Learning to Thrive Program
Serves as a conduit of wellness to educate, empower, and connect individuals to resources and tools they need to be successful. Providing intake screenings and referrals based on the need of the individual. These needs may include mental health, substance use disorder, food/clothing (social determinants of health) programs. Participants are also given a Quality of Life Satisfaction Survey which they take at time of admission, after 4 weeks, and after 8 weeks.
Intervention and/or Curriculum
“Creating A Healthier Life” Curriculum
Offers an 8-week life skills platform on various social and educational activities. To build wellness and resiliency through the core components and related activities. Core components include physical, intellectual, financial, environmental, spiritual, social, occupational, and emotional topics. Each component is paired with a brief activity/project that helps the participants to build resiliency through education, social connectedness, and learning healthy coping skills to better navigate through life’s challenges.
- Another aspect of the intervention is taking participants to activities and events such as: parks, bowling, movies, mini-golf, main event, sober/recovery rally, board game night, yoga, shields of strength, museums, sporting events, painting with a twist, hiking, and Stable Spirits (see below).
- Locations:
- Low-income apartment complexes: Stonehearst, Prince Hall, Sunlight Manor, Point North, Regency One, and Azure Point.
- Schools: Port Arthur Continuation School, grades 6-12, Pathways Continuation in Beaumont, TX, Vincent Middle School.
- Judicial Youth and Transitional Age Youth (TAY): Minnie Rogers Juvenile Hall in Jefferson County & Boys Haven “Journey House” (Transitional living ages 18-24)
- Partnering agencies and Non-profits: Buckner Family Services (co-share events and classes) & Dream Center of Southeast Texas
- Stable Spirits: Offers participants and their families opportunities that inspire positive mental, physical, and emotional health through professionally guided interaction with horses. We offer these services once a month or on an as-needed basis. We typically pair the interventions with the curriculum from “Creating a Healthier Life.” Sessions usually last 60 to 90 minutes.
- Types of services:
- Equine Assisted Learning – helps with mental and emotional issues
- Equine Experiential Development – addresses topics of anger, grief, depression, anxiety, family issues, substance use, and other mental and emotional needs
- Location: 295 Flamingo Street, Vidor, TX, 77662
Ages
- 6 to 17, 18 to 25, parents/caregivers
Population Served
Proposed
- At Risk Youth; Communities doubly impacted by hurricanes not recovered from and COVID-19
FY24 Q1
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Family in Military
FY24 Q2
- Pregnant women and women with dependent children
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Persons involved in the justice system
FY24 Q3
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
City or Counties Served: Jefferson, Orange, Hardin
Region: Region 5
