Dauphin County Delinquency Prevention
The first project, Dauphin County Delinquency Prevention, was funded by the Governor's Partnership for Safe Children and was coordinated with the local Community That Cares Initiative and the Harrisburg School District. The project was designed to build social competence and reduce aggression in elementary school children living in neighborhoods with high rates of delinquency. Over a four-year period the project implemented the PATHS Curriculum with K–4 th -grade teachers in three Harrisburg elementary schools. This program was supplemented with both parent education and mentoring provided by Big Brothers/Big
Building on this early success, four other substantial projects have been initiated by the Harrisburg Center in collaboration with the Harrisburg School District and other community partners.