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Gang Resistance Education and Training Program
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This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
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 curricula help students develop values and practice behaviors that will help them avoid destructive activities. G.R.E.A.T. program staff coordinates project activities with federal, regional, state, and local agencies, as well as, individuals from community and civic groups. The goal of the program is to train criminal justice professionals to deliver a school-based curriculum that teaches life-skills competencies, gang awareness, and violence-avoidance techniques.
The city of Portland G.R.E.A.T. West Region Training Center (RTC) represents the G.R.E.A.T. Program throughout 11 western states. One of the main goals is to provide first-rate, professional service, while building positive relationships among and with the G.R.E.A.T. officers in the region. This is accomplished through multiple yearly G.R.E.A.T. Officer Trainings (GOTs), attendance at various regional and national law enforcement-related conferences and almost daily contact with the G.R.E.A.T. agencies. The Portland Police Bureau will continue to carry out these project objectives of the G.R.E.A.T. West RTC.
