Community Programs
The BSCF Program also focuses on raising awareness in the community and ensuring there are increased gang and gun violence preventative programs where needed. This includes:
Middle School Prevention:
In collaboration with School District 40, the City is hosting educational workshops on gun and gang violence for students and parents. Ensuring youth have this information in the younger years helps them to make positive choices and gives parents tangible tools to identify high-risk behaviours.
Her Time Program:
The Her Time girls program takes a strengths-based approach to empower young females to stay safe and healthy while achieving remarkable things in their lives. The foundational pillars of the Her Time program focuses on positive relationships, healthy living, financial independence, goal setting and personal safety. Her Time programming to be offered in collaboration with the Washington Kids Foundation and School District 40.