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G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training)Southeast Regional Training Center
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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 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 Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (MGNDC) will utilize supplemental funding to continue serving as the G.R.E.A.T. Southeast Regional Training Center (RTC). The MGNDC's goal is to continue delivering training to police officers, promote and market the G.R.E.A.T program to non-participating agencies, and provide assistance to agencies that have established G.R.E.A.T. programs. Project deliverables to be performed by the G.R.E.A.T. RTC include: conducting officer, families, and in-service trainings; and promoting and marketing the G.R.E.A.T. Program at professional conferences involving both law enforcement and educational venues.
