Virginia Department of Health announces a training and funding opportunity for
communities to address teen dating violence on a community level.

Interested agencies must first attend a daylong training on May 29 in Richmond.
After the training, agencies must convene a workgroup, complete an Organization
Assessment Worksheet and a Choose Respect Zone Worksheet (both explained during
the training). After submitting required documentation, agencies may receive a
$500 stipend.

Those agencies approved for the $500 stipend may competitively apply in the fall
(pending funding) for a larger amount of funds to address teen dating violence
using the CDC Playbook as a guide.

Visit here for more information and to register
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=f_2beR5jERKZRopK8Saqopzw_3d_3d

The goal of this funding will be to increase youth serving agencies'
capacity to address intimate partner violence in teen dating
relationships on an individual and community wide basis. Agencies will
be trained to use the Choose Respect Playbook developed by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. The "Playbook" uses a
coordinated, community wide approach, enabling users to implement
activities on all levels of the social ecological model (i.e.,
individual, family, community) and establish a supportive environment
where youth are encouraged to develop healthy relationship skills. The
Playbook's goals are to have:

1) teens recognize, value, acquire the skills for, and intend to
have healthy relationships;
2) teens establish healthy dating relationship behaviors;
3) friends, family and caring adults provide social support for
healthy relationships among youth;
4) groups in the community promote healthy relationships among
youth;
5) resources mobilized to promote a culture of respect in
communities, and
6) changes occur in policies, products, services, and media
messages to support dating abuse prevention.

Robert L. Franklin, MS
Male Outreach Coordinator
Division of Injury and Violence Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
109 Governor Street, 8th Floor
Richmond VA 23219
Phone: (804) 864-7739
Fax: (804) 864-7748

email: Robert.Franklin@...

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