What is the ‘East Pierce County Safe and Drug Free Schools Cooperative’?
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 – with representatives from each partnering District. 2010-11 will be a challenging year, as the US Dep’t of Education has not refunded this federal act. The consortium will only operate from remaining carryover funds that must be expended by year’s end. The elimination of Title IV resulted in cuts of peer helping and mentoring programs to local schools, as well as a loss of ‘prevention/intervention’ (drug counseling) services. The Cooperative will focus on providing various staff development opportunities this year – from prevention curriculum and child abuse prevention classes, to sessions on school safety topics. We will also work with local family support centers, 21st Century Grant sites and schools to support parenting education efforts.
Related Questions
- Is the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Supporting Effective School Drug and Violence Prevention?
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