Greater Gresham Area Prevention Partnership

About the STOP Act Grant

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Meet the STOP Act Grant Leaders

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GGAPP is pleased to welcome Kim to the GGAPP Coalition Team. Kim will be working closely with GGAPP focusing her efforts on the Four Cities Peer Court and in engaging parents and new community stakeholders.

In her career Kim has focused on the areas of gang prevention, alcohol and drug counseling, and program development. She has ten years of experience developing, managing, and delivering services for adolescents and their families, with a special focus on Latinos. Kim's interests lie in prevention, positive youth development, and multiculturalism. She firmly believes that adolescents can be used as a positive resource for other adolescents who are at-risk.

Kim earned her MSW from Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, and has a certification in chemical dependency counseling (CADCI). She also has a master's degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Fluent in both English and Spanish, Kim was born in Lima, Peru. In her free time, she enjoys sharing with her family, exploring Oregon, hiking, and traveling.

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STOP Act Grant Activities and News

New Family Empowerment Program added!

Teens, bring your parent(s) or guardians and together you will learn how to:

Increase your success in school

Understand yourself better

Help your parents better understand you

Reach your goals

Become a happier family

About the Program

The Family Empowerment Program is designed for families with a student in grades 7 through 12 attending a school in East Multnomah County who has been suspended for alcohol and drug violations and other infractions (e.g. fighting) or are at-risk of drug and alcohol use, truancy, failing, or other problem behaviors. The program is a one-time class that focuses on providing education to parents and teens about the adolescent brain and drugs and alcohol, teaching communication skills, and connecting families with counseling resources.

Program Resources

Click here to download the Family Empowerment Program Brochure (PDF file).

Click here to view the schedule of Family Empowerment Program providers (PDF file).

Click here to download the Family Empowerment Program Flier (PDF file).

How the STOP Act Grant Funding will be Utilized

GGAPP will be utilizing this funding to expand and strengthen the Four Cities Peer Court project as well as launch a variety of new parent and community activities and support centered around prevention.

What is the Four Cities Peer Court?

The Four Cities Peer Court Project is a community partnership for restorative justice that involves, supports, educates and holds youth, ages 12 to 18, accountable in their community. The primary focus of the project is to provide positive accountability and diversion for first time drug and alcohol offences while implementing a consistent and cohesive drug and alcohol education strategy in all high schools.

The Four Cities Peer Court engages parents, schools, community agencies and law enforcement systems with youth in a coordinated effort to prevent and reduce underage drinking through pro-active involvement in the Peer Court activities. Youth and community members serve as attorneys, bailiffs and as defendants. Offending youth are subject to clear consequences and accountability.

Parent Engagement Projects

Through the STOP Act Grant, GGAPP and coalition leaders will also be aided in facilitating evidenced based prevention efforts in each East County high school. These efforts will deepen parental engagement through programs that consistently promote an understanding of underage alcohol consumption in the context of human development and maturation that takes into account individual adolescent characteristics as well as environmental, ethnic, cultural, and gender differences.

GGAPP Coalition goals are to reduce alcohol and substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse. The Four Cities Peer Court project and additional parent programs are aligned with, and further, these goals.

Additional activities, pictures and project details will be added in the coming months. Check back regularly for updates!

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