Village Project

The Village Project was created to help the community reach a greater state of well-being by strengthening families through the delivery of community-based, culturally grounded services to the African American population for unmet needs. The services include mental health counseling for children, adults, families, couples; Black parenting classes; groups for girls and boys; after school tutoring program; plant propagation program; psycho-educational support groups for youth; guidance in establishing healthy African American identity; youth leadership training; and life skills training. What people do and how they behave is largely determined by their culture and social conditions and that the person, as a cultural agent, has a sense of efficacy and wellness resulting from the sense of being human which is culturally defined. Culture represents the vast structure of behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, habits, beliefs, customs, language, rituals, ceremonies and practices peculiar to a group of people, which is the process that provides people with a general design for living and patterns for interpreting reality. This presentation will share the unique concepts of an applied culturally grounded therapy approach in wrap around services for providing prevention and early intervention for mental issues.