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D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teach children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives. The program, developed jointly by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District, initially focused on elementary school children. It has now been expanded to include middle school and high school students. The Town Of Hatfield ended its participation in the D.A.R.E. program in 2003.

D.A.R.E. America - The Facts

• monitors instruction standards, program results and accrediation
• provides all education materials for D.A.R.E. students
• supports officer training programs and accredidation
• helps communites establish, fund, and improve local D.A.R.E. programs
• raises the funds necessary to keep the national program operative
• coordinates national fundraisers and sponsorship opportunites
• provides national advertising and public relations support

Only 0.3% of the total funding of D.A.R.E. goes to General and Administrative costs. Over 99% goes back into the D.A.R.E. Program.

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