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Community Oriented Proactive narcotics Education and Training (COPNET)

20 half-time members will provide crucial educational and enrichment opportunities for youth, parents and school organizations throughout the State of Oklahoma by providing proactive educational opportunities. The members recruited and trained to this mission will fill a significant void in Oklahoma’s system, while concurrently complying with statutory mandates. Members will receive training in those skills necessary for their service assignments. Members will be able to make classroom presentations education both students and faculty about the dangers and misconceptions of drug use and abuse in their communities.

For more information contact:

Dub Turner

4545 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 11

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

(405)521-2885

dturner@obn.state.ok.us

AmeriCorps members may serve a term of service during a 10-12 month period. Terms of service and the education award amounts are:

Full-time 1,700 hrs. $4,725

Half-time 900 hrs. $2,362

Quarter-time 450 hrs. $1,250

Minimum-time 300 hrs. $1,000

Education awards may be used to pay off qualified student loans or may be used at any Title IV school. Members have seven years to use their education award.

For more information, please contact:

Melinda Points

(405) 235-7278

The Oklahoma Community Service Commission is a non-profit state commission whose primary purposes are to integrate, expand and sustain volunteer service initiatives across the state of Oklahoma as well as fund and administer AmeriCorps programs in Oklahoma.

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