G.R.E.A.T. Program

The Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program is a life-skills competency program designed to provide students with the skills they need to avoid gang pressure and youth violence. G.R.E.A.T.'s violence prevention curriculum helps students develop values and practice behaviors that will assist them to avoid destructive activities. The G.R.E.A.T. program coordinates with federal, regional, state and local agencies, as well as individuals from community and civic groups. The goal of the G.R.E.A.T. program is to train law enforcement officers in a school-based curriculum in which the officers provide instruction to school-aged children in life skill competencies, gang awareness, and anti-violence techniques. Training in the core G.R.E.A.T. program is provided to officers from any state or local law enforcement agency.

The Lummi Nation will use the grant funds to strategically eliminate the effects of gang-related activities in their tribe including illegal drug sales and alcohol distribution. To accomplish this task, the Lummi Nation Police will assign officers to conduct G.R.E.A.T. education and training classes at the elementary and middle schools. Students will be taught gang abstinence, delinquent behavior modification, and how to build positive relationships with police.

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