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2. Project Description : Briefly describe proposed project activities. Refer to Appendix II , Part 1 , Pages 1 -3 for a description of eligible project areas ) . You should include project goals, administration, enhancement/expansion , staff, service providers, clients or other participants, equipment, location, and expected project results, as described in the application instructions This section should address the basic points of who, what, when, where, and how. Continue on additional pages if gecessarydo not exceed three PREVENT combines outreach and group support to reach economically disadvantaged youth . These youth are ages 13- 18; who have repeated failure in school and/or little commitment to school; do not have a supportive environment; and whose lack of decision making skills may lead them to abuse tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. The Council3s mission reads: " The Substance Abuse Council is committed to pmventi addictive, mindaltering substances. " ng the use of illicit drugs and abuse of The Substance Abuse Council , a not-for-profit substance abuse prevention agency, proposes to continue this project through a comprehensive range of substance abuse and educational activities for males and females with substance abuse problems. Daily program services are provided by a full time program coordinator and a licensed mental health counselor. Two different components will constitute the PREVENT program. The components are. as follows: • Crisis Intervention and Counseling • TARGET Troupe participation The first component of the PREVENT program will be comprised of Crisis Intervention/ Counseling. • A total of 75 individuals will receive Crisis Intervention or counseling services. The program will be cyclical in nature, servicing approximately 15 offenders per cycle. Each treatment and education cycle will last for ten (10) weeks. • A total of 25 families will be provided with comprehensive assessments. Evaluation of adolescents identified via psycho-socials comprehensive evaluations will be conducted. Adolescents selected from this population will also be assigned to the Crisis Intervention and Counseling component. Substance abuse counseling and education will consist of a group therapy session a week, and one aftercare session weekly focused on relapse prevention . There will also be family workshops conducted at SAC for family members during the treatment cycle. Once the ten week cycle is completed, Aftercare will be conducted weekly. The Aftercare component is structured to focus on relapse prevention and life skills development. The second component will be Deep Impact- TARGET troupe. The � Deep Impact-TARGET troupe actively develops innovative and high energy skits related to life issues they and their peers are facing. The troupe has created a collections of 35 different skits for performances . The troupe continues to develop skits dealing with issues on substance abuse/use , dieting (anorexia and bulimia), HIV/AIDS, pregnancy and violence. The TARGET troupe members are mentors to other youth, as well as friends, family and neighbors within the community. Participants in the Deep Impact TARGET troupe need not have any previous acting experience, just a desire to participate. In many cases, we find that high risk youth become the best performers. Their presentations via improvisation is not acting, but is real and from the heart. 80% of the youth participating in the TARGET troupe have never had any formal training in acting. The Deep Impact- TARGET program will have two distinct categories. In the first group, the identified population for the Deep Impact- TARGET troupe will be youth to serve as mentors. They will be identified by a multitude of high risk factors , including but not limited to: substance / sem, - Page sof16