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Stopping Teen Dating Violence in New Jersey with Safe Dates

June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report

From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.

Clean&Cool in Orange, N.J., Helps Teenagers with Life Skills, Substance Abuse

August 22, 2008 | Program Result Report

Family Connections launched a research-based outpatient treatment and training program for teenagers involved with alcohol, drugs and other high-risk behaviors.

New Jersey Girl Scouts Create Active Living Patch

June 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

From 2003 to 2005, the Girl Scouts of Delaware-Raritan created an Active Living patch to promote the importance of active living.

Safe Dates Teaches Teenagers the Difference Between Healthy and Abusive Relationships

November 22, 2011 | Program Result Report

The Princeton Center for Leadership Training partnered with 13 New Jersey high schools to implement Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention curriculum, as part of the New Jersey Health Initiatives program.

Teaching Adolescents about Abusive Dating

November 22, 2011 | Program Result Report

The School-Based Youth Services Program incorporated Safe Dates - a dating abuse prevention course - into the ninth-grade health curriculum at four vocational high schools in Essex County, New Jersey.

Targeting Overweight Kids and Their Parents in Vineland, N.J.

November 4, 2011 | Program Result Report

South Jersey Healthcare implemented Success Through Exercise, Physical Fitness and Sharing Information for Kids, a 12-week course that helps overweight children and their parents in low-income and minority communities combat obesity.

Drugs, Sex, HIV: Programs Teach At-Risk Urban Girls How to Play it Safe

September 19, 2008 | Program Result Report

The Freedom Foundation of New Jersey Inc., West Orange, N.J., carried out three programs encouraging girls in inner-city Newark, N.J., to abstain from illegal drugs and sexual relations.

"Newark Fighting Back" Organizers Tackled Substance Abuse, Increased Treatment Rates

May 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

In 1989, the Boys and Girls Club of Newark initiated a project designed to reduce demand for alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in selected neighborhoods in the city of Newark.

Camden, N.J., Program Aims to Steer Youth Away from Drugs

September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

The Woodland Community Development Corporation developed a project that provides inner-city children in Camden, N.J., ages 5-14, with tutoring and enrichment activities in an effort to delay their experimentation with alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.

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