Arizona Drug and Gang Prevention Resource Center
Arizona State University
542 E. Monroe – Bldg. D
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2337
(480) 727-5015 1(888) 432-2347
Fax (480) 727-5400
www.asu.edu/adgprc
“The Center collects, stores and distributes information relating to substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, gang education and prevention and treatment programs; promotes best practices in prevention and treatment programming and evaluation; and conducts an annual inventory of publicly supported education, prevention and treatment programs related to substance abuse and participation in gangs.”
Teens, Crime, and the Community c/o National Crime Prevention Council
1000 Connecticut Ave, NW
13th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
tel: 202-466-6272
fax: 202-296-1356
tcc@ncpc.org “Through a combination of education and service-learning, the
Teens, Crime, and the Community (TCC) initiative has motivated more than one million young people to create safer schools and communities. TCC increases social responsibility in teens, educates them about the law, reduces their potential for victimization, and engages them in making their homes, schools, and communities safer, more caring places.”
Gang Resistance Education And Training
G.R.E.A.T. Program Training Coordinator
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
®Post Office Box 12729
Tallahassee, FL 32317-2729
Phone: (800) 726-7070
Fax: (850) 386-5356
E-mail:
information@great-online.org
“The G.R.E.A.T. Program is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum. The program's primary objective is prevention and is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership. G.R.E.A.T. lessons focus on providing life skills to students to help them avoid delinquent behavior and violence to solve problems.”
Gang Resistance is Paramount
contact Tony Ostos, Neighborhood Counseling Manager, G.R.I.P., 16400 Colorado Avenue, Paramount, CA 90723-5050, 562-220-2140.
“The G.R.I.P. program, formerly known as Alternatives to Gang Membership, combines the resources of families, schools, and local government. The program attempts to discourage future gang membership by teaching children the harmful consequences of this lifestyle and by persuading them to choose positive alternatives.
GRIP - Gang Resistance Is Paramount - is a successful, nationally recognized anti-gang program that steers children away from gang membership through classroom lessons, counseling and parental training. GRIP counselors present gang resistance lessons to elementary and ninth-grade students attending school in Paramount. Workshops and counseling sessions for parents and youngsters are also conducted throughout the community.”
National Concerned Officers Organization on Gang Activities
831 Ocean Park Avenue, Cobblestone Village # 161
Ocean Township, New Jersey 07712
(732) 460-0804 Fax: (732) 460-0804
“We are the National Concerned Officers Consulting Solutions Inc. also trading as the National Concerned Officers Organization On Gang Activities Inc. We are a team of dedicated professional consultants whom have been recognized nationally and internationally for addressing timely issues and concerns. Our Consultants are made up of educators, clergy, concerned citizens, law enforcement officers, ex-gang members, and children. We work as a team and encourge communities, agencies, businesses, and families to work together to address issues such as gangs, school violence, bullying, prevention, intervention and suppression combat these concerns.”
National Gang Crime Research Center
PO Box 990
Peotone,IL 60468-0990
Telephone:(708) 258-9111
The Fax number: (708) 258-9546
E-MAIL:
gangcrime@aol.com “Formed in 1990, the NGCRC exists today as a non-profit independent agency. We carry out research on gangs and gang members, disseminate information through publications and reports, and provide training and consulting services.”
National Major Gang Task Force
National Headquarters
338 S. Arlington Avenue, Suite 112
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone: 317.322.0537
Fax: 317.322.0549
nmgtf@earthlink.net“The
National Major Gang Task Force is committed to providing leadership and information within the criminal justice system and other stakeholders to minimize the effects of security threat groups, gangs and terrorists in jails, prisons and communities. Strategic goals and objectives of the
NMGTF include networking, training, and the establishment of information sharing standards with regard to gangs and security threat group management.”
National Youth Gang Center
National Youth Gang Center
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
Post Office Box 12729
Tallahassee, FL 32317 Tel. (850) 385-0600 Fax (850) 386-5356
Web site:
http://www.iir.com/nygc/ E-mail:
nygc@iir.com“The purpose of the NYGC is to assist policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in their efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime by contributing information, resources, practical tools, and expertise towards the development and implementation of effective gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies.To accomplish this mission, the Center conducts assessments of the scope and characteristics of youth gang activity in the United States, develops resources and makes them available to the field, and provides training and technical assistance in support of community-based prevention, intervention, and suppression efforts.”
TAGV
1486 Dorchester Ave
Dorchester, MA 02124
Tel. 617-825-TAGV (8248)
E-mail:
Teensagv@aol.com
“The Teens Against Gang Violence program (TAGV) is a volunteer, youth led community-based program located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It provides violence prevention, education, and intervention services to youth service providers, youth, and family. Our vision is to eliminate violence in all its forms, such as racism, guns, sexism, crime, homophobia, drugs and fighting, by developing our neighborhoods into healthier communities that strive for peace and justice. Our mission: To empower youth leaders by providing them with culturally appropriate knowledge, skills, tools and relationships so they can educate others about non-violence through peace and justice.”
National Alliance of Gang Investigators’ Associations
http://www.nagia.org/rmateo@polksheriff.org“The NAGIA is a unique alliance of criminal justice professionals dedicated to the promotion and coordination of national anti-gang strategies. The NAGIA also advocates the standardization of anti-gang training, establishment of uniform gang definitions, assistance for communities with emerging gang problems, and input to policymakers and program administrators. The NAGIA is not meant to replace or duplicate the services provided by any other entity. Rather, it facilitates and supports regional gang investigators associations; the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS); as well as federal, state, and local anti-gang initiatives.”
TEEN BULLYING RESOURCES
Bullying.org
“PURPOSE: To eliminate bullying in our society by supporting individuals and organizations to take positive actions against bullying through the sharing of resources, and to guide and champion them in creating non-violent solutions to the challenges and problems associated with bullying. Bullyin.org is dedicated to increasing the awareness of, and the problems associated with, bullying and to preventing, resolving and eliminating bullying in society.”
Colorado Anti-Bullying Project
Blueprints for Violence Prevention Bullying Prevention Program
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado
Campus Box 442
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0442
Phone 303.492.8465
FAX 303.443.3297
