Strengthening Families

Beginning on Monday, July 7, Barnabas Health
Institute for Prevention will host Strengthening
Families (SF), a free 14-week bilingual education program for Ocean County parents, grandparents and
guardians, and their 1st, 2nd and
3rd graders, utilizing the award-winning SF curriculum. The program will be held each week, from
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., in Beachwood.

The
SF education program assists
parents and guardians in enriching existing skills to establish a successful, healthy, substance-free future for their child and becoming
better prepared to meet the complexity of today’s parenting challenges. Youth participants in SF
practice effective communication techniques,
healthy coping strategies and skills for resisting peer pressure.

A free family dinner will be provided
each week. Free on-site child care will be provided for children under 10, gifts will be awarded to families with regular attendance and upon completion of the program, a graduation ceremony will be held where all participants receive a certificate.

For more information, or to register to attend,
please contact Jennifer Marziale, Institute
for Prevention, at 732.942.5753 or jmarziale@barnabashealth.org, at least one week prior to the program

start date.

Funding
is provided by the New Jersey
Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

For more information about the Institute’s programs, please visit www.instituteforprevention.com.