Character: Be About It
An evidence-based preventative program that puts trained active law enforcement officers in the classroom working with K-8 youth.
Our thirty-two week program teaches youth and officers twenty four scientific and essential character traits. |
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By The NumbersSince 2012, Character: Be About It has worked in: 50 schools 950 students from all backgrounds with documented success. |
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Our Curriculum
Using a research-based curriculum, the Character: Be About It program trains police officers to teach children, grades K-8, essential character traits that help them navigate the challenges of life. Regardless of their upbringing, children can be taught about the importance of good character.
The State of CHildren in America
Of the 343 million citizens in the US 22% are children under the age 18.
In 2023:
America’s Health Rankings
UNICEF Data
Children’s Defense Fund
The Sentencing Project
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Erie Vital Signs, The Erie Community Foundation
In 2023:
- 2,020,000 children lived in Pennsylvania.
- 37% were children of color.
- 15% were categorized as poor.
- 67% of Pennsylvania’s fourth grade students could not read at grade level.
- 56% were unable to compute at grade level.
- 89.2% of African American fourth graders could not read at grade level.
- 81% could not compute.
- 80.4% of Hispanic fourth graders could not read at grade level.
- 76% could not compute.
- More than 20% of children under age 6 were poor.
- Approximately 47% of the poor children were extremely poor.
- The United States of America has the highest incarceration rate in the world for young people. As of 2022, the number of youth held in juvenile justice facilities on a typical day was 27,600, a 75% decline from 2000. While this number has declined, the racial and ethnic inequalities continue to persist.
America’s Health Rankings
UNICEF Data
Children’s Defense Fund
The Sentencing Project
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Erie Vital Signs, The Erie Community Foundation