HHCD RECEIVES GOVERNOR’S SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES GRANT

Under the leadership of our Prevention Coordinator, Stephany Jones, HHCD has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities to provide the SANKOFA violence prevention program in several of the schools in Jefferson Parish. This research-based program will teach the students the skills they need to avoid the results of violent behaviors in their schools and communities. A parent component also engages the reinforcement and support of the students’ parents to keep their children safe in the violent world in which we live.