Prevention Services, Henrico

Henrico Area Mental Health and Developmental Services (HAMHDS) offers Henrico Prevention Services which provides an array of services that promote healthy behaviors and lifestyles to support healthy youth development. Programs address community needs identified by stakeholders as risk factors and protective factors. Risk factors are personal characteristics or community features that increase the danger of substance use behavioral health concerns, or other problem behaviors such as teenage pregnancy, delinquency and violence. Protective factors, often called “assets”, increase healthy behaviors and lifestyles and ultimately reduce the risk for problem behaviors. By addressing risks and building upon the strengths of Henrico youth, families, schools and communities, the need for more costly treatment services is prevented.

Prevention Services include:

• Training,
• Technical assistance,
• Workshops and classes,
• Speaker’s bureau.
• Evidence based programs
• Coalitions, 
• Youth leadership development,
• Connect, an after-school and summer program available to youth ages six thru 16.

Services may be available at several locations. 

Charles City and New Kent: (804)727-8058