If that does not happen within a specified amount of time, then the floor is billed. On the flip side, Community Recognition posters are put up weekly by staff. Each floor that did not have damage in a given week gets recognized. The poster keeps track of how many weeks each floor has gone without damage. Staff will often work with Hall Council to provide rewards, such as pizza parties for floors that go an entire semester without damage.
Recognition is a big factor in the success of the program.
While community billing can work as a deterrent, it is important to offer rewards for students who do not participate in behavior that leads to vandalism. Students who attend programs, clean up messes, pass monthly health and safety inspections, or exhibit any other behavior that promotes pride in their living area are given a buck. Each month, hall council holds a raffle and students may place all of their bucks into the raffle. Project P.R.I.D.E. has made an impact on my campus. Once we developed strategies to achieve our goals we were able to go back to our objectives to see just how successful we were.