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For the G.R.E.A.T. Program in Central America, funding is provided through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), U.S. Department of State, in cooperation with the national government of each participating country.

The Great (titled onscreen as The Great: An Occasionally True Story and in one episode as The Great: An Almost Entirely Untrue Story) is an alternate historical and satirical comedy-drama television series very loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great, Empress of All Russia.

Hear this out loud PauseThe Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum. The program, whose primary objective is prevention, is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership.

Hear this out loud PauseDecades later, the program has expanded across the United States and Central America with widespread support from local educators and law enforcement agencies.

88 percent of administrators and 80 percent of teachers agree that G.R.E.A.T. teaches students the skills needed to avoid gangs and violence.

Hear this out loud PauseWhile slight positive effects on students' attitudes are evident, GREAT has not exhibited any actual effect on gang-related behavior. Surveys indicate no impact on the percentage of students who claim they or their friends are gang members after completing the program (Ferguson & Palumbo, 1995).

The G.R.E.A.T. Program is administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice.