Safe Schools Healthy Students Lindsay Heights Initiative

Community Partner Team from the 2011 VPI Call for Partnerships
     Project Start Date: 7/1/2012
     Project End Date: 6/30/2015

Award Amount: $750,000

Project Goals:
The Safe Schools, Healthy Students Lindsay Heights Initiative will:

• decrease the number of personal and physical safety incidents that were a result of fighting in the Lindsay Heights schools and community;
• increase school attendance rates in grades K-5; and,
• increase the number of parents trained in child development including social and emotional skills.

Additionally the initiative will:

• decrease the number of middle and high school students who do not go to school because they feel unsafe at school or on their way to or from school;
• decrease the number of student incidents and actions related to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by the targeted schools; and,
• increase middle and high school students who report they are looking forward to coming to school.

The Initiative will train youth in Restorative Justice; peer facilitation and mentoring; and utilize Peers with Impact to help decrease violence in the community.

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

• Children's Service Society of Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Fire Department
• YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee (specifically Northside & Parklawn YMCA Family Centers)

Academic Partners:
Primary Academic Partner: John Meurer, MD, MBA, Institute for Health and Society
Additional Academic Partner: Staci Young, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Project Progress Summary Reports:
     Project Progress Report Summary 7/1/2012 - 12/31/2012

Affiliated Web Pages:
     Milwaukee Public Schools
     Children's Service Society of Wisconsin
     Milwaukee Fire Department
     YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee

Project Dissemination Efforts:

• Outreach Materials/Events
  • Developed community-level dissemination materials
  • Conducted community outreach through a Peer Jury Community Training on November 10, 2012
  • Conducted community outreach through a Bully Prevention Session at North Division on December 15, 2012
• Presentations
  • Presented project details at the Walnut Way Community Report
  • Presented a project update at the Milwaukee School Board meeting in November 2012