Crime prevention

2010 – Higher participation rates in GEAR? are essential for the success of the program. In 2010 the focus will continue to be on developing new ways to effectively educate and communicate with school staff, parents, teens, and the surrounding communities about the goals and potential of GEAR?. GEAR? staff will also concentrate on recruiting new participant schools in the Newberg area.

2011 – In 2011, GEAR? plans to focus on the rural areas of Yamhill County. There is a universal need for mental health services in all areas of rural Oregon, and GEAR? will develop partnerships with strong community groups to create acceptance of the program and shed light on mental health issues. Implementing GEAR? in rural communities will undergird the health care system by identifying teens at risk and connecting their families to the resources they need. Additional funding will be needed to maintain the previous service levels in addition to address the unique needs of rural communities.

2012 – The focus for 2012 will be on bringing GEAR? to Yamhill County middle schools. The most recent data from Oregon’s Center for Health Statistics shows that in 2005 there were 11 reported suicide attempts by minors in Yamhill County, including two minors age 12 or younger. By focusing on middle schools and offering early screening and case management, families will be alerted to mental health and substance abuse problems before they spiral out of control, and the stigma associated with getting help can be prevented from developing. Additional funding sources will need to be identified to expand the services of GEAR? to serve the middle school population.

The IPEACE Project will be developed using a participatory process that brings together individuals, human rights activist, psychologist, psychiatry, human rights activist, nurses, medical doctors, educators and organizations from across the country.

IPEACE PROJECT will be expanded to others conflicts affected countries in AFRICA in 3 years.
During the expansion process the project coordination will chose regional Officers at different conflict zones and Communities focal points who will coordinate the IPEACE project activities in their regions, zone and communities liaise with the Regional Officer and the Project Coordinator at project headquarters.

The IPEACE PROJECT will also benefit from the expertise of a variety of advisors, as well as a strong network of psychologist, psychiatry, human rights activist, nurses, medical doctors, educators, Media partners,etc

The main tool for rebuilding health mental and human rights information dissemination will be the IPEACE Project web 2.0 website, the website will be developed in many languages spoken in congo as such as lingala, French, kikongo, Swahili and others major dialects for allowing reaching the larger audience of young people in different zone and communities.

IPEACE Project will have health mental games, human rights programs educational, scientific illustrations, poems, songs, illustrations, events, opportunities, chat forum, mailing list, registrations options, contacts, music, Videos and documentaries, etc

The IPEACE Project video and songs Broadcast yourself Options, share information and others options will be allowed to register people (with log in and password, profile), and monitoring activities will be make daily.

Funding for year one will target local

2 will expand to national

3 = international

Our system will have to be accepted by both the public and mental health professionals who serve them. It will have to expand to serve a large enough population that, eventually, it will become self sustaining. For it to succeed the private insurers will have to reimburse for telepsychiatry at the same rate they do for face-to-face services. The public insurers (medicaid and medicare) already do this. Our system will have to be maintained and service agreements beween the hospitals and psychiatric facilities will have to be agreed on. Because our system relies on medical information being sent across distances there will have to be secure connections and we'll have to address both privacy concerns and federal regulations (HIPPA laws).

We believe that each agency that sends a client to us will be so impressed with the results that our method of counseling will be in demand in our area. This is year one for us and we have a small client base at this point. We are in need of funding to provide our counseling sessions to those youth in need. We expect by 2011 nonprofit agencies will be setting funds aside for equine assisted counseling and we will be a fulltime business.

Throughout the next three years, fundraising will be a primary component of ensuring the continued development of our projects, and the overall success of our program. Until recently, all of our funding has come from one source: the county in which we work. In order to truly be successful, we need to continue diversifying our funding strategy to include a broader donor base.

In the coming year, we will need to continue the process of capacity building for our very young organization. Whereas Comienzos has successfully operated for 25 years as a group of committed contractors, over the last 18 months we have become a nonprofit organization. This means that in addition to forming a Board of Directors and hiring an executive director, we are also in the process of streamlining our programming and creating more of a consistent presence within and beyond the detention center. In the immediate future, we need to continue growing our Board of Directors and to develop further our strategic plan and funding strategy.

In the following year, we will need to focus on more systematic and intensive evaluation of our program. This process will be valuable in assessing the effectiveness of our curriculum and holistic approach, beginning to show more tangibly the impacts that our program is having, and letting us know how we can improve the services that we offer.

The third year will be vital for solidifying our program and making it sustainable for the foreseeable future and beyond. To do this, we will need to streamline our own approach to continued capacity building, program development, research, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. By growing our staff and volunteers to include these vital elements, we will be able to ensure a stable foundation so that our program can continue to grow and thrive.

Our Executive Director will monitor the progress of the 2 year project and will report monthly to the board as he ensures adherence to the established budgets and timelines. He will work closely with our Director of Training and a consultant to bring about the best possible result from the early planning stages, thru the development and on to the implementation stages. The board will also be involved in every step from the research and planning (first 6 months) through implementation and beyond. Project evaluators will include board members, staff, and the officers, social workers and consumers who we work with in the communities. Evaluation results will be used to improve our services to the community.

H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths will have its first annual meeting in June 2009. We will continue to work with the Columbia University Law School and hope to secure additional funding in the coming months. We have approved by-laws and various policies for the organization and have secured our 501(c)(3) status (attached).
We will need an infusion of funding, as well as support from the community, our Board (of directors and advisory) and the students themselves.