Youth Assault Prevention

Youth Assault Prevention

The Youth Assault Prevention program is an initiative to bring violence prevention strategies to New Jersey’s youth and families statewide. This program trains children, parents and caregivers, and the school community around strategies to prevent bullying, peer-to-peer violence, child abduction, and maltreatment.

About Youth Assault Prevention

Youth Assault Prevention seeks to integrate the best resources of a community in an effort to reduce a child’s or young person’s vulnerability to verbal, physical, and sexual assault. This program works closely with local school districts, parent/teacher associations, home school groups, and other community stakeholders to empower and protect New Jersey’s young people. Youth Assault Prevention has a threefold educational approach to prevention which includes trainings in: staff in-service, parent and caregiver programs, and individual classroom workshops for children and teens. 

For more information on Youth Assault Prevention, email us at info@empowersomerset.com.

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