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Prevention Services
Philosophy
We believe
in the innate resiliency of all people. Prevention services at
La Frontera Center engage individuals, families, schools, and
communities from a strengths-based perspective to reduce risk factors
for behavioral health problems and to create optimal conditions for
healthy lifestyles. In partnership with the communities we
serve, we design our services to be comprehensive, evidence based,
grounded in risk and resiliency theory, and thoroughly evaluated.
The prevention staff represent the communities they serve ethnically
and linguistically and are trained in the program models they
implement. Culture is valued as a unique source of strength to
achieve prevention outcomes. La Frontera Center is committed to
developing the community’s capacity to create healthy conditions for
youth and families.
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Healthy Families―A comprehensive
home-visitation program, accredited by Healthy Families America, for
parents with newborns to enhance parent-child relations, promote
child health, and prevent child abuse and neglect.
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Family Passages―A comprehensive
family-strengthening program serving refugee and new immigrant
families, in their first languages, who make Tucson their home.
Services include a 13-week curriculum, family support groups, mental
health services, and training and support for Tucson schools working
with new immigrant children. La Frontera convenes the Refugee
and Immigrant Service Provider Network of Tucson (RISP-Net) that
addresses barriers to successful acculturation and works
collaboratively for positive systems change.
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Youth Empowerment for Success (YES)―La
Frontera facilitates youth leadereship teams at Catalina High School
that develop and implement plans to enhance a positive school
environment. Youth teams participate in the yearly Teen
Institute.
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La Frontera Community Partnership:
Robles Junction―La Frontera
facilitates a best-practice life skills program with students at
Robles School in Robles Junction, Arizona, and partners with community
coalitions there to strengthen
community capacity for prevention. La Frontera also supports a
community assets mapping project that mobilizes the skills of local
residents for after-school programming.
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Pasos
Adelante (Steps Forward)―This educational and life skills
program is provided to families of children birth to 13 years old
who are receiving behavioral health services. It includes a
14-week curriculum for parents and children, family outings, and
family support groups.
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