Minority Youth Violence Prevention TMY & ASSOCIATES, INC. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DECATUR PREVENTION INITIATIVE

What is the Decatur Prevention Initiative? Providing prevention services for City of Decatur youth and families for over 25 years Coalition input provides guidance for DPI and their activities Focusing on high risk behaviors among Decatur youth

Community Readiness Score 4 5 Pre-Planning PREPARATION DPI’s efforts helped increase Decatur’s

Who is the DPI Coalition? Decatur Police Department City Schools of Decatur ◦PTSA DeKalb Juvenile Court Decatur Housing Authority ◦Community Mobilization Action Team ◦Youth Action Team: “Teens in Action” Decatur Recreation Department DeKalb 4-H Greater Atlanta Big Brothers & Big Sisters Program Decatur Education Foundation Community Parents & Youth GA Department of Labor ABBA House Emory School of Health & Medicine

Decatur Housing Authority “Teens in Action”

Goals for MYVP Grant: Improve academic outcomes among project participants Curriculum-based approach to increase positive behaviors and decrease negative ones

Target Audience Minority & Immigrant Youth The Decatur Housing Authority’s “STAR” summer camp: Successfully Teaching Academic Readiness

“STAR” Camp Details  5 weeks in length beginning June 6  Held at the DHA Community Resource Center  40 youth ranging from 3 rd -8 th grade  Focus on academic skill-building  Meals Provided by DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Affairs  Registration held March 11  $20 Registration Fee  Certified education tutors

Implementation Train all camp staff to implement Positive Action and to reinforce messages throughout the camp Positive Action Lessons will be taught twice a day to 3 small groups in 30 minute sessions The parent education program is 7 sessions held throughout the camp; meant to reinforce skills taught to children during the day

Remember + = > Achieve nothing with negative action. Achieve anything with positive action. Positive Actions Empower Greatness

Evaluation  Parental permission to survey campers by May 1  Obtain Math & Science grades by May 30  Gather quantitative data daily  Campers pretest & post test  Parent surveys pre and post on behavior changes  Math Science grades by January 21, 2017

Submitted by: Terrie Moore of TMY & Associates & Director of the Decatur Prevention Initiative Proud 2015 Drug Free Communities Grant Recipient DeKalb Community Promise In Collaboration DPI and Beyond the Bell For more information, contact: