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January 7, 2005 - Project Venture received funding
A new grant that was received by the Gallup-McKinley Schools to implement Project Venture into 7 local high schools. The grant is from the US Department of Education Safe and Drug Free Schools Program, entitled the Corn Pollen Pathways project. It will implement the Project Venture model into 7 high schools in the district.
High school students will be trained in the model and will then
become mentors and role models for mid school students, whom they will work
with. The program has an in-school component, where the students at the
high schools with learn the program, then adopt a mid school and implement
the model there. There is an after school component, as well as weekends
and summers. It is a 3 year grant and will impact several hundred students.
NIYLP is contracted to provide training and technical assistance in the
Project Venture model to all 7 sites. Our staff will assist in implementing
the afterschool, outdoor adventure activities, as well as work with groups
of elders and develop coalitions of agencies in each community.
For more info, contact McClellan Hall 505-722-9176, or Ella Jackson at 505-722 7711.