Our grant proposal outlines an innovative, trauma-informed program aimed at eradicating bullying among adolescents in Springfield's middle and high schools. The Springfield Alliance for Youth Resilience (SAYR) will deploy a suite of strategies informed by trauma-aware practices—ensuring safety, fostering trust, enabling peer support, promoting collaboration, and ensuring cultural sensitivity. Addressing the interpersonal and community levels of the Social Ecological Model, SAYR will transform personal interactions and reshape community norms to create an anti-bullying culture.
Employing a public health framework, the initiative will launch primary prevention efforts, including school-wide educational campaigns and training for educators and parents to change the narrative around bullying. Secondary prevention will identify at-risk youth and provide targeted interventions, while tertiary efforts will offer support to those who have experienced bullying, facilitating healing and resilience.
This holistic approach ensures the delivery of a sustainable, impactful program, not only during the funding period but beyond, by weaving the initiatives into the community fabric and empowering local stakeholders to maintain the momentum. The program will serve as a model for how trauma-informed principles can catalyze positive change within the social ecology of a community, fostering a safe and supportive environment for all students.
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