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Awakening the Warrior Spirit
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| Contacts (1): |
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| Beverly Lyons |
beverly_lyons@msn.com |
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Date Entered: |
05/06/2005 |
| City or Cities: |
Winnebago |
State(s): |
NE |
| Website: |
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Year of Inception: |
2003
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Geographic Area Covered:
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School district-wide Indian reservation |
| Host Agency Name: |
JSP Task Force |
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Host Agency Type:
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Community-based organization/coalition
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Target Gender:
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Male, Female |
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Target Race/Ethnicity:
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American Indian |
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Target Grade:
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Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade |
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Target Income:
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Low-income (less than $25, 000), Middle-income ($25, 000-$50, 000), Upper-income (more than $50, 000) |
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Target Language:
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English |
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Target Family Focus:
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Student only, Parent/guardian only, Family-wide |
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Target Disciplinary Issues:
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Suspended youth, Youth with juvenile justice involvement, Excessive absenteeism |
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Other Characteristics:
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School-based truancy professionals, Law-enforcement truancy professionals, Court-based truancy professionals
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| Description: |
The JSP Task Force started in September 2003. It was formed from the 54 youth serving programs in the Winnebago Community. It provides a holistic approach to intervention/prevention efforts. The collaboration concentrated its efforts on attendance, but has also developed family contracts, rewrote tribal codes, conducted mediations, made recommendations to Tribal Court and/or Child and Family Services, and reported out to the Tribal Council. Using the warrior principles, the team focuses on the thought of returning to our traditions and beliefs to Ijahi (to change). The intention was to provide contemporary, culturally specific programming for the Winnebago youth.
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| How Program is Funded: |
The program does not have a budget and relies upon other programs and in kind donations for activities done with the kids. Members of the Task Force donate their time. |
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Evidence of Effectiveness:
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Internal evaluation in progress, Preliminary results available (includes draft papers, powerpoint presentations, etc.)
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How do you know your program is effective: The response from parents has been positive and immediate. They are now conscious of the absences of their children. The students are also responding to the Diversion activities and higher expectations of them. There were instances of our students being absent for over 75 days and that has been drastically reduced.
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What has not worked in the program any why: The Court process has not been as responsive as we would like. The court dates set up for parents and students to come in are too far ahead, therefore the student's absences are increasing with not much being done.
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