Faith Community Network
Services may include but are not limited to, after school programs, mentoring, tutoring, anger management, counseling, job skills, transportation assistance, food and clothing. A youth or family’s participation in the Faith Community Network is voluntary and every effort will be made to ensure a faith volunteer of their chosen faith is available.
The Prevention Community Network is flexible by design, each community has its own unique needs and resources. The Prevention Community Network is composed of individual initiatives in each judicial circuit working collectively to help prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency across the State of Florida. It is encouraged to organize in a manner such that it will address issues of children in that specific area. This flexible philosophy almost guarantees that each circuit will have a uniquely different initiative based on its particular risk factors and protective factors.
The Prevention Community Network is guided by a Circuit Prevention Community Network Leadership Team. This Leadership Team, because of the nature of the initiative, should be composed of leaders from the faith community and may also include business partners, educators, community representatives, and law enforcement/judicial personnel. This Team should be representative of the diversity found in the faith community, neighborhoods, ethnic backgrounds, community organizations, etc.
The program provides a full range of programs and services to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency in partnership with faith and community based organizations and to ensure that every youth and their families have access to community-based services during times of family crisis.
To learn how to get involved contact Inzlea Smith-McGlockton, Promotion & Outreach Statewide Faith Coordinator at 850-717-2439.