“Youth violence is the intentional use of physical force or power to threaten or harm others by young people ages 10-24. It can include fighting, bullying [other youth and even their parents], threats with weapons, and gang-related violence. A young person can be involved with youth violence as a victim, offender, or witness”.
Category: FYI Weekly
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Haven FYI – Friday August 18, 2023
If you’re in a relationship where your partner threatens or injures animals, you’re at increased risk for domestic violence yourself. Abusers harm animals as a way to exert power and control over the people in their life, and that violence often doesn’t stop with animals.
Haven FYI – Friday August 4, 2023
Haven will be hosting a yard sale!
Haven FYI – Friday July 28, 2023
This week our FYI email focuses on violence – specifically violence in schools. Wow – just sit with those words “violence in schools”. Did you ever think that would be a phrase we would all know – a bit too well? Did you ever think that when picking out school backpacks we would see ones made of Kevlar?
