Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2005, $217,854)
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe will provide prevention services to impact risk factors for juvenile delinquency and will provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs. The programs will be targeted to tribal youth ages 13 to 17, and will consist of two components: Peers Helping Peers and Natural Helpers Tribal Schools Peers. Peers Helping Peers will train 100 high risk youth in prevention and intervention skills, life skills and educational skills development and training. These 100 youth will then each train 10 other youth. Natural Helpers will offer prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency and provide alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs for 50 youth. Crow Creek will report on performance measures including attendance rates, participation surveys, and lowered rates of delinquency and substance abuse among participants.CA/NCF