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Youth Crime Watch (YCW) of Miami-Dade County is a program of Citizens’ Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County, a nonprofit county-wide crime prevention program. The mission of the Youth Crime Watch program is to foster a safe school environment impacting student well-being through awareness and involvement.The YCW program serves nearly 30,000 Miami-Dade County Public School students per school year via youth crime prevention presentations, safety projects, YCW club meetings, assemblies, rallies, and special events. Our YCW School Coordinators, who are certified as crime prevention practitioners, conduct more than 300 presentations per school year at the Miami-Dade County Public Schools on: YCW orientations, YCW installation, YCW appreciation, reporting crimes, school safety, school violence prevention, bullying & cyberbullying prevention, sexting prevention, stranger danger, personal safety, drug prevention, gun
prevention, character education, online safety, anger management, McGruff, and much more.

As a non-profit, we depend greatly on the support of the community. We ask you to support us by clicking the DONATE button and order Amazon products that donate to us. We also invite you to connect with us. Support our efforts and stay up to date on Citizens’ Crime Watch activities using our social media links at the top of this page by sharing our website with your friends, following us on Twitter and Instagram as well as liking us on Facebook!