Registration for ‘Parent Project’ course underway

Enrollment is being accepted for the Arcata Police Department’s Juvenile Diversion Program’s next “Parent Project” course.

The Juvenile Diversion Program provides services to at-risk students and their families with help from juvenile diversion counselors and a school resource officer who directly serve inside Northern Humboldt County Schools.

The Parent Project course sessions are parent-training classes designed for primary caregivers who want help improving their child’s school attendance and performance. The program also teaches intervention and prevention techniques to help improve communication with strong-willed teens, prevent drug-use and gang involvement and it puts caregivers in contact with local resources that offer additional family support.

Parent Project classes will take place Mondays for an 11-week period from Feb. 24 to May 4 from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. at the Sunny Brae Middle School Library, 1430 Buttermilk Lane in Arcata. A $35 materials fee is required, but fee waivers are always available to those in need.

Dinner, free child care and a teen study area will be provided at no cost to parents and caregivers while they attend the course. To register, visit parentproject.com or call 707-825-2538.

APD’s Juvenile Diversion Program, in partnership with Arcata Elementary School District, has been made possible with Humboldt County Measure Z funding. For more information about the Juvenile Diversion program, or to inquire about Parent Project courses, call 707825-2538.