Gang Resistance Education & Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Southwestern Regional Training Program - Southwest Regional Training Center

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 coordinate 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 Phoenix Police Department will continue serving as the G.R.E.A.T. Southwest Regional Training Center (RTC). The Southwest RTC provides G.R.E.A.T. program and administrative services to 11 states. Funds will allow the RTC to coordinate the expansion of the G.R.E.A.T. Program by conducting the following deliverables: providing training and technical assistance to agencies within the 11-state area, recruiting new agencies to teach G.R.E.A.T., promoting the program at conferences and meetings, and continue building partnerships.

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