Violence Prevention

HelpLine Violence Prevention promotes emotional health and wellness by providing primary prevention programming that addresses sexual assault and relationship violence to influence change in Delaware and Morrow counties.

Through in-school and community programming, violence prevention utilizes an evidence-based, public health approach to preventing violence that addresses risk and protective factors and fosters positive youth development. Programming promotes knowledge, pro-social attitudes, fosters inclusion and respect, and bystander intervention skills.

Violence Prevention program offerings include:

• Empowerment Groups for elementary age students
• Sexual Assault & Dating Violence Prevention programs for middle and high schools
• Youth-Led Prevention programming
• Teen Leadership Council
• Community and School Prevention Initiatives
• Prevention Education in All Classrooms Environments (PEACE) Collaborative