Defining Narratives · The core program
Youth Intervention Program.
A 23 week program for young people in Miami-Dade. Identity, responsibility, healing and what comes next. Open to young people referred on firearm and other charges.
23Weeks
6Phases
100Hours, up to
3Rooms: facility, online, center
About the program
Twenty-three weeks that start with who you are.
The core of Defining Narratives. It runs identically in the facility, online and at the center, so a young person never has to start over when their address changes.
It moves from identity and grace, through trauma, anger and responsibility, into work, money, family and service, and ends with a young person telling their own story.
Week by week
The 23 weeks.
- Identity and PurposeUnderstanding the Real You · The Road Map of How You Got Here · Breaking Free and God’s Road Map for Your Life
- Unforgiveness and GraceUnderstanding Forgiveness · The Burden of Unforgiveness and Embracing Grace · What Is Grace
- Choices and Peer PressureMaking Choices and Handling Peer Pressure · Understanding and Navigating Peer Pressure
- Trauma and Violence AwarenessUnderstanding Trauma and Its Impact
- Pride and Accepting ResponsibilityUnderstanding Pride and Accepting Responsibility
- Conflict ResolutionUnderstanding Conflict and Developing Self Awareness
- Anger ManagementThe Thoughts That Set It Off
- IntegrityIntegrity When the World Feels Against You
- The Cycle of TraumaFacing the Shadows: Family, Strife and the Past
- Habits, Coping and StressBattling the Habits That Hold You Back
- Sexual ResponsibilityUnderstanding Sexual Responsibility and Consequences
- Substance AwarenessThe Triggers That Chain You
- Career and Financial ReadinessCareer and Financial Readiness: How to Survive When Life Feels Rigged
- Making It Right
- Life Skills and Future Planning
- Education and Certification Pathways
- Decision Making and Emotional Awareness
- Interacting With Authority
- Mentorship and Peer Accountability
- Family Engagement
- Financial Literacy
- Service and Giving Back
- Your Testimony and What Comes Next
Next step
Start here.
Referrals come from courts, probation, facilities, schools and families. Programs that want to run it can license it with training from our team.