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:
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Quantum
Opportunities Program (QOP)
(No Longer a Blueprints Program)
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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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