A training on “Bullying Prevention for Young People” is available for adolescent-serving agencies on September 24 from 9 am-12 pm at the Jacksonville Children’s Commission.

Space is limited. Register here.

The three-hour training is for parents, teachers, facilitators, case managers, mentors and others who work with teens in youth development programs.  The workshop will feature a presentation on 15+: Make Time to Listen; Take Time to Talk that promotes positive youth development and helps to prevent youth and school-based violence.  The presenter will be Kelvin Lewis, Director of Programs from Mental Health America of Northeast Florida.

This program is supported in part by the Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition with funding from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau under the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) (Grant No. 90AK0011-01-00). The training will be conducted by the JCC in conjunction with the Healthy Start Coalition and Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network  (JASMYN).