Youth & Teens

Teens on picnic tableFamilies that come to Next Door have been exposed to domestic violence and its detrimental effects. The likelihood of this cycle continuing is very high. To end the cycle of domestic violence, early intervention & prevention work is especially important with children and teens that have grown up in abusive environments.

Disrupting this cycle, Next Door’s Children and Youth Program:

  • Provides Kids Club, weekly recreational groups for children ages 5 to 12, who have been exposed to domestic violence. Kids Club helps children increase their emotional resiliency, develop non-violent conflict resolutions skills, cultivate safety, and provide assets that will help them avoid future risks. For more information on Kids Club, please email or call Stephanie Sanchez at ssanchez@nextdoor.org or call 408.501.7545.
  • Next Door’s Teen Programs provide 10 week support groups for teenage youth exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, and/or at risk of developing abusive relationships. For a brochure, click here.
  • Proud Of Wanting Equal Relationships (POWER) is a youth leadership program of Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. POWER is an eleven-month PAID program beginning in the summer for high school students. The program focuses on providing youth with the tools needed to become agents of change around the public health issue of Domestic and Dating Violence.

As a POWER leader, you will be part of an inspiring and innovative youth led social justice program and can look forward to these existing opportunities:

  •  Training with experts in the field of Domestic Violence and Youth activism working to better the world.
  •  Exploring possible solutions to Teen Dating Violence with peers
  •  Gaining Leadership experience
  •  Building relationships with a diverse group of teens
  •  Serving as a Next Door Solutions Youth Leader for 2013-2014

For more information on the Teen program, please email or call Crystal Talitonu-Naea at ctalitonu@nextdoor.org or call 408.501.7566.  You can download the 2013 POWER application here.  You can watch a short video made by our current POWER team here.

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