Contact Person: Mark Porter
Address: 5711 Park, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
Phone: (816) 361-0707
Funding Amount: $15,000.00
Prevention Summary: The Oasis Program works with males and females, at least 18 years old, who reside in Jackson County. Referrals come from the Kansas City Crime Commission and its Metropolitan Community Service Program. Referrals consist of parolees who have been evaluated and have a history of drug use and are at risk of re-offending. The 100 Men of Blue Hills provides a mentoring/coaching approach to helping participants build the life skills and to make the self-attitude adjustments needed to successfully re-enter their communities.
Contact: Dwanye Williams
Address: 2000 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64127
Phone: (816) 471-0334
Web site: www.lisc.org/kansascity/12str.htm
Funding Amount: $22,082.00
Prevention Summary: The Youth Mentoring Program consists of area youth between the ages of 14-20. The program meets twice a month, and during these meetings the youth attend workshops and seminars that cover topics on: Becoming a productive Citizen in the Community, Avoiding Drug and Alcohol Use, Interviewing Skills, and several others. In addition to the workshops and seminars, the youth who participate in the mentoring program are required to do community service activities. These activities include community clean-up and elderly assistance, bridging youth with church and neighborhood associations.
40 Acres & A Mule, Inc.
Contact: Laurice Valentine
Address: 7620 E. 79th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64138
Phone: (816) 358-9036
Web site: www.stjamesumc.com
Funding Amount: $38,851.00
Prevention Summary: Provide programs and services to children with an incarcerated parent in a holistic manner and empower them to become productive members of society. Mondays through Thursdays, 23 elementary to high school age children on average are transported on vans from their respective school to the program site. Once on site, the children participate in programs and services focused in 5 core areas: Character and Leadership Development; Academic Enrichment; The Arts; Sports, Fitness and Recreation; and Health and Life Skills.
Blue Springs Community & You
Contact: Sgt. Robert Haman
Address: 205 SW 11th Street, Blue Springs, Missouri 64015
Phone: (816) 228-0178
Web site: www.bluespringsgov.com
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: The CLEEO program is designed to "water the seeds" planted by DARE programs in Blue Springs School District middle high school age youth, teaching about the gateway drugs tobacco, alcohol and
marijuana at a time when many are first exposed to cultures of crime and delinquency that quickly influence good students towards building alliances with at-risk students. The CLEEO program teaches factual lessons about alcohol, drugs and violence in a way that neither teachers nor parents can, at the very time youthful attitudes are most susceptible to change.
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City
Contact: John Winnett
Address: 6001 Rockhill Road, Suite 303, Kansas City, Missouri 64131
Phone: (816) 361-03600
Web site: www.bgc-gkc.org
Funding Amount: $71,200.00
Prevention Summary: The Boys & Girls Clubs are open before and after school as well as on the school holidays and during the summer, providing young people with an alternative to harmful and potentially destructive
behaviors. Besides providing that safe haven for youth, the clubs offer a nationally validated as effective program called SMART Moves to address the use of drugs and alcohol. SMART Moves, in two Kansas City clubs, is
administered at each of the sites with components that are age-appropriate and relevant to the challenges faced by the youth of Jackson County. A nationally proven drug, alcohol and teen pregnancy program, SMART Moves
utilizes trained adults and peers to help youth identify and develop strategies about the various ways to deal with and resist peer and environmental pressures.
Child Abuse Prevention Association, Inc.
Contact: Theresa Osenbaugh
Address: 503 E. 23rd Street, Independence, Missouri 64055
Phone: (816) 252-8388
Web site: www.childabuseprevention.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: PACT comprehensively provides parent support groups, educational programming and activities for children and parents that promote positive communication and problem solving skills within the
family. Services also include case management, crisis assistance and special events for families that encourage positive interaction through play, group activities and positive social experiences.
Child Advocacy Services Center, Inc.
Contact: Sandra Carroll Berger
Address: 2 E. 59th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64113
Phone: (816) 363-1898
Web site: www.tcpkc.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: Funding provides support for continued use of the SAMHSA substance abuse prevention program, "Al’s Pals: Kids Making Healthy Children," in CASC’s Day Treatment Services (DTS) program. DTS provides therapeutic and early childhood education services to children ages 6 weeks through 6 years who have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse, and/or pre-natal exposure to drugs or alcohol. Services are expected to ameliorate the emotional, behavioral and social problems and remediate the developmental delays resulting from the victimization these children have suffered.
Contact: Julie Donelon
Address: 3101 Broadway, #750, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Phone: (816) 778-8000
Web Site: www.cpckc.org
Funding Amount: $19,800.00
Prevention Summary: Funds are used to provide forensic interviews and extended forensic evaluations to children suspected of being sexually or physically abused. During the forensic interview/evaluation children are screened for evidence of substance abuse personally experienced or experienced in the home. Additionally, a family support specialist screens caretakers of children served at the CPC for substance abuse and helps them understand the correlation between child abuse and increased risk for substance abuse; and provides counseling referrals to help children heal from abuse.
Executive Director: Randall O'Donnell
Family Friends Address: 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Phone: (816) 234-3000
Web site: www.childrens-mercy.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Program Summary: The Family Friends Program is the only program in Jackson County that targets grandparents caring for their grandchildren and/or other dependent relatives due to various reasons, including biological parents being involved in drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, incarceration, bitter divorce battles and untimely deaths. The program implements the theory-driven Strengthening Families curriculum which has been well evaluated and has proven results in decreasing risk factors and increasing protective factors.
Contact: Kay Murphy-Collins
Address: 10901 E Winner Road, Independence, Missouri 64052
Phone: (816) 254-3652
Web site: www.thecmhs.com
Funding Amount: $34,000.00
Prevention Summary: The CMHS school-based prevention program is designed to reach the Independence, Blue Springs and Fort Osage school districts’ 5th to 12th grade student populations, which studies have found to be overwhelmingly consistent with adolescents identified as "high risk" and considered at "highest risk" for engaging in substance use. CMHS' Prevention program offers information dissemination, prevention education, and problem identification and referral with a goal to enhance and strengthen existing protective factors and reduce risk factors associated with substance abuse and which ultimately reduces adolescent crime and drug use.
Contact: Nichole Hutton
Address: 10918 Elm Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64134
Phone: (816) 765-6600
Web site: www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org
Funding Amount: $44,200.00
Prevention Summary: Prevention and Recovery Program serves 73 "high risk" adolescents placed in residential care due to risk factors of mental illness, impulsivity, antisocial involvement, family conflict, lack of parental
attachment and family substance abuse. The program offers an initial assessment, weekly therapy groups to increase residents’ protective factors by increasing understanding of the hazards of drug use, teaching pro-social skills, and offering support and recognition for improved school performance. Quarterly parent/significant adult programs promote positive family dynamics and adult support. It features a Youth Council that plans social activities within the community, expanding healthy leisure choices and increasing social confidence.
Contact: Gayle Lee
Address: 3740 Forest, Kansas City, Missouri 64109
Phone: (816) 561-4445
Web site: www.delasallecenter.org
Funding Amount: $27,200.00
Prevention Summary: Discovery program is a life skills class and orientation to DeLaSalle and is one week in length. Discovery is required for all students and is designed to help students develop life skills. It also helps students modify their behavior and apply the life skills learned to the academic classroom and their everyday lives.
Contact: Sally Rast
Address: 3310 NE Rennau Drive, Lee's Summit, Missouri 64064
Phone: (816) 524-4302
Funding Amount: $50,948.00
Prevention Program Summary: The Eastern Jackson County Youth Court (EJCYC) exists to hold juvenile offenders accountable for delinquent behavior, provide positive peer-led justice, reduce repeated criminal activity and promote positive youth behavior and leadership. In 2006, 102 juveniles were adjudicated and completed their sentences; EJCYC boasts a significant success rate as 96% did not re-offend within a one-year period. These juveniles completed 3,450 hours of community service for non-profit organizations and 104 juveniles successfully completed the assigned educational programs. Some juveniles are assigned to more than one educational program).
Contact: Deborah Mann
Address: 2416 Swope Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
Phone: (816) 921-3164
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: Camp Empowerment is an at-risk youth prevention program for inner city youth ages 5-17 that offers mentoring, tutoring, arts & crafts, health & wellness education, drug awareness and parenting education. Youth are engaged in daily activities designed to redirect. Activities take place during the summer, June to August, from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and during the school year, September to May, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Activities empower youth to make positive choices, engage in social interaction, communicate effectively with others, plan and develop strategies, strengthen coping skills and help others improve life skills.
Contact: Julie Riddle
Address: 626 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101
Phone: (913) 342-1110
Web site: www.thefamilyconservancy.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: The Family Empowerment program addresses risk and protective factors pertaining to youth engaging in substance abuse at Chouteau Courts, a development of the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri. The program operates in partnership with New Life Ministries and is designed to help children and families develop their strengths, fostering greater self-determination and self-reliance. The goal is for children and youth - who often see few alternatives to gang membership, substance abuse and crime - to develop a strong defense against substance abuse risk factors such as family management problems, low community attachment and anti-social behavior.
Contact: Gloria Napote
Helping Our Kids Address: 633 E. 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Phone: (816) 361-5900
Web site: www.recoverycentral.org
Funding Amount: $34,320.00
Prevention Summary: This grant is used to decrease or avoid substance abuse for these youth by educating them and establishing a personal plan for healthy lifestyles. First Call (formerly NCADD-KC) brings its evidence-based programs, CAN and CARE, to work with identified youth to achieve the following outcomes: reduced isolation, guilt and shame; the creation of a support group (bonding); increased positive feelings about self and the future healthy beliefs with clear standards for behavior); and understanding the family diseases of addiction (positive family dynamics).
Contact: Ron Griffin
VIP Address: 633 E.63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Phone: (816) 361-5900
Web site: www.recoverycentral.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: First Call (formerly the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence) Violence Interruption Program (VIP) and Substance Abuse Program (SAP) operate at the Summit Ridge Academy, a Lee’s Summit school, where attendance is restricted to students displaying risk factors. Funding would be used to stabilized and continue a pilot project with school staff. The project works in the entire school climate by enriching the protective factors of opportunities for pro-social involvement, health belief systems and clear standards for behavior.
Contact: Patsy Shawver
Address: 3210 Michigan, Kansas City, Missouri 64109
Phone: (816) 921-8812
Web site: www.frontporchalliance.org
Funding Amount: $17,500.00
Prevention Summary: The Academy of Opportunity is a six-week summer program for at-risk youth, running from mid-June until the beginning of August. Participants are recruited from area high schools and then are required to come for an interview before they are hired to participate in the Academy. The first two weeks of the program are instructional in nature, teaching the participants the basics of writing a business plan, leaning about successful entrepreneurial efforts throughout the urban community, exploring possible business opportunities, and experiencing the essentials required for successful employment. The youth are paid a small hourly wage for attending the program and then, if necessary, are financially penalized for tardiness and absenteeism.
Contact: Kim Flynn
Address: 8383 Blue Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64133
Phone: (816) 358-8750
Web site: http://su668670.org/
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: Girl Scouts is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success. Girl Scouts specializes in activities that are relevant to today’s girls and conducted in a safe, all-girl environment with the support of trained adult mentors. Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri will increase the likelihood that girls in Jackson County, particularly girls who reside in the urban core, will strengthen personal attitudes and commitments against using drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The goal of the program is to intensify community and individual protective factors that reduce risk factors for substance abuse, by reinforcing assertiveness, cooperation and team building, decision-making, problem-solving, good communication, and community involvement. Through hands-on activities, service projects, and programs aimed specifically at promoting healthy lifestyles, approximately 1,000 girls annually in a two-year period will build self-esteem and the ability to resist peer pressure.
Contact: Rev. Sharon Garfield
Address: 801 Benton Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64124
Phone: (816) 231-5745
Web site: www.graceunitedkc.org/AboutGrace/ProgramOverview.pdf
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: Grace United Community Ministries proposes to collaborate with COMBAT to strengthen a Family Protection Plan (FPP) envisioned as a response to the large number of children from low-income homes in the northeast area of Kansas City, Missouri, who are at high-risk for substance abuse and underage drinking unless strong interventions are implemented early in their lives. The FPP is an evidence-based program addressing protective factors which increase parents role and involvement in children’s lives; provides instruction in life skills and substance abuse education for both parents and children; increase social skills by developing individual characteristics and values that promote healthy decision-making; provide community celebration events and projects which address the need for community responsibility and involvement; and, increase tutorial program services to include 25 more children.
Contact: Gilbert Guerrero
Address: 1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Phone: (816) 421-1015
Web site: www.guadalupecenter.org
Funding Amount: $52,913.00
Prevention Summary: The program is the basis of the center’s Youth Development Program, which also includes the CALMECAC academic component and a sports and recreation program. CALMECAC provides a structured after school program with activities to help the students academically and provides Life Skills classes. The Life Skills program offers students the tools to develop self esteem, gain knowledge of the consequences of drug abuse, and to increase their understanding of strategies to fight the negative influences of drugs and violence in their respective communities. The sports program provides year round leagues targeted at youth from four years old to high school ages. The goal of the program is to increase the number of youth demonstrating comprehensive life skills and help them increase their academic achievements.
Contact: Susan Watkins
Address: 111 E. Maple, Independence, Missouri 64050
Phone: (816) 325-7750
Web site: www.indepmo.org
Funding Amount: $68,500.00
Prevention Summary: The Independence Youth Court (IYC) exists to hold juvenile offenders accountable for delinquent behavior, provide positive peer-led justice, reduce repeated criminal activity and promote positive youth behavior and leadership. In 2006, 650 juveniles were adjudicated and completed their sentences; IYC boasts a significant success rate as 95% did not re-offend within a one year period. These juveniles completed 29,645 hours of community service for non-profit organizations and 671 juveniles successfully completed the assigned educational programs. (Note: Some juveniles are assigned more than one educational program).
Contact: Yolanda Young
Address: 3700 Woodland Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64109
Phone: (816) 921-6611
Web site: www.Incthrives.org
Funding Amount: $25,000.00
Prevention Program Summary: The Ivanhoe Positive Alternatives project is a series of structured programs, monthly activities and special events that are designed to promote positive alternatives to delinquency, drugs, violence and other criminal activities for youth and families in the Ivanhoe neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods; thus, encouraging youth to stay in school, pursue higher education or job skills, and lead productive lives when they become adults.
Contact: Thomas Johnson
Night Lights Address: 625 E 26th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Phone: (816) 474-3606
Web site: www.family-court.org
Funding Amount: $40,000.00
Prevention Summary: The program is designed to address serious and potentially violent juvenile offenders who are either under pre-adjudication supervision, on probation, or re-entering the community from residential placements. The Night Light program serves primarily as a probation/re-entry service provider of supervision and coordinated services, and is utilized as a graduated sanction to assist primary Juvenile Probation Officers in maintaining or stabilizing youth in the community.
Contact: Barry Mayer
Adopt Prospect Address: 3100 Broadway, #226 Penn Tower Building
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Phone: (816) 960-6800
Web site: www.kc-crime.org
Funding Amount: $15,000.00
Prevention Summary: The Crime Commission’s Adopt Prospect, will utilize the City of KCMO’s Adopt-A-Street litter control program to adopt the 9-mile stretch of Prospect Avenue roadway from Independence Avenue to 85th Street. MCSP clients have a court-ordered community service sanction, and their community service will be to assist with neighborhood clean-ups and pick up litter in the Prospect corridor area.
Contact: Mary Kay O'Malley
Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Phone: (816) 235-1663
Funding Amount: $35,501.00
Prevention Summary: A diversion program of the Jackson County Family Court, in collaboration with the Kansas City Police Department, for first-time, non-violent youth offenders who live in Kansas City. Using a strategy of peer adjudication and mentoring, KCYC assists young people, who have committed delinquent acts and are at risk for drug pressure and high tolerance towards drug use, by taking personal responsibility for their actions (sanctions), learning positive strategies for avoiding delinquent conduct in the future, and increasing connectedness with the community through service. The KCYC program anticipates that 80% of adjudicated offenders will not re-offend within one year following sentence completion.
Contact: Jessica Garcia
Address: 1740 Jefferson Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Phone: (816) 471-2536
Web site: www.mattierhodes.org
Funding Amount: $34,000.00
Prevention Summary: Comunidades Saludables (Healthy Communities) would use funds to reach 200 at-risk youth and an additional 400 individual family members with a culturally competent substance abuse prevention system targeting Northeast Kansas City communities. Funds will support bilingual youth development staff who will provide youth with a greater connection within their community; reduced academic deficiencies, increased healthy lifestyle knowledge; and an increased awareness and knowledge regarding the effects of substance usage.
Contact: Beth Brubaker
Address: 5835 Troost, Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Phone: (816) 333-4963
Web site: www.nhsofkcmo.org
Funding Amount: $22,000.00
Prevention Summary: The 2010 NHS/49-63 COMBAT Initiative program refines the 49/63 Neighborhood organization’s methods used over the past two years, based on the Community Policing and Prevention components of the Weed and Seed program, which is listed by the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency prevention as a promising, evidence-based program. It uses collaboration, coordination, community participation and leveraging resources. Objectives are to quickly remove graffiti, to resolve disorder from party houses, to abate drug sales sites and to remove visible neglect of vacant or abandoned properties.
Contact: Carolyn Whitney
Address: 1911 E 23rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64127
Phone: (816) 241-3448
Web site: www.nhc-kc.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: The program will address three risk factors that are prevalent among Niles youth: a family history of substance abuse, early and persistent antisocial behavior, and academic failure beginning in late elementary school. The program incorporates positive activities that demonstrate measurable outcomes: youth will be empowered to take control over their antisocial behaviors and academic struggles, and be equipped with
protective skills to overcome potential substance use and abuse.
Contact: Emily Garrett
Address: 421 E 137th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64145
Phone: (816) 508-3600
Web site: www.ozanam.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: The Behavior Intervention Support Team (BIST) is an outreach program of Ozanam with a mission to reduce the risk of and incidence of illegal or age-inappropriate use of abuse of alcohol tobacco and drugs. BIST is a preventive/proactive model that provides a systematic way for teachers to intervene early with students whose behavior(s) are disruptive and/or harmful. Funds would be used to train educators to address students who are experiencing academic and behavioral failure and a lack of commitment to school.
Contact: Marsha Palmer-Thelwell
Address: 901 NE Independence Avenue, Lee's Summit, Missouri 64086
Phone: (816) 246-8000
Web site: www.rediscovermh.org
Funding Amount: $122,000.00
Prevention Summary: Prevention services provided in Lee's Summit and Kansas City. The Lee's Summit project mitigates risks and enhances protective factors among youth at-risk for substance abuse, linking the efforts of police, prevention, and treatment providers through the program while supporting crime reduction, safety and treatment. Assessment, therapy, education and referral is provided in nine middle and high schools to an estimated 400 youth; another 3,000 participate in ancillary activities. Drug prevention coordination occurs in the community, connecting relevant partners. Catherine’s Place, located in Kansas City, provides therapeutic intervention and prevention services that restore health and hope to addicted women and their children. Program services include transitional living services, therapeutic parenting and children’s programming.
Contact: Stephanie Milby
Address: PO Box 320599, Kansas City, Missouri 64132
Phone: (816) 523-5550
Web site: www.rosebrooks.org
Funding Amount: $68,000.00
Prevention Program Summary: Rose Brooks Center’s Project SAFE program is a unique and dynamic schoo-based prevention program that addresses the multiple domains of community, school, and the individual’s risk factors of: favorable attitudes toward use of substances; lack of attachment and involvement in school; aggressive behavior; isolation, and lack of knowledge about the negative consequences of using illegal substances. The protective factors of Prevention Specialists who are caring adults located in the schools offer students individual counseling, weekly peer support groups, and specialized prevention curriculum.
Contact: Lee Barnes Jr.
Upper Room Address: 5930 Swope Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
Phone: (816) 363-3819
Web site: www.upperroomprogram.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: Swope Corridor Renaissance/Upper Room is a community-based organization providing high- quality out-of-school education programs to low-income families in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri. Programs include an after school tutorial program during the school year, a supplemental services tutoring program authorized under the No Child Left Behind Act, and the Summer Academic Camp.
Contact: Rev. Sam Mann
Address: 1101 Euclid, Kansas City, Missouri 64127
Phone: (816) 842-5454
Web site: www.uicskc.com
Funding Amount: $50,000.00
Prevention Summary: Zone Two 7-Anchor of Hope will address good health, academic excellence, economic vitality, substance abuse prevention, violence prevention, proper housing, and revitalized neighborhoods for children and families living in 64127. The expectation is that satisfying these needs will ensure that all children in the high risk zip code 64127 have the expectation and opportunity to attend and graduate from college and become academically successful and socially responsible citizens of the community.
Contact: Nailah M'Biti
Address: 5501 Cleveland, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
Phone: (816) 523-3339
Web site: www.duboislc.org
Funding Amount: $27,200.00
Prevention Summary: The DLC COMBAT Program implements three evidence-based strategies to increase both youth and family awareness about resiliency to alcohol, tobacco or drug (ATOD) use and includes monthly prevention education, information dissemination and short- and long-term alternative activities. Projected outcomes include increased knowledge of risk and protective factors of each domain, increased knowledge on the impacts of underage ATOD use, increased resistance to ATOD, new and stronger linkages between home, school and the community, development of positive relationships with self, peers and adults, and increased engagement in quality mentoring, educational and community youth services.
Westside Community Action Network Center, Inc.
Contact: Lynda Callon
Address: 2136 Jefferson, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Phone: (816) 842-1298
Web site: www.westsidecan.org
Funding Amount: $20,000.00
Prevention Summary: This program seeks to identify and address pre-treatment issues of users/abusers through intake, assessment and referral to Spanish language counseling facilities and providing Spanish materials directing those needing assistance for substance abuse stress factors and triggers including information for mental health, anger management, family counseling.
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