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Mission Statement
Research Questions
Needs Analysis
Solution Description
Solution Criteria
Solution Choice
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The affect of drugs on children.
The affect of drugs on the community.
The affect of drugs on education.
The affect of drugs on families.
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Who did we survey?
Total
Number of Surveys: 175
Number
of Spanish Surveys: 70
Age Range:
6% under 13 years old
59% between 15-20 years old
11% between 21-25 years old
6% between 26-30 years old
17% between 31 + years old
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Background
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Do you have children?
11%
1 Child
13% 2-3 Children
3% 4-6 Children
1% 7+ Children
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How many people live in your home?
15% 1 - 2 people
34% 3 -4 people
42% 5 - 7 people
5%
3%
8 - 10 people
11+ people
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82% US Citizens
24% voted in the last election
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Design a drug outreach program to educate and
have activities for the youth & parents.
More drug awareness through advertising.
There needs to be more law enforcement &
community unity.
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Design a program that specifically targets youth
and parents.
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It will provide seminars, workshops & fun
events.
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The program will also provide transportation to
events.
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Provide flyers, pamphlets and videos focusing on
educating the community about the drug abuse.
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Start by informing the youth at a young age of the types
and effects that drugs has on their body and mind.
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How parents need to be more aware of their child’s
where about. (for example: who their friends & parents
are, know their address & phone numbers)
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The Police officers need to become more street smart
about the drug & gang activity
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Give a higher sentence to drug abusers & dealers
that have been in trouble with the law more than
twice for drug abuse
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There needs to be more undercover operations such
as “The Red Bull operation”
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Easy to create
Meet needs of both youth &
parents
Effective
Which one will cost less
Educational
Which one takes less time
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Money
Easy to
create
Less time
to create
Outreach
Program
Drug Awareness
Advertisement
Police &
Community
Unity
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X
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Our first goal is to Educate the parents & youth
on how to communicate with each other about
the drugs they can encounter in our community.
Our second goal is to educate the community on
how to prevent the use of drugs.
Our last goal is help lower the number of people
experimenting with drugs.
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Search for resources that can help us implement
our solution.
Choosing the right people for doing the task to
implement the solution.
Provide the advertisement and make it happen.
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We recommend the community supports a drug
outreach program to educate and to provide
informational activities for the youth & parents.
We recommend the community funds and
supports drug awareness programs through local
advertising.
We recommend the community support the
funding need to create more law enforcement &
community unity staff positions.
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1) Those suffering from drug addiction will
find and receive qualified counseling
and support
2) Drug intervention programs will help
reduce the impact of illegal drug usage
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The community will continue to grow as
will the unchecked drug addiction
problem, placing additional burden on
local resources.
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