Life Skills Program

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1. Safety from Gun Violence

Safety from Gun Violence workshop will help young people understand the dangers of gun violence against each other.  Young people will be instructed on dangers, pains, disabilities, and criminal consequences of gun violence.

2. Anger Management/Conflict Resolution

Young people will be instructed on how to identify their anger.  There will be a number of exercises that will help release the anger and tension as a result will lesson conflict.  Strategies will be put into place to help in dealing with conflict.  Key point here is that the youth will be taught how to manage their emotions.

3. Career Service’s

Young people will be prepared in the career service workshops by being taught how to ascertain a career as oppose to a job. 

The youth will be taught in this workshop setting exercises that will focus on: Job searching, Resume preparation, Interviewing Skills and how to correctly Network.  The agency will work diligently in assisting in job placement and referrals.

4. Substance Abuse

This workshop will focus on awareness by pointing out the gateway drugs that leads to more addictive drugs.

We will use a substance abuse screening form that will be confidential in order to understand the issues facing each young individual.  When appropriate referrals will be made to outpatient substance abuse/detox clinic that can more specialize in treating this disease.  In addition, the workshop setting will serve as a support group for the young people.

5. Cultural Awareness

This workshop will focus on building self-esteem and confidence in the young people; by teaching them to “know thy self”.  Young people will be taught about the achievements of their ancestors and how to take pride from those prior accomplishments and struggles.  It, is also important that they learn about other cultures other than their own in order to develop tolerance of others.  Books, videos and speeches and different exercises will help the young people understand; that one must know where they came from in order to know where they want to in the future.