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Receive a presentation from the Monterey County Health Department Public Health Bureau's Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) Program to describe the current federally funded strategies and to provide an update on youth violence prevention activities.
Presenters: (Introduction) Christabelle Oropeza, Public Health Program Manager II, Julia Marmolejo Muruato, Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator, and Roxann Seepersad, Supervising Public Health Epidemiologist, Health Department.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Health, Housing and Human Services Committee of the Board of Supervisors:
Receive a presentation from the Monterey County Health Department Public Health Bureau's Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) Program to describe the current federally funded strategies and to provide an update on youth violence prevention activities.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
For over twelve years the Monterey County Health Department Public Health Bureau's Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) Program has utilized funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to administer youth violence prevention programs. In 2016, STRYVE was awarded a five-year CDC grant entitled Preventing Teen Dating and Youth Violence by Addressing Shared Risk and Protective Factors (Project 1605). The overarching goal of Project 1605 was to engage communities in primary prevention activities to prevent teen dating and youth violence. The STRYVE program accomplished this through the implementation of Safe Dates at various high schools in Salinas and established sustainability by embedding Safe Dates into the Salinas Union High School District's Health curriculum. In addition, Project 1605 provided seed money and expertise to support Harmony at Home's efforts to deliver the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program and Strengthening Families parenting curriculums in Spanish. The success of prior years' efforts has laid the found...
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