Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Advisory Board public meetings in 2025
3 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Advisory Board
The DARE Advisory Board will meet to approve minutes from September 2025, receive reports from the LA DARE Officers’ Association and the LA DARE Training Center, and discuss training schedules. Public comment is invited via email or phone.
- LA DARE Officers’ Association (LDOA) Report by President Altice Taylor Singleton
- LA DARE Training Center Report by Director Lt. Gene Higginbotham
- Discussion of DARE Training Schedules by Lt. Gene Higginbotham
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Advisory Board
The DARE Advisory Board will consider state grant applications and a funding overview for fiscal year 2025/2026. The meeting also includes approval of prior minutes, reports from the officers' association and training center, and a call for public comment.
- DARE State Grant Applications — FY 2025/2026
- DARE Funding Overview — FY 2025/2026 Considerations — LCLE/DARE Staff
- LA DARE Officers’ Association (LDOA) Report — Altice Taylor Singleton, President
- LA DARE Training Center Report — Lt. Gene Higginbotham
- Minutes of Meeting (06/05/2025)
The DARE Advisory Board approved all state grant applications for the 2025/2026 fiscal year. The board also approved the minutes from the June 5, 2025, meeting.
- Approved FY2025/2026 DARE State Grant Applications
- Approved minutes of the 06/05/2025 meeting
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Advisory Board
The DARE Advisory Board will discuss recommendations from the Revenue Estimating Conference, consider DARE grant funding, and review policies for the DARE Training Center including an observation policy and job description for the Training Center Director. The board will also consider changing its meeting schedule.
- Revenue Estimating Conference Recommendations — Report to Board
- DARE Grant funding considerations — Report to Board
- DARE Training Center Policy: DARE Program Observation Policy
- DARE Training Center Policy: DARE Training Center Director Job Description
- DARE Advisory Board Meeting Schedule Change
The DARE Advisory Board approved a program observation policy and a job description for the Training Center Director. The board also voted to change its meeting schedule from once per year to quarterly. Minutes from the September 25, 2024 meeting were approved.
- Approved minutes of the 09/25/2024 meeting
- Approved DARE Program Observation Policy with immediate effective date
- Approved DARE Training Center Director Job Description with immediate effective date
- Approved change in meeting schedule from once per year to quarterly