City: Worcester
Established: 2009
HOPE Coalition
HOPE is a youth-adult partnership commited to reducing youth violence and ATOD use, as well as promoting positive mental health and youth voice in Worcester. Â Eighteen organizations make up the Coalition. Â HOPE operates three programs: Â a youth created mental health model that operates at 3 community-based programs and a middle school; a 13-week Youth Worker Training Institute, and the peer leadership program. Â HOPE Peer Leaders have been working on environmental strategies to reduce the community's access and exposure to tobacco products for the past several years.