Health, Abstinence, Pregnancy Prevention, Information
and Nurturing through Educational Support Services (HAPPINESS)
- Positive Youth Development
- Building Leaders of Character (BLOC)
- Guiding the Path to Success (GPS)
- Health, Abstinence, Pregnancy Prevention, Information and Nurturing through Educational Support Services (HAPPINESS)
- Kids Splash
- Molding Male Minds (M3)
- Project Building Resiliency through Anti-Violence Education (BRAVE)
- Project SELFI
- Violence Intervention Program (VIP)
- We Will Wait (W3)
- Youth Excellence Program (YEP Broward)
- Youth Excellence Program (YEP)
- Youth Splash
Health, Abstinence, Pregnancy Prevention, Information and Nurturing through Educational Support Services (HAPPINESS)
Middle & High School Youth
Miami Dade County
In-school and after-school program that teaches teens how to build healthy and successful relationships
Serving communities of Miami-Dade County, Project HAPPINESS aims to educate middle and high school students on practicing celibacy outside of marriage. The program focuses on reducing risky behaviors among Black, Latino-Caribbean, and Afro-Caribbean Americans aged 11-19. Project HAPPINESS promotes protective factors to encourage risk avoidance by providing evidence-based curricula and positive youth development services.
The project collaborates with Miami-Dade County Public Schools and community partners to deliver the Love Notes Sexual Risk Avoidance Adaptation (SRA) programs to 1,000 students in 15 CDC-designated HIV Priority High Schools. Additionally, up to 225 parents/caregivers will receive engagement activities to improve communication about sexual risks with their adolescents. The initiative also incorporates innovative strategies like career exploration virtual reality systems to engage 21st-century youth.
To improve communication about this topic, HAPPINESS also helps parents build lines of communication with their teens, as parents are the most positive influences in a child’s life.
RESIST was made possible by Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-SR-1927 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.