As preventionists, we strive to offer opportunities for young people to skill build in order to promote Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments (SSNREs).  However, structural barriers often impede our work on the interpersonal, organizational, and policy levels. This presentation will explore challenges and barriers to prevention work with young people, and possibilities for intentional and emergent work with young people to support their collective voice and power. Presenter: Stephanie Solomon, Prevention Coordinator, Monroe County Youth Council

As a person who has dedicated their life to the well-being of others, resilience is a critical skill in all facets of your life. This series of three 2-hour workshops will provide critical tools and techniques that help improve your own well-being and build resilience. ICADV is partnering with RAFT - Resilience for Advocates through Foundational Training - to provide this series of workshops in two different cohorts. Tuesday sessions (November 2, 9, & 16) will be for supervisors and…

This session will explore the history of Moby the Prevention Van and the evolution of Turning Point’s community engagement and outreach programming. For many years the community outreach strategy for Turning Point, like many social service agencies, primarily involved staff members sitting at a table with a tri-fold display board with business cards and brochures fanned-out neatly nearby next to a stack of branded sticky notes and pens to invite interaction and potentially even a conversation with passers-by. Meeting community…

This presentation will include: Description of Prevail’s “beach planning” process Explanation of how to utilize existing data to inform what the community needs are How Prevail has turned to community stakeholders and members to inform vehicles Explanation of how to use the Public Health Approach to assess the effectiveness of current prevention programming Presenter: Sara Roorbach, Prevail