Initiatives
Community Resources
Youth Initiatives
Community Outreach Programs and Services

ReNEW
Reducing Negativity; Elevating Wellness
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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.
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What it covers:
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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.
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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.
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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.