Higher Ed Center takes on violence with name change, renewed...

Campus Crime;  October 1, 2004 ;     246 words ......named Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention (HEC). The HEC, formerly known as the Higher Education...colleges and universities prevent high-risk drinking and drug abuse on campus. It also has provided training workshops...strategies that are ...

$4.25 Million To Colleges For Violence Prevention Programs

Washington Informer;  September 28, 1994 ;   Christy B. Day;   366 words ......Million To Colleges For Violence Prevention Programs. A consortium...violence, alcohol and other drug abuse among minority individuals...developing of community violence prevention activities. "As a former...that somebody cares is violence prevention at its best." ...

Analysis: Bush administration's proposal to cut federal funding of drug...

Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR);  April 10, 2005 ;   SHEILAH KAST;   787 words ......cut federal funding of drug abuse and violence prevention education from schools...learning, reduce alcohol and drug abuse and reduce violent behavior...infrastructure for drug and violence prevention that's basically being...

The Department of Education plans a solicitation for the operation of its...

Set-Aside Alert;  April 30, 2004 ;     168 words ...The Department of Education plans a solicitation for the operation of its Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education. This is a full and open competition. The solicitation, number ED-04-R-0015, will...

Illinois Violence Prevention Programs Receive Financial Boost: $2,108,000...

PR Newswire;  July 14, 1999 ;     787 words ......000 in grants that the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority (IVPA) has awarded, effective...the third year that the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority (IVPA), the only state...has provided financial backing to violence prevention efforts at the community level...

MAYOR NEWSOM RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 3, 2008 ;     651 words ......enforcement and national violence prevention experts, Mayor Gavin Newsom released San Francisco's Violence Prevention Plan at the Omega Boys Club...The "Alive & Free" violence prevention model will be adopted as...

Roundup: Drug abuse -- worst social evil in Nepal By Wu Haimang, Song...

Xinhua News Agency;  December 15, 2002 ;     627 words ...Roundup: Drug abuse -- worst social evil in Nepal By Wu...Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The social evil of drug abuse has been on the rise in Nepal in recent...According to statistics issued by the Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Nepal, a non-government...

First-Ever Community Policing Violence Prevention Grants Are Awarded in...

PR Newswire;  November 10, 1998 ;     631 words ......On Tuesday, Nov. 10, The Illinois Violence Prevention Authority (IVPA) and the Regional...community-policing initiatives that target violence prevention. Seven suburban Chicago and downstate...programs. The Community Policing Violence Prevention Grants will support local law ...

Grassroots Advocacy for Gun Violence Prevention: A Status Report on...

Journal of Public Health Policy;  January 1, 2003 ;   Frattaroli, Shannon;   787 words ...INTRODUCTION THE U.S. gun violence prevention community faces a great...working to advance gun violence prevention policies faced nearly...during the 1990s, gun violence prevention gained a popular following...

Flint Group to Share in Violence Prevention Grants

U.S. Newswire;  March 5, 1997 ;     505 words ......3 million in grants to establish violence prevention projects in 11 cities across the...National Funding Collaborative on Violence Prevention (NFCVP), a national organization...violence and sparking a national violence prevention movement, awarded the grants to...

Officials Crafting Countywide Violence Prevention Blueprint

Oakland Post;  December 22, 2004 ;   Elinson, Zusha;   688 words ......Miley is spearheading a far-reaching violence prevention program in the county. An advisory...met to finalize its work on the violence prevention blueprint Thursday at a new one...putting together a unique approach to violence prevention in Alameda County that I don't think...

Minneapolis Group to Share in Violence Prevention Grants

U.S. Newswire;  March 5, 1997 ;     513 words ......3 million in grants to establish violence prevention projects in 11 cities across the...National Funding Collaborative on Violence Prevention (NFCVP), a national organization...violence and sparking a national violence prevention movement, awarded the grants to...

A primer on school violence prevention.

Journal of School Health;  October 1, 1994 ;   Coben, Jeffrey H. Weiss, Harold B. Mulvey, Edward P. Dearwater, Stephen R.;   787 words ......increasingly involved both in violence and violence-prevention efforts. The following statistics...Prevention, has become active in violence prevention efforts. The public health approach...modifiable risk factors for violence. Violence prevention efforts then can be designed using...

Knoxville Group to Share in Violence Prevention Grants

U.S. Newswire;  March 12, 1997 ;     551 words ......3 million in grants to establish violence prevention projects in 11 cities across the...National Funding Collaborative on Violence Prevention (NFCVP), a national organization...violence and sparking a national violence prevention movement, awarded the grants to...

Violence prevention made a priority Council won't allocate $300,000 of...

Oakland Tribune;  December 18, 2003 ;   Heather MacDonald, STAFF WRITER;   565 words ......300,000 for programs that focus on violence prevention and aid recent parolees. However...a comprehensive discussion about violence prevention before the City Council funded any...been talking about the need for violence prevention programs for months, and this council...