River Region’s Prevention Department Helps Young People to Develop Healthy Lifestyles.

Project MALE (Men Advocating and Leading by Example) was designed to enhance parenting skills for fathers who care about their children. In addition to an annual onference, Project MALE presents ongoing free classes.

Strengthening Families:Strengthening Families is a program to help youth ages ten through fourteen and parents with their communications skills.

Kid Power: Kid Power is a program to help elementary school students whose reading and math scores are below grade level to come up to or above grade level.

Training of Teens: Training of Teens is a program for identifying substance abuse and mental health issues and providing intervention where needed. The program is designed to identify and eliminate risk factors and improve protective factors.

The Youth Explosion: The Youth Explosion isan annual risk reduction intervention conference where young people ages nine through eighteen learn about healthy lifestyles during a 24-hour lock in. Participants are recruited by local churches, which also provide volunteers for this event.

For more information about these programs and services, send e-mail to information@rrhs.org.

River Region has been serving Northeast Florida since 1972.
Administrative Offices 2055 Reyko Rd., Suite 101 Jacksonville, FL 32207 904-899-6300	Clinical Services 390 Park St. Jacksonville, FL 32204 904-899-6300
Some programs are funded in part by Federal, State, and Local Government Agencies, including the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 11 programs accredited by CARF. Please report website problems to dmurphy@rrhs.org.