Youth Crime Watch (YCW) of Miami-Dade has continued to serve the Miami-Dade schools in responding to request for services from school faculty representatives on youth crime prevention presentations and YCW program (club) implementation trainings. Throughout the 2009-2010 school year, we were not able to fulfill numerous requests from the Miami-Dade schools due to our budget being reduced in half. We are very grateful to MDCPS Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, MDCPS School Board Vice-Chair Perla Tabares Hantman and MDCPS School Police Chief Charles Hurley for the funding they obtained for us. Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County served 42,533 Miami-Dade County Public School students for the 2009-2010 school year with crime prevention educational services. Moreover, YCW of Miami-Dade School Coordinators conducted 463 presentations on youth crime prevention topics, 150 of those focusing on Bullying/Cyberbullying Prevention. In lieu of budget cuts and fiscal challenges in the Miami-Dade schools, faculty representatives continue to reach out more to YCW of Miami-Dade for safety education and best practices on youth crime prevention endeavors in order to maintain the safety of their students and school.

The 16th Annual YCW of Miami-Dade Awards Luncheon was held on Wednesday, May 19 at Outback Steakhouse. MDCPS School Police Chief Charles Hurley and Mark Zaher of MDCPS School Operations presented awards to the YCW Exemplary Award recipients and the YCW Poster/Essay Contest winners.

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