D.A.R.E. Hometowns – U.S.A. & International

The D.A.R.E. program is taught in all 50 states, and in other countries.

 

Hometown U.S.A.
Hometown International

D.A.R.E. America

D.A.R.E. America Region 1
D.A.R.E. America Region 2

Please hover your mouse pointer over your state to see the region to which it belongs.

D.A.R.E. Globally

D.A.R.E. AMERICA PROVIDES ITS EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM TO WORLD NEIGHBORS

For more than three decades, D.A.R.E. has also been an international program with its curricula having been taught in more than 29 other countries.  There are currently 15 international D.A.R.E. Training Centers  located in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Philippines, United Kingdom, Bahrain, Thailand, and seven in Brazil, each capable of training and teaching in many different languages. To date, these centers have graduated more than 25,000 D.A.R.E. international law enforcement officers. Classroom materials are available in 13 languages and Braille. Moreover, D.A.R.E. is an official consultative Non-Government Organization to the United Nations and a member of the World Federation Against Drug Abuse.

Lucia Campbell

Lucia Campbell

Associate Director | Regional & International Operations

Telephone: (800) 223-3273 ext. 403
Fax: 310-215-0180
Email: Lucia Campbell

There are more than 2,000 law enforcement agencies delivering the D.A.R.E. program to 1.2 million K-12 students annually who reside in more than 5,000 communities throughout the United States

D.A.R.E. America President & Chief Executive Officer Frank Pegueros with D.A.R.E. Officers from Tijuana, Mexico

D.A.R.E. Officer Training in Costa Rica

D.A.R.E. Officer Training in Costa Rica

The country of Costa Rica is conducting a D.A.R.E. Officer Training April 15-26, 2024, and is led by the country’s training coordinator and class facilitator, Major Franklin Ruiz. Additionally. The training is being done in collaboration with three mentors from the...

Canadian Officers Certified to Teach D.A.R.E.

Canadian Officers Certified to Teach D.A.R.E.

On March 11-22, 2024, a D.A.R.E. Officer Training was conducted at the Ontario Provincial Police Academy (O.P.P.) in Alliston, New Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada. Officers from the region attended and were successfully certified to teach the D.A.R.E. Program. The training...

Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program at Mary Queen of Peace

Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program at Mary Queen of Peace

Four classes at Mary Queen of Peace in Mount Pearl have graduated from the RNC’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. The ten-week series of classroom lessons, led by an RNC officer to grade six students, teaches children how to live productive drug-free and...

33rd D.A.R.E. Officer Training (PROERD) Santa Catarina – Brazil

33rd D.A.R.E. Officer Training (PROERD) Santa Catarina – Brazil

The graduation of the 33rd class of instructors of the Educational Program of Resistance to Drugs and Violence (Proerd/D.A.R.E.) of the Military Police of Santa Catarina was conducted on the 28th of September 2023. The event took place at the Golden Hotel and Events...

17th PROERD/D.A.R.E. National Officer Training Culmination

17th PROERD/D.A.R.E. National Officer Training Culmination

The Federal District conducted and just completed the 17th PROERD/D.A.R.E. National Officer Training, which was held September 11 - 22, 2023. Officers from multiple Brazilian states attended the course and were certified to teach the program. This was a significant...