Program and Training Recipients

HEARTS can provide resources which support workshops, retreats, small group lessons, and some pastors use curriculum activities as sermon illustrations.

Target audiences include:

  • Teen Parents

  • Parents of young children, teenagers, and adults

  • Grandparents parenting their grandchildren

  • Expecting Parents

  • Childcare Providers/Mother-Morning-Out Teachers

  • Staff Development for volunteers and other staff who work with children/families

When a community organization engages with HEARTS:

  • Organizational staff and members are trained to deliver programs to their clients and/or community members

  • HEARTS can provide trained facilitators to deliver online or live-streamed evidence-based programs, workshops, etc. to local families

  • HEARTS can provide community-capacity building activities, such as a:

    • Community needs assessment, including​

      • Community demographics narrative with charts identifying various target populations

      • Primary and secondary data sources, such as community surveys and local data collected by education, medical, government, law enforcement and other community-based systems

    • Community and/or organizational capacity assessment including:

      • Strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats analysis

      • Community Readiness Assessment

      • Capacity Gaps Analysis

      • Recommendation section for strengthening project staff and its resources

    • Strategic Plan based on the needs identified through the community needs assessment, including:

      • Specific Strategy Steps

      • Identification of person(s) responsible for carrying out specific steps

      • Timeline

    • ​Evaluation Plan to identify if the strategies are indeed effective and making a difference in individuals as well as the community.

Program Facilitators receive effective training which in turn helps to ensure program participants have the best opportunity for success.

Faith-Based Organizations are the ultimate prevention organizations on the planet. HEARTS support local churches and synagogues to help fulfill their respective mission.

State & Federal Agencies are confident that the best practices and scientific methods are being used to support grant funding while serving community members.

Community Groups increased their access to effective methods in building their capacity and providing qualified tools to help families and other local organizations to be the best they can be.​

Families are empowered to make positive movements in meeting everyday life challenges while celebrating their individual and family successes. Families experience increased bonding and life skills to bring them closer as a family while making wise decisions and life-long memories.