What is the ‘East Pierce County Safe and Drug Free Schools Cooperative’? What do they do?
The STARR Project is the manager of this five-district consortium. We administer the ‘Safe and Drug Free Schools’ grant (Title IV) for Puyallup, Fife, Orting, Eatonville and Sumner School Districts – with representatives from each grant partner. The Cooperative offers various staff development opportunities each year – from prevention curriculum and child abuse prevention classes, to sessions on personal wellness, youth developmental assets and other school safety topics. We also work with local family support centers, 21st Century Grant sites (Eatonville and Fife) and schools to support parenting education efforts.
