The local Santa Barbara AVP focuses on teens referred by the Santa Barbara Unified School District. Workshops introduce skills and resources to deal with teens’ environment in positive, healthy ways in order to reduce violence in their schools and communities.
SBAVP first started to collaborate with the Santa Barbara Unified School District in 2018. AVP workshop graduates are involved in substantially fewer fights, violence, office referrals and truancy. Everyone is encouraged to join in these workshops: youth and adults.