Initiatives
Community Resources
Youth Initiatives
Community Outreach Programs and Services

ReNEW
Reducing Negativity; Elevating Wellness
NRPP is partnering with Healthy Teens and Telement Therapy to provide a multi-tiered, primary prevention program aimed at reducing the number of Manatee County teens who experience a mental health crisis.
ReNEW provides both peer education/ support and professional therapeutic services to teens at risk of experiencing a mental health crisis at no cost to them or their families. The program is currently in its pilot phase; you can visit (website here) for more information.
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Teen Mental Health & First Aide
Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) is a training program for teens brought to the United States by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing in partnership with the Born This Way Foundation.
It teaches teens in grades 10-12, or ages 15-18, how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges in their friends and peers.
What it covers:
Common signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges.
• Common signs and symptoms of a mental health crisis, particularly suicide.
• The impact of school violence and bullying on mental health.
• How to open the conversation about mental illnesses and substance use with friends.
• How to seek the help of a responsible and trusted adult.
If you are interested in tMHFA training for your youth group, contact
Rose Jean at rjean.nrpp@gmail.com for more information.
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North River Nonprofit Alliance
The NRNA began as a way for nonprofits serving the North River communities to partner and share resources during Covid.
NRNA's mission is to create partnerships and collaborations among nonprofit organizations that expand the services of each partner to strengthen and empower the community we serve and we envision A community where collaboration between agencies and organizations is the norm and the needs of residents are always met.
It has been a successful venture with many community partners meeting monthly and working together to make our community better.
If you are interested in your organization being a part of NRNA, contact Ally Bergmann at abergmann.nrpp@gmail.com.

North River Alcohol Task Force
NRPP will be partnering with Drug Free Manatee to create a county-wide task force to reduce underage drinking.
Meetings will begin in early 2023. All are welcome to participate, if you are interested in attending, please send a request to be added to the email list to Ally Bergmann at abergmann.nrpp@gmail.com or
Natalie Novak nnovak@drugfreemanatee.org.