Palo Alto Police Department Parent Project
Our Parent Project program contributes to PADACC by providing a program that teaches
parents how to better supervise their children including a chapter on
recognizing the signs of drug and alcohol influence and abuse in their
children and their children’s friends.
Officer Melda Christmas and Agent Donna Arndt are members of PADACC. They
are the facilitators for the Palo Alto Parent Project Program.
More about the Palo Alto Police Department's connection to PADACC.
More About the Palo Alto Police Department Parent Project
What are the Palo Alto Police Department’s top three goals for 2008-2009?
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Provide Spanish speaking facilitators for Parent Project classes
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Provide childcare during the classes so parents can attend if they have
no other options
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Assist other cities in Santa Clara County with the establishment of
Parent Project classes in their respective areas
What services does the Palo Alto Police Department provide to the community
in relation to drugs, alcohol, bullying & harassment?
We provide parents with a training program that will help them to deal
with destructive behaviors in their children. We provide them with
no-nonsense tools that they can immediately use to encourage positive
behavior and choices and discourage negative behavior and choices.
How is the Palo Alto Police Department measuring progress?
We track calls for services to the police department to measure the
reduction in need for police services for intervention. It is our goal to
help families to be able to intervene and correct their children’s negative
behavior without criminal justice involvement. We also measure progress by
the direct feedback we get from our parent participants as well as from the
school staff.
What resources do you think the Palo Alto Police Department needs in order
to achieve its goals?
We need commitment and support from the school district to provide us
with referrals for the Parent Project program. The counselors at the schools
know which families would most benefit from our classes. We need them to
contact these families and suggest the Parent Project to them. We can then
follow-up with these families and tell them about what we have to offer
them.
Contact the Palo Alto Police Department
PADACC Member Melda Christmas
E-mail: melda.christmas@cityofpaloalto.org
PADACC Member Donna Arnt
E-mail: donna.arnt@cityofpaloalto.org
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