th grade All Stars program at Tazewell Middle, the expansion of the Jr. All Stars program to 4th graders, and the implementation of the Keep a Clear Mind Program with 3rd graders at Tazewell Elementary School. The objectives of the project are: (1) maintaining or increasing negative attitudes toward ATOD use; (2) increasing academic and behavioral performance of elementary students participating in the Teacher Cadet Tutor/Mentor Program; and (3) increasing identification and referral services from Tazewell area schools. | $36,461.00 |
| C. Waldo Scott Center for H.O.P.E. | Newport News City | The C. Waldo Scott Center is implementing the evidence-based Positive Action program to increase protective factors among program youth. The program increases protective factors among youth, therefore, decreasing risk factors associated with violent crime and drug abuse. The program is being implemented through the facilitation of educational, skill-based groups, utilizing the program's curriculum. A peer facilitation model utilizes high school students to assist facilitators with group-related activities. Outcomes of the program include improved interpersonal skills among participants through social skills education; improved self-concepts through character education; increased skill level in problem-solving, decision making, and conflict resolution; and strengthened refusal skills. | $20,004.00 |
| Family Service of Roanoke Valley | Roanoke County & City of Roanoke | Family Service of Roanoke Valley is replicating the Leadership and Resiliency model program in Roanoke Valley for high-risk middle and high school youth in both school-based and after-school settings. The program is a collaborative project to provide resiliency building small groups, service-learning and adventure trips. The outcomes sought include improved developmental assets in order to enhance school success and reduce violence and substance abuse. | $50,000.00 |
| Floyd County Public Schools | Floyd County Elementary Schools | Floyd County Public Schools are implementing the Keeping a Clear Mind (KACM) and the Youth Connection programs in Floyd County elementary schools. The target population is students identified in the sixth and seventh grades who possess multiple risk factors across all domains and were not previously receiving services to address their needs from the school system. The program is completed jointly at home by parent(s) and child. Youth Connection is a curriculum-based support group model that provides opportunities for cooperative learning, practicing life skills, and bonding with a caring adult. The goal of both prevention programs is to decrease risk factors by teaching social skills, providing accurate knowledge and information about drugs, and increasing family communication. | $22,976.00 |
| Giles County Public Schools | Giles County (6th and 7th graders at Selected Schools) | Giles County Public Schools, in collaboration with New River Valley Community Services, is implementing the Life Skills Training (LST) program in sixth and seventh grade classrooms. Pre- and post-testing are being administered and fidelity checklists are being used to evaluate program implementation and outcomes. The overall goal of this project is to reduce the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse and violence by Giles County youth. Specific objectives to be achieved are an increase in the students' health knowledge and immediate physical consequences of using tobacco, an increase in their positive life skills behavior, and a more accurate perception of the use of substances by peers and adults. | $26,068.00 |
| Halifax County Public Schools | Halifax County | In order to improve peer relations and increase school and student protective factors, Halifax County Public Schools are implementing the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. The goals of this effort are to improve peer relations among students and increase protective factors in schools and individuals. These efforts will result in a reduction in antisocial behaviors, including bullying and violence, a reduction in positive attitudes toward antisocial behaviors, and an increase in student participation in direct support services, including mediation and individual and group counseling. | $43,313.00 |
| Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck CSB | Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland | The Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board is implementing the model violence prevention program, Second Step, throughout the ten counties served by the board. Schools, preschools, and Head-Start Programs are being provided with the necessary facilitator training and curriculum. The primary aim of this project is to reduce aggressive behavior and increase the social competence of children, ages 4-11 through their completion of the program as evidenced by pre- and post-tests, discipline reports, and facilitator observations. | $49,922.00 |
| Montgomery County Public Schools | Montgomery County | The Bullying Prevention Programs at Christiansburg and Shawsville middle schools are implementing the Olweus' Bullying Prevention Program (BPP). The program uses a comprehensive, multi-level approach to reduce bullying and improve the overall school climate. The program works at three levels: school, classroom and individual. The program also empowers students to intervene when witnessing an act of bullying. The intended outcome is to decrease bullying by creating a school climate that does not tolerate bullying and to teach and support healthier ways of solving problems. | $29,247.00 |
| New River Valley Community Services | Pulaski County | The All Stars Program, a research-based substance abuse and violence prevention program, will be implemented in Pulaski County middle schools to all sixth graders. The program is designed to enhance positive characteristics while decreasing risk factors that increase the likelihood of problematic behaviors developing during early adolescence. All Stars is intended to help youth develop good character, establish future goals, understand how avoiding problem behaviors will help in reaching identified goals, and make commitments to family and community. | $46,717.00 |
| Twin County Prevention Coalition | City of Galax | The Twin County Prevention Coalition is conducting a comprehensive community prevention needs assessment for the City of Galax through examination of the following social indicator data: alcohol, tobacco and other drug use among youth, as well as, juvenile violence. The target population is youth ages 10-18 and their families. Using the data, a written Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment and a five-year Community-wide Drug and Violence Prevention Plan of Action is being published and distributed to all major stakeholders and the community to be used for future prevention program planning. This comprehensive needs assessment will enhance strategic interagency collaboration, identify service gaps, and minimize duplication of services. | $14,925.00 |
| Prince William County | Prince William County & Cities of Manassas & Manassas Park | The Star Teen Clubs project is a collaborative program of the Prince William County Government, Prince William County Schools, and the community. The Star Teen Clubs are using the nationally recognized evidence-based All Stars curriculum in after-school and summer programming for middle school age youth. The program is designed to delay and prevent high-risk behavior and build resiliency. The program addresses two critical needs in the community: (1) rapid growth in the local middle-school population coupled with a lack of pertinent prevention programs and; (2) an increase in delinquent and at-risk youth behaviors. | $50,000.00 |
| Roanoke County Public Schools | Roanoke County | Roanoke County Public Schools are implementing the Student Assistance Program (SAP). The primary goal of this program is to decrease substance use and violent behaviors among students at Glenvar middle and high schools by increasing assistance to them and their families. This assistance may be early education and referral to community agencies, in-school individual counseling, educational skill-based groups, and case management using the SAP Core-Team Model. The objectives are (1) increasing student knowledge of the negative effects of substance use, refusal skills, and developing a healthier attitude for being drug and alcohol-free; (2) increasing parent knowledge of the negative effects of adolescent substance use, community resources and encouraging a healthier attitude for assisting their child; (3) increasing student knowledge of appropriate methods for handling anger; and (4) increasing student knowledge of enabling behaviors and referral sources. | $23,287.00 |
| Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Detention Center | Statewide | The Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Detention Center is implementing the Residential Student Assistance Program (RSAP), an evidence-based substance abuse program for juveniles in residential facilities. The RSAP program includes: prevention education, assessment, group and individual counseling, and referral and consultation. The program targets high-risk, state-committed juveniles receiving treatment at the facility. The project's major goal is to eliminate substance abuse-related arrests within one year of release from the program. Additionally, participants will demonstrate improvement in social competency, self-efficacy and sense of mastery, and show a reduction in favorable attitudes toward substance abuse. | $41,700.00 |
| West Point Public Schools | West Point Elementary School Students and their parents | West Point Public Schools is implementing the evidence-based Too Good For Drugs (TGFD) curriculum in grades K-5 to decrease the reported use of alcohol, inhalants, and cigarettes by their students as indicated by The American Drug and Alcohol Survey. The program focuses on five primary skills: goal setting, decision-making, bonding with others, identifying and managing emotions, and communicating effectively. It includes an after-school component to strengthen the concepts taught during the school day. A parental training component empowers parents, involves them in the drug prevention program, and develops their awareness of alcohol and drug abuse issues. | $50,000.00 |
| Wise County Public Schools | Big Stone Gap & Powell Valley | The Wise Choices project is being implemented with students who have been suspended for violence or substance abuse or who have been truant Powell Valley high and middle schools. The goals of the program are to reduce suspensions and improve attendance. Students and their parents will be guided through the computer-based Parenting Wisely program. This program focuses on teaching appropriate parenting skills and behavior. Pre- and post-tests are given to assess knowledge gained. Follow-up sessions are performed in the home and at school and focus on short-term mental health counseling, substance abuse counseling, and referrals to outside agencies according to the students' and families' needs. | $34,695 |