1. Circle of Love 21st Century Community Learning Center
an after school program which addresses the educational needs of
the youth enrolled in IOY’s social behavior programs. Listen to our Radio Ads and Read more HERE
2. Changing a Generation
an Abstinence Only Education Program designed to
promote “abstinence until marriage” as the most healthy
life style. After completing the sessions the youth will have the
opportunity to form clubs with the assistance of facilitators that
will help re-enforce their learned skills.
3. Girls
Elite
a female development project that utilizes research-based informal
education programs that encourage girls to take risks and master
physical, intellectual and emotional challenges. Major programs
address math and science education, pregnancy and drug abuse prevention,
media literacy, economic literacy, adolescent health, violence prevention,
and sports participation. READ MORE HERE
4. Safe & Sound
is a multi-component
program designed to help parents, teachers, and the community prevent
children from entering the drug culture. The program targets risk
and protective factors in multiple domains using seven principal
components: student reward system, homework assistance, the “To
Good for Drugs & Violence” education curriculum, visits
by local community heroes, parental involvement, and summer camp.
5. Safe Passage
a collaborative project with the Gadsden County Sheriff Department
which is a delinquency prevention and social skills program used
for alternative sanctioning. This program is also used to decrease
disproportionate minority contacts with the juvenile justice system.
Its primary goals are to reduce undisciplined acts, decrease the
likelihood of future, serious delinquency, and increase socially
acceptable behaviors. Youth assessments, needs, and goals are viewed
as ongoing and changing.
6. Closing
the Gap on HIV/AIDS
a county-wide“Awareness and Prevention” program designed
to help eliminate the health disparity in HIV/AIDS among African
Americans, and to saturate the community with information about
HIV/AIDS to prevent the spreading of the disease. IOY is a State
certified confidential HIV/AIDS counseling and testing site which
uses OraSure for testing (no needles). IOY also provides technical
assistance to churches, ministries and other faith-based agencies/groups
that wish to work on eliminating HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Additionally, IOY provides prevention
and awareness throughout six (6) other counties (Liberty, Madison,
Jefferson, Wakulla, Franklin and Taylor) in Area 2B.
