Youth Crime Watch (YCW) of Miami-Dade has gone through some economic challenges throughout the last year that have caused personnel downsizing, material purchase reductions, and a diminution of services. Despite the budget cuts and financial obstacles, Youth Crime Watch (YCW) of Miami-Dade County served nearly 28,000 students during the 2007-2008 school year via crime prevention presentations, safety projects, club meetings, assemblies, rallies, and special events. Our YCW School Coordinators conducted 286 presentations at the Miami-Dade schools on: YCW orientations, YCW installation, YCW appreciation, reporting crimes, school safety, school violence, bullying prevention, stranger danger, drug prevention, gun prevention, character education, cyber safety, anger management, holiday safety, McGruff, and much more. So far during the present school year, YCW of Miami-Dade has served 16,763 students via presentations, assemblies, and YCW club meetings. Also, various Miami-Dade schools have revitalized or started YCW Programs (Clubs) at their respected schools. We thank those YCW School Advisor for their participation and dedication. Joey Joseph is the new coordinator to our CCW-YCW staff. Mr. Joseph is Haitian-American and speaks and writes the English & Creole languages fluently. He is a valuable asset on crime prevention education to those schools and neighborhoods with a large Haitian population.

The Miami-Dade Red Ribbon Week Campaign (October 23-31) was once again an astounding success on the essential initiative of educating MDCPS students on Drug Prevention. Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County along with other law enforcement/crime prevention agencies visited a multitude of schools to conduct Drug Prevention assemblies & presentations. This year’s Red Ribbon Week theme was “Ask Me, See Me, Be Me, I’m Drug Free”. YCW incorporated the theme within the drug prevention presentations at the schools. Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County alone served 9,945 students by conducting 62 Drug Prevention presentations in assemblies & classrooms. Numerous YCW school programs also spearheaded their schools’ Red Ribbon Week Campaigns..

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