Three Canadian communities are creating chapters of an innovative program that is designed to help at-risk youth avoid drug use and other criminal behaviors. An article on www.teenchallenge.ca provided the following details:
"The Strengthening Families Program is nationally and internationally recognized as best practice for its success rate with high-risk youth from 14 to 18," says Susan O'Neill, manager of the Saint John Branch of the John Howard Society.
The society is rolling the program out in three locations - Saint John, Tobique First Nation and the rural area outside Campbellton, thanks to funding from the federal Youth Justice Fund, she said. ...
Young people and their families can be referred to the program by probation officers, or they can refer themselves, she said.
"We are targeting the most at-risk children, those who have become quite seriously involved with illicit drugs, and in that case they are usually coming through the justice system," she said.
Labels: drug prevention
Posted By: Stefanie Hamilton