SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS

Sustainability Awards are awarded to Programs who have achieved the accomplishment of offering a quality DARE to be You program for 20 years. Please see the application below if your program qualifies. Winners are posted on several Websites and may use the award for local publicity and fund raising. Check back for the 2021 award winner.

DARE to be You Sustainability Award Application:

Agency replicating the DARE to be You Program (As would be listed on the Award):

Person completing this application:

Address, email and contact telephone number:

Target population. Briefly describe groups who have participated in the program.
Age group(s)
Family Program or School Curriculum
Venues
Year implementation started.
List a few of the funders and sponsors for the program.
Link to evaluation data if available.
Please add any information you would like posted on our website about your program including pictures.

Name of Person(s) to accept the award if different than the applicant.

Award winners will be posted on the DTBY website and recipients may use the award for local press releases and to funders. It will also be posted the Onward Foundation website as well as the Colorado State University Presentation Center Website.

Please email completed form to DAREtobeyou20@yahoo.com

Questions regarding application, contact Jan Miller-Heyl, 9702229649 or the email above.

Current Sustainability Awards.

DARE to be You Sustainability Awards are given to service organizations or agencies that represent exemplary diligence in providing high quality, evidence-based DARE to be You programs to youth and families in their communities. DARE to be You programs which have maintained fidelity and measure outcomes for over 15 years. The recipient of this year's award is the Sandoval County, N.M. DWI and Prevention Program which first implemented DTBY programs in 2005. Congratulations Prevention Program!

Sustainability in Sandoval County has been made possible by broad-based support including funding from the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) and the Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division, State of New Mexico.

Over the past 15 years the program has reached youth in 6-12th grades, using the DARE to be You School Curriculum in classroom settings. Schools implementing the program include Bernalillo and Cuba Middle Schools, ASK Academy, Santo Domingo Middle School, and Independence High School. DARE to be You for Parents and Preschool Youth was also implemented for several years during this time span.

We highly commend the administration of the program at Sandoval County, Diane Irwin, the school administration and teaching staff for their continued use of the program with fidelity. We reviewed a Virtual adaptation of the Middle School curriculum and were impressed with the ability to maintain fidelity and student engagement in the Virtual Classroom setting.

Previous winners include the Refugee and Immigrant Center of the Asian Association of Utah in Salt Lake City (beginning in 1995) and the Eastern Shores Community Services Board in Nassawadox, VA (also beginning in 1995).