“D.A.R.E. envisions a world in which students everywhere are empowered to respect others and choose to lead lives free from violence, substance abuse, and other dangerous behaviors.” This is the vision of the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. The D.A.R.E. program is a substance abuse prevention education system that seeks to prevent the use of illicit drugs, membership in gangs, and other violent behavior. The D.A.R.E. program is effective for the United State’s youth.
The D.A.R.E. program is an all-inclusive Kindergarten through Twelfth grade informational program that strives to prevent threatening activities that today are too often a part of students’ lives. The organization was launched in 1983 by the Los Angeles …show more content…
program has been proven as an effective drug prevention program, many complain that it just simply costs too much to operate in America’s schools. Over one billion dollars annually are spent in the United States alone on the D.A.R.E. program. That averages to about 173 to 268 dollars per student per year. Often people who criticize the D.A.R.E. program do not understand where the money is going towards. On average, the D.A.R.E. program spends 68,572 dollars annually training officers. Then, the money goes towards materials for the course. Typically, five to ten dollars per student goes towards materials. When the cost of training officers and the cost of materials is added together, it equals no where near one billion dollars. That is because most of the money spent on D.A.R.E. is not spent on the course itself but on merchandize. The merchandize consists of stickers, jackets, t-shirts, pencils, etc. This upsets people and causes them to say it is not cost effective, because most of the money is not spent on the program itself. The reason that the program spends the money on merchandize is that it gets kids more involved. Another question that is raised is who really pays for D.A.R.E. Although there are many different sources of the money, the most common one is fundraisers. These fundraisers can be held by the organization or by the community in which the program is taking place. Another way the money is funded is through money set aside by Congress (taxes). The last way money is collected is through private companies. These corporations give money to D.A.R.E. is exchange for advertising through the program. In example, a company donates money and the D.A.R.E. program puts their logo in a place on their merchandize. The two private companies that donate the most are Kentucky Fried Chicken and Kimberly Clark Paper Products. Money donated from these private companies helps keep the D.A.R.E. program running and continues to
The D.A.R.E. program is an all-inclusive Kindergarten through Twelfth grade informational program that strives to prevent threatening activities that today are too often a part of students’ lives. The organization was launched in 1983 by the Los Angeles …show more content…
program has been proven as an effective drug prevention program, many complain that it just simply costs too much to operate in America’s schools. Over one billion dollars annually are spent in the United States alone on the D.A.R.E. program. That averages to about 173 to 268 dollars per student per year. Often people who criticize the D.A.R.E. program do not understand where the money is going towards. On average, the D.A.R.E. program spends 68,572 dollars annually training officers. Then, the money goes towards materials for the course. Typically, five to ten dollars per student goes towards materials. When the cost of training officers and the cost of materials is added together, it equals no where near one billion dollars. That is because most of the money spent on D.A.R.E. is not spent on the course itself but on merchandize. The merchandize consists of stickers, jackets, t-shirts, pencils, etc. This upsets people and causes them to say it is not cost effective, because most of the money is not spent on the program itself. The reason that the program spends the money on merchandize is that it gets kids more involved. Another question that is raised is who really pays for D.A.R.E. Although there are many different sources of the money, the most common one is fundraisers. These fundraisers can be held by the organization or by the community in which the program is taking place. Another way the money is funded is through money set aside by Congress (taxes). The last way money is collected is through private companies. These corporations give money to D.A.R.E. is exchange for advertising through the program. In example, a company donates money and the D.A.R.E. program puts their logo in a place on their merchandize. The two private companies that donate the most are Kentucky Fried Chicken and Kimberly Clark Paper Products. Money donated from these private companies helps keep the D.A.R.E. program running and continues to