Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships
Program Web site:
http://www.startstrongteens.org
Description:
Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is finding promising pathways to stop dating violence and abuse before it starts. Targeting 11- to 14-year-olds, Start Strong rallies entire communities, including teens, parents, caregivers, educators and community leaders to re-engineer environments to support healthy relationships and ensure that violence and abuse are never tolerated. It underscores the critical link between our health and where and how the live, work, learn and play. Unfortunately, teen dating violence is one of the nation?s most serious public health problems. The Start Strong model combines and expands innovative strategies in education, policy change, community outreach and cutting-edge social marketing campaigns to empower teens to develop healthier relationships throughout their lives. As part of this four-year initiative, Start Strong is creating a national learning community to promote outstanding practices in prevention and advance the way our society addresses teen dating violence and abuse. Located in 11 cities around the country, Start Strong will work closely with the Family Violence Prevention Fund to create a menu of best program practices that can be tailored to local needs.
Address:
Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304
San Francisco, CA 94103-5178
Contact Information:
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RWJF Staff |