Safe Schools/Healthy Students

Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc.

Funded Years : 2005

Project Director :
Steve Mills
505-854-2635
steve@ansbi.org

Address :
P.O. Box 907
Magdalena,NM 87825

Project Status :

Project Summary : Alamo community is a Native American (Navajo) community within the boundaries of the Alamo Navajo Reservation. The Reservation consists of 63,109 acres of arid, rocky land in west central New Mexico. Alamo is one of the most isolated reservation communities in the entire state. The SS/HS initiate will address high rates of depression, obesity, weapons possession, and school absenteeism. Alamo community will integrate adolescent drug and alcohol counseling, a school counselor, after-school activities, greater collaboration with law enforcement, improved school safety and increased services to families with children under 5 years old.

Evidence-Based Programs :
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)