This Crime Prevention Month kit is designed to help plan crime prevention month activities for 1999 and into 2000, the year the Take a Bite Out of Crime character, McGruff the Crime Dog, celebrates 20 years of existence. This 15-month planning calendar provides long-term strategies for preventing crime in the community, which can be carried out year round; ideas for how to celebrate McGruff's 20th anniversary in October 2000; a list of publications, web sites, a sample press release and proclamation, licensed products and other resources; tips on how to get news coverage for hosting a neighborhood event and what to say during coverage; an event planning calendar; and reproducible materials to help spread crime prevention messages. The calendar provides alerts to other national crime prevention events and conferences. A list of Crime Prevention Coalition of American member organizations is included. (MKA)