A new coalition to our prevention team is the Victory Circle Peer Support Group for men in recovery. This group has built a handball court in Nichols Park for use by area youth and adults, assisted with neighborhood clean-ups, and focused their prevention efforts around the Building Block model. This new group has combined muscle, invention, and faith in their quest to build a stronger community.
At the heart of the Partnership is the belief that facilitating positive change, while building the capacity of organizations, agencies and individuals, will lead to long-term measurable outcomes. Community and capacity building is about using ideas and resources in new ways to strengthen communities and the residents that live there. As good stewards of our ever shrinking federal, state and local resources, we recognize that community and capacity building is not a luxury, but a necessity.
More than two-thirds of America's young people ages 6-17 are not receiving enough of the Five Promises to be confident of success. Too many are not ready to enter school and fail once they enter, are physically unfit, engage in negative behaviors, or are a victim of abuse and neglect. We must do more!
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