Project Staying Alive Overview

PROJECT STAYING ALIVE

Overview

The purpose of this program is to reduce violent injury in the City of Milwaukee using Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) personnel as primary presenters.  This project is being modeled after the highly successful Survive Alive Program.  The primary focus of this program will be anger management education presented to 6th grade students at schools within the grant authority.

As currently designed, the program contains five, ninety minute sessions with a class size of 20-40 students.  MFD personnel, along with the student's teachers, will instruct the classes.  The Milwaukee Fire Department already has trained instructors, materials and presentations designed for anger management education.  Currently, all sessions will take place in the schools.

 Goals

Secure funds necessary to expand pilot program into a permanent Staying Alive Program.

Present small group leader training to teachers and staff for schools within the grant authority.

Have 500 sixth graders successfully complete the Staying Alive anger management program by the end of 2008, 1,000 more students in 2009 and 2,000 more students in 2010.

Expectations

The Milwaukee Fire Department is committed to reducing violent injury within the City of Milwaukee.  With the cooperation and assistance of schools within the grant authority, we are confident that the Staying Alive program will be successful in educating sixth grade students in proper anger management techniques, reducing violent injuries within the City of Milwaukee.

Development of this program has been supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent William Andrekopoulos, Milwaukee Fire Department Chief Douglas Holton and oversight boards within both Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin.