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Community groups present youth programs to JJAB, including a franchisable 'HOPE BY HOPE' model
Summary
Four community organizations presented to the board about youth services: Success University outlined a franchisable 'HOPE BY HOPE' cultural-therapy model; Lavish Hope Foundation focused on adolescent confidence and hygiene; Sowing Seeds with Faith described college and career readiness supports; PAVE outlined an 11-step family-engagement curriculum.
Representatives from multiple community organizations presented program overviews to the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board on April 11.
Success University representatives (LeeVaughn Morris, DeSondre Waters and Ashley Withers) described the HOPE BY HOPE initiative, a holistic model that uses what the presenters called “Cultural Therapy” to address youth behavioral health needs and proposes a franchisable platform of youth and parent programs focused on socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Louisville Metro.
Deleisa Graham of Lavish Hope Foundation described programming aimed at building adolescents' self-esteem through guidance on personal hygiene and basic beauty-care skills, framed as part of confidence and prevention work.
Da'Marrion Fleming representing Sowing Seeds with Faith discussed college- and career-readiness programming grounded in faith-based support structures and accountability expectations for youth in the Greater Louisville Area.
Representatives of PAVE — Parents Against Violence Engagement (Kenny Boyd and Ashley Dabney) — summarized an 11-step curriculum delivered on a roughly three-week rotation with monthly family activities and peer discussion sessions to strengthen family bonds and reduce violence.
Board members heard these brief presentations as part of a broader effort to map community resources and identify partners for prevention, rehabilitation and reentry services.
