FW Youth Prevention & Family Services
Children and youth services promote healthy development of children, adolescents, and their families through prevention and intervention services. Community-based programs for at-risk children collaborate with schools, religious organizations, and other social service agencies.
The Universal Prevention Program (formerly the CAN-DO Program (Community and Neighborhood Drug Offensive) provides drug prevention for inner city and at-risk youth in DFW elementary, middle and high schools and community sites. The program uses educational support groups to increase self-esteem, teach positive decision making and coping skills, and reduce the likelihood of substance use.
* Youth who participated in Too Good for Drugs program decreased the likelihood of using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by 11% after successfully completing the program.
The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) delivers substance abuse prevention programming through best practice curricula to Hispanic families living in the Near Northside and to minority families in the Southside are of Fort Worth.
* Families who participated in the Strengthening Families Program
had an average of 26% knowledge increase in the areas of family relationships, protective factors, pro-socialskills, and effective parenting practices/parenting efficacy.
The Volunteers of America Texas Baseball Action Team, in partnership with the Major League Baseball Player’s Trust and Volunteers of America Inc, promotes community involvement and leadership potential among high school students through interaction with major league baseball players and Volunteers of America's service programs.
For further information on CAN-DO call 817-529-7315 or 817-529-7309.