Intervention and/or Curriculum
Strengthening Families Program (SFP)
Evidence-based parenting program designed to help parents and kids develop healthier family relationships, improve mental health outcomes, and help decrease youth alcohol and drug use, violence, and delinquent behavior. SFP is offered 12 sessions for 1.5 hours per session over 12 weeks.
- Location: City of Lubbock Health Department
Women’s Self- Esteem/Empowerment Group
Self-Love Workbook for Women: “Embrace who you are with this guided self-love book for women of any age and any background. You’ll embark on your journey of self-discovery by learning what self-love is, and then immersing yourself in activities that help you build your self-esteem and improve your relationships. This book includes a variety of exercises to engage with your sense of self-love, and the companion journal encourages you to go even deeper with writing and reflection.” Group is 6 sessions for one-hour per session over 6 weeks. We have also partnered with Hub City Outreach for this group. The curriculum they use is the Women’s Empowerment Toolbox along with self-esteem building techniques.
- Location: City of Lubbock Health Department
Nutrition Education
We are currently partnering with a local non-profit, The Happy Kitchen/ La Cocina Alegre (Sustainable Food Center.) “Diet-related disease, such as heart-disease, diabetes, and cancer, disproportionately affects communities where systemic barriers to healthy food exists. Through the Happy Kitchen, we promote an understanding of dietary needs and cooking skills so participants can create affordable, nutritious meals. With an emphasis on seasonal produce, affordability, and culturally relevant foods, our curriculum expands access to healthy, local food and aims to help Central Texas residents improve their health.” The Happy Kitchen provides weekly recipe demonstrations, take-home groceries, language accessibility, peer connection, and a free cookbook upon series completion. This group is 6 sessions at one-hour per session over 6 weeks.
- Location: City of Lubbock Health Department
Anger Management (for adults)
Evidence based curriculum through the Change Companies gives participants an opportunity to explore the role anger plays in their lives and offers strategies and skills for managing how they experience and express anger and other difficult feelings. The curriculum incorporates both cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help participants increase their ability to think about their thinking. Developing this critical awareness can enhance emotional self-regulation and, in turn, promote healthy relationship-building, more effective communication and overall enhanced well-being among participants. This curriculum is a great fit for court-mandated anger management courses, risk-need-responsive interventions for justice-involved youth or adults, anger management groups in mental health or addiction treatment or as part of individualized treatment planning. Course is 12 sessions for 1 hour per session over 12 weeks.
- Location: City of Lubbock Health Department
Ages
- 6 to 17, 18 to 25, parents/caregivers
Population Served
Proposed
- Low income or poverty, higher rates of substance use disorders, alcohol and drug use, high foster care rates, and less access due to low density of mental health and behavioral health services
FY24 Q2
- Pregnant women and women with dependent children
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Persons involved in child welfare system
FY24 Q3
- Pregnant women and women with dependent children
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Persons involved in the justice system
- Persons involved in child welfare system
City or Counties Served: Based in Lubbock County- Open to 41 counties in Region 1
Region: Region 1
