Healthy Youth: Strong and Connected

Project Overview

4th Funding Cycle Impact Award
     Project Start Date: 7/1/2008
     Project End Date: 6/30/2011

Project Goal Statement: The objective is to decrease violent, intentional injuries and improve mental health by providing the Staying Alive violence prevention curriculum to 4,500 6th grade children in Milwaukee Public Schools via firefighters, community workers and teachers.

Original Award Amount: $449,203
Adjusted Award Amount: $376,019*

Community Partners:
Primary Community Partner: Milwaukee Public Schools
Additional community partner organization names:

• Milwaukee Fire Department
• Children's Service Society of Wisconsin (Project Ujima)

Academic Partners:
Primary Academic Partner: Marlene Melzer-Lange, Md, Department of Pediatrics
Additional Academic Partners: Dawn Zahrt, PhD, Department of Pediatrics

Project Progress Summary Reports:
     Project Progress Report Summary 7/1/2008 - 4/30/2009
     Project Progress Report Summary 5/1/2009 - 6/30/2009
     Project Progress Report Summary 7/1/2009 - 12/31/2009
     Project Progress Report Summary 1/1/2010 - 6/30/2010
     Project Progress Report Summary 7/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
     Project Final Report Summary

Affiliated Web Pages:
     Children's Service Society of Wisconsin (Project Ujima)
     Milwaukee Fire Department
     Milwaukee Public Schools

Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

• Media
  • Featured on Channel 12 WISN TV during the 10 pm news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFOR-TUfUQ
• Posters
  • Poster presentation at the HWPP Community Engagement for Health Conference. Milwaukee, WI. October 26, 2010.
  • Poster presentation at Medical College of Wisconsin Student Research Seminar. September 2010.
• Presentations
  • Workshop presentation at the International Violence, Abuse and Trauma Conference – Community Academic Partnerships in Violence Prevention. International Violence, Abuse and Trauma Conference. San Diego, CA. September 2009.
  • Presentation at Wisconsin Public Health Association Annual Conference. May 2010.
  • Presentation at the Community Pediatric Residents Conference. May 2010.

  • Presentation to the Las Vegas Urban Safety Task Force. September 2010.

  • Presentation at the International Violence, Abuse and Trauma Conference. September 2010.

  • Presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics. October 2010.

  • Presentation to the Injury Free Coalition for Kids. Chicago, IL. Nov 2010 and Nov 2011.
  • Presentation to the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions. Baltimore, MD. March 2011.
  • Presentation to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Public Health. On Public Health. March 2011.
  • Presentation at the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs. April 2011.
  • Presentation to the Pediatric Academic Societies. Denver, CO. May 2011.

*In 2009 award amounts, based on the remaining budget, were adjusted to reflect the decline in endowment asset value due to the downturn in the economy.