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Application for Funding Assistance Florida Department of Law Enforcement Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program shown to build self-esteem , ethnic pride , enhance individual strengths , and most important help youth to abstain from negative peer pressures through prevention information . Utilizing the Council's networks to target schools, PTAs , parents , community, churches , health and human service and media agencies to select youth that are at high risk ( have repeated failure in school or little commitment to school, do not have a supportive family environment, demonstrate alienation and rebelliousness , prone to sexual promiscuity, have a favorable attitude towards tobacco, alcohol and other drugs and have friends who use tobacco , alcohol and other drugs) and exhibit other high risk behaviors. Despite juveniles' involvement's in adult behaviors and systems , juveniles are not adults and do not posses the same skills and decision making abilities as adults. Troubled juveniles are often connected to many different systems within our society, increasing the risk that lack of coordination and advocacy will lead to failure for the adolescent. The personnel and volunteers committed to implementing the PREVENT program are equipped with the special skills and knowledge that are necessary to effectively reach the community to ensure coordination of services on the behalf of these youth . PREVENT is a tobacco, alcohol, drug, violence, pregnancy and HIV prevention program that involves : • positive peer pressure and skill building peer teaching • community prevention and information utilization of alternative skills (acting) to build resistance to drug abuse The inclusion of the entire spectrum of individuals representing environmental influences on the health behaviors of study participants (ie . , school , family, church, media) will serve the planning process by providing valuable suggestions from multi-relevant perspectives . It will serve as a pre4rnplementation community education process by providing forums and outlets for informing community opinion leaders about the problems of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug abuse . The overall goal is to decrease the impact and propensity for alcohol and other drug abuse resulting from multiple high risk factors by providing a positive environment enhanced with information and alternatives that may deter drug abuse and the multitude of high risk behaviors. FDLE Byrne Formg►a GrantAppficadon Package Grant A.WicWon Section U - Page 8 Rule 11 D-9.006 OCJG - 005 (rev. 04/04/03)