Given that the campaign to renew the COMBAT tax is in full swing, we figured it was time to look at the numbers. Ready? Here's the breakdown of how $10,487,768 of your tax dollars -- 2009's COMBAT anti-drug tax fund -- was doled out among local agencies.
(The agencies are categorized by the COMBAT goal they serve: Prevention, Treatment, D.A.R.E. and Law Enforcement. There's a 2009 grant match for which some agencies also qualified.)
12th Street Heritage Development Corporation: $64,174 (prevention)
40 Acres & A Mule, Inc. $28,050 (prevention) $13,000 (grant match) for a total of $41,050
49/63 Neighborhood Coalition, Inc.: $25,500 (prevention)
Amethyst Place: $30,297 (treatment)
ArtsTech: $22,500 (grant match)
Benilde Hall: $87,530 (treatment), $90,000 (grant match) for a total of $177,530
Blue Springs D.A.R.E. $134,660
Boys & Girls Club of East Jackson County: $99,600 (grant match)
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City: $76,500 (prevention)
Child Abuse Prevention Association: $21,250 (prevention)
Child Advocacy Services Center: $21,250 (prevention)
Child Protection Center: $21,250 (prevention)
Children's Mercy Hospital: $25,500 (prevention), $66,000 (treatment) for a total of $91,500
City of Blue Springs: $21,250 (prevention)
City of Blue Springs School District: $21,250 (prevention)
Comprehensive Mental Health Services: $42,500 (prevention), $543,726 (treatment), $10,000 (grant match) for a total of $596,226
Cornerstones of Care: $262, 407 (treatment)
Crittenton: $55,250 (prevention), $82,745 (treatment) for a total of $137,995
DeLaSalle Education Center: $34,000 (prevention), $52,292 (treatment), $45,000 (grant match) for a total of $131,292
Dismas House of Kansas City: $68,665 (treatment)
Eastern Jackson County Youth Court: $43,350 (prevention)
Family Conservancy: $21,250 (prevention)
Fort Osage R-1 School District: $55,012 (grant match)
Friendship House/Catherine's Place: $21,250 (prevention)
Genesis School, Inc.: $18,750 (grant match)
Girl Scouts of NE KS & NW MO: $21,250 (prevention)
Grace United Methodist Church: $21,250 (prevention)
Grain Valley D.A.R.E.: $28,163
Grandview D.A.R.E.: $40,923
Greater KC Hispanic Collaborative: $5,000 (grant match)
Guadalupe Center, Inc.: $70,550 (prevention), $81,029 (treatment), $20,000 (grant match) for a total of $171,579
Hope House, Inc.: $38,416 (treatment)
Independence School District: $21,250 (prevention)
Independence Youth Court: $58,650 (prevention)
Independence D.A.R.E.: $294,363
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council: $25,500 (prevention), $14,438 (grant match) for a total of $39,938
Jackson County CASA: $45,000 (grant match)
Jackson County Family Court: $63,003 (grant match)
Kamen's Angels: $21,250 (prevention)
Kansas City Community Center: $138,952 (treatment)
Kansas City Police Department: $1,989,938 (law enforcement)
Kansas City Police Department D.A.R.E.: $377,664
Kansas City Police Department Police Athletic League: $37,500 (grant match)
KC Friends of Alvin Ailey: $11,050 (prevention)
KC Youth Court: $34,483 (prevention)
Lee's Summit D.A.R.E.: $165,789
Mattie Rhodes Counseling & Art Center: $42,500 (prevention), $87,164 (treatment), $12,000 (grant match) for a total of $141,664
Meet Me in the Middle: $28,050 (prevention)
Metropolitan Community College: $20,000 (grant match)
Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force: $1,973,852 (law enforcement)
NCADD: $102,400 (prevention), $13,200 (treatment) for a total of $115,600
Niles Home for Children: $23,800 (prevention), $22,025 (treatment) for a total of $45,825
Oak Grove D.A.R.E.: $28,390
Old Northeast, Inc.: $76,500 (prevention)
Operation Breakthrough: $22,950 (prevention), $17,952 (grant match) for a total of $40,902
Ozanam: $23,800 (prevention)
Reach Out America: $21,250 (prevention)
ReDiscover: $106,250 (prevention), $385,631 (treatment), $234,000 (grant match) for a total of $725,881
ReStart: $44,153 (grant match)
Rose Brooks Center: $76,500 (prevention), $42,265 (treatment) for a total of $$118,765
Salvation Army - MOSOS: $172,924 (treatment)
Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center: $71,779 (treatment)
Sheffield Place: $38,105 (treatment)
STOP Organization: $18,750 (grant match)
Swope Health Services: $353,654 (treatment)
Truman Medical Center: $345,484 (treatment), $65,625 (grant match) for a total of $411,109
Urban Rangers: $4,000 (prevention)
W.E.B. DuBois Learning Center: $34,000 (prevention)
Westside CAN: $21,250 (prevention)
Whatsoever Community Center: $26,350 (prevention), $58,800 (grant match) for a total of $85,150
Women's Employment Network: $21,250 (prevention)
Totals:
Prevention: $1,459,657
Treatment: $2,984,287
D.A.R.E.: $1,069,952
2009 Grant Match: $1,010,082
Law Enforcement: $3,963,790
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Details? What's not to know. Superhero Alonzo Washington has been rockin' that grand ol' sticker on his car, bought and paid for with COMBAT cash, for some time now. He' bragged about it on his MyFace site...
@Dan:
Could you be a little more specific on the blogger/sticker thing? Actually, I mean, a LOT more specific? hahaa
Another good number to pay attention to is 2. 2 is the number of Jackson County Legislators serving on the 3-person COMBAT oversight committee who have criminal records. Yes, that's 2 out of 3 with criminal records.
2 is also the number of legislators attempting to claim the Chairmanship of the committee. Tarwater is actually the chair, but convict Tindall claims on his page on the Jackson County website to be chair. Do you believe they can competently administer millions of dollars if they can't agree who is chair?
If you prefer bigger numbers, don't forget the 1000 dollars they paid to a blogger to put a COMBAT sticker on his car. Really.
@ JAMELROCKWELL: the DOJ photo of the $207 mil photo is from some random government crackdown of drug money -- it's not connected to COMBAT whatsoever. I was just looking for one of those classic government-drug-seizure photos. Sorry for the confusion!
Hundreds of scientific research studies have been conducted on DARE outcomes. They pretty much all say the same thing. DARE does not work. A Million dollars of our hard earned taxpayer money going to a program proven not to work. Might as well light it up and smoke it.
Look at the numbers:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/libr...
Vote no on COMBAT and the hundreds of ineffective programs it funds.
also, i'm more concerned about where that 207 million is goin rather than the 10 we spent. seems like with that type of cash, the drug czar can fund his own operation instead of hustling us.
honestly, id prefer ALL of the funds allocated thru this tax went to local school districts for prevention. IMO it may be fun for the kids to see cops drive around in customized squad cars, but id prefer they be on the streets protecting citizens from the collateral crimes and nuisances created by the HARD drug trade. Put that money directly into the teachers pockets, who spent years training to be able to educate our youth yet struggle to pay their student loans because of the paltry wage they accept.
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