C E Mendez Foundation Inc.

DIRECT PROGRAM DELIVERY OF TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS WITH FOUNDATION STAFF OF PROFESSIONAL PREVENTION SPECIALISTS THROUGHOUT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH HAS A STUDENT POPULATION OF 175,000. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES EMPLOY EVIDENCE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO FOSTER POSITIVE SOCIETAL NORMS REGARDING SUBSTANCE USE. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS WALK AND KIDFEST, CITY OF TAMPA SUMMER PARKS PROGRAM, AND THE TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS JR. GASPARILLA DISTANCE CLASSIC.

Expenses: $470K

PUBLISHES AND DISSEMINATES SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND PREVENTION EDUCATION MATERIALS FOR K-12 EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. PRINCIPAL AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, VIOLENCE, AND BULLYING PREVENTION THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED AND SCIENCE-BASED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROGRAMS. LONG-RANGE OBJECTIVES ARE TO BUILD HEALTHY RESILIENT CHILDREN EQUIPPED WITH SKILLS NECESSARY TODAY TO NAVIGATE THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. ACTIVE CLIENTS INCLUDE 2500 SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WITH IMPACTED POPULATIONS EXCEEDING SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE. OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE OUTREACH AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN NUTRITION EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GARDENS SUPPORTING THE DISTRIBUTION AND ACCESS TO FRESH FOODS TO DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH CONNECTIONS TO LOCALLY GROWN FOODS.

Expenses: $1.9M