Blueprints for Violence Prevention

Blueprints for Violence Prevention

Training and Technical Assistance

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice funded two major initiatives in which the CSPV has or is currently providing training and technical assistance for replications of the Blueprints for Violence Prevention programs. The first project was a cooperative agreement with OJJDP to fund 42 implementations for eight of the programs, called the Violence Initiative. The second project is a school-based drug prevention initiative to fund implementations of the Life Skills Training program, called the Drug Initiative.

Violence Initiative

The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice entered into a cooperative agreement to provide training and technical assistance to 42 sites around the United States to implement one of the following eight Blueprints programs:

CSPV monitored the implementation at each site to ensure the integrity of the programs. Eligibility was determined by program need as well as financial and human resources, followed by successful completion of a feasibility study. CSPV and its Blueprint program-certified consultants provided assistance in planning and program implementation over a two year period. The application process was initiated by submission of a General Application, followed by a Blueprint Program-Specific Application. Training and technical assistance was provided after a program completed all phases of the feasibility study and was selected by CSPV and OJJDP to receive assistance. Replication sites were responsible for program costs.

This project ended May 31, 2002.

Drug Initiative

In mid-December, 1998, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for communities that wanted to address drug prevention in their schools/communities by implementing the Life Skills Training (LST) program. Approved sites would receive three years of training and technical assistance provided by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, working in conjunction with Dr. Gilbert Botvin’s agency, National Health Promotion Associates. This assistance consists of three years of training workshops for all LST instructors (a two-day, initial training in the first year, and one or two-day workshops in years two and three to train teachers in the booster sessions); curriculum materials for all LST instructors and students; and technical assistance in the form of telephone consultations and site visits.

Selection was based upon a careful screening of applications, telephone consultations, and a feasibility visit to gather additional information and meet with administrators, principals, and teachers. Among the applicants, 35 were selected by CSPV, including 149 schools and approximately 74,073 students who received the LST program over the three years of the grant. This grant has received a one-year extension, and assistance will be provided until the end of the 2002-2003 school year.

On March 1, 2000, OJJDP agreed to expand the Life Skills Training program into additional sites nationwide. Another 35 sites were selected by CSPV, including 135 schools and approximately 50,111 students. These schools began implementing the first year of the three-year curriculum during the 2000-2001 school year. Assistance will be provided until the end of the 2002-2003 school year. A supplement to this grant provided assistance for another 35 sites who began implementation during the 2001-2002 school year. The 117 schools will serve approximately 49,306 students over the three-year period of the grant.

It is our hope that the assistance provided by OJJDP, CSPV, and NHPA will engender a long-lasting relationship between these schools and the LST program, so that sites will continue to implement this drug prevention curriculum even after the grant has ended.

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