Leadership & Resiliency Program Recognition and Citations

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Recognition

1999, National Association of Counties (NACo) Award for creativity and excellence in programming with measurable outcomes
1999, Best Practice in Science-Based Programming, Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments
2000, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Recognition as a national model program
2000, Recognition by then Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore “for changing the paradigm of how services are offered to youth in the Commonwealth of Virginia”
2000, JC Penney Golden Rule Award for program participants’ work with abused and neglected animals at the Middleburg Humane Foundation
2001, Recognition by Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for collaborative programming producing cost effective, measurable outcomes
2001, Recognition by Fairfax County Superintendent of Schools for excellent services for youth and for outstanding collaboration between County Government and the Public School System
2003, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), recognition as a Promising Prevention Program
2004, George Mason Century Club Award for Most Effective Corporate Interaction for a student-produced video about the Leadership and Resiliency Program
2005, Achievement Award from the Virginia Municipal League for innovations in local government
2006, Inclusion in the National League of Cities’. Recognized through the “Awards for Municipal Excellence,” and NLC’s “City Showcase”

Fishbein, D. and Doylan, D. (1997). Neighborhood prevention initiatives in the Washington-Baltimore Region. Greenbelt, MD: Washington/Baltimore HIDTA.
Implementing Programming with Fidelity article, Virginia Effective Practices Project Newsletter, 9/01.
Schinke, D., Brounstein, P. and Gardner, D. (2002). Science-based prevention programs and principles. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 03-3764. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
The Proof is in the Practice: The Evolution and Development of Science-Based Prevention Programs at the Grass Roots Level, Virginia Addictions Institute, Williamsburg, VA, 6/03.
Model prevention programs that support academic achievement. (2003, Fall). Student Assistance Journal. Pp. 18-24.
Fairfax program that reaches teenagers is national model. (2005, September). Virginia Town and City. Richmond, VA: Virginia Municipal League. pp 3-4.