"BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SCARE KIDS STRAIGHT TODAY!"
Welcome to Steered Straight, Inc.
Steering Youth Straight

Steered Straight, Inc. is a non-profit educational and prevention / intervention organization, committed to reaching children, teens, and young adults with a message of reality about life choices and the importance of consequential thinking so they understand that there are consequences to their actions.

We are booking presentations for the 2009-2010 school year. Every county in New Jersey is reporting gang presence. School districts statewide report increases in adolescent drug and alcohol use. Bullying and school violence is again on the upswing, both statewide and nationally. Our presentations are critical for intervention and prevention of these dangerous social adolescent issues.

October 15, 2009 -- Steered Straight, Inc. has entered into collaboration with Fed-Up 4 U. (http://www.fedup4u.com)
 
Effects of Incarceration on Children of the Incarcerated

This is a one-hour seminar about the effects of incarceration on children of the incarcerated. On any given day, over 1.5 million children in this country have a parent serving a sentence in a state or federal prison. This seminar is geared towards professionals and volunteers that deal with children who are affected by incarceration.
 

 
FACTS
Every 4 minutes a child
is arrested for drug abuse.
Every 5 minutes a child
is arrested for violent crime.
Every 92 minutes a child
is killed with a firearm.
Every 2 hours a child
is a homicide victim.
Every 4 hours a child
commits suicide.
 
 
The Messenger
It is often said to focus more   on the message than on the messenger. But when the message is about drug and alcohol prevention, or avoiding gangs and criminal activity --   the messenger is as critical as the message.
 
        
OCJS TAG Program
Steered Straight is the contracted Anti-Gang facilitator for Ocean County Juvenile Services. We provide an early intervention program for Ocean County schools with the purpose of educating young minds about the dangerous consequences of gang affiliation and drugs, alcohol, and bullying, as it all relates to gang activity. Click here for details.
Steered Straight News
November 2, 2009 –- Steered Straight delivers its most powerful prevention seminar to date. Joining Steered Straight was Atlantic City native and Def Jam Recording Artist Young Leek, Robert ‘Midget’ Molley, recently featured on the History Channel, the Biography Channel, and BET’s American Gangster series, and NJ up-and-coming Youth Organization "FED-UP 4U" featuring James Cooper. Steered Straight will be collaborating with these powerful messengers to bring powerful prevention and intervention seminars to tri-state area schools.

October 15, 2009 -- Steered Straight, Inc. has entered into collaboration with Fed-Up 4 U.

August 1, 2009 -- Steered Straight, Inc. has entered discussions with The Messages Project to partner with that important organization to bring their non-profit program to New Jersey prisons.

Award-winning film and video producer Carolyn LeCroy, who has been recognized by CNN as a CNN Hero, runs this critically important organization. Its goal is to help bridge the communication gap between children of the incarcerated and their parents.

Please visit The Messages Project website to learn more. (http://www.themessageproject.org)


 

 

 

 

 

 
"Steered Straight" -- Helping to purge misconceptions from the world. We focus on the students' at-hand information and influences, while trying to influence their healthy behaviors, decisions, and life-choices.
"Steered Straight" -- Because you can't "scare" kids "straight" today; you can only steer them toward a positive lifestyle.

"Steered Straight" -- A non-profit organization that is in the business of adding value to young people's lives. We bring a thorough message of prevention to the youth of America to steer them towards the right path.

Striving Towards Effective Educated Reality Every Day
Home of the H.O.P.E. Program © --- Helping Other People Elevate

Home of the M.A.N. Program © --- Moving Away from Negativity

Home of the G.R.A.D. Program © --- Gang Renouncement And Denouncement

Direct inquiries and comments to:
   Email:
       Michael.DeLeon@SteeredStraight.org
   Surface Mail:
      Steered Straight, Inc.
      P.O. Box 842
      Millville, NJ 08332-0842
   Telephone:
      (856) 691-6676

           School Presentation Inquiry
Schools interested in arranging a presentation, or inquiring about costs, please click here.

The Parental Component
The involvement of parents in intervention and prevention programs is crucial to their success. The Parental Component
Indeed, that involvement is the most critical factor in the program's lasting effects on the child.