Lionheart Foundation

THE LIONHEART FOUNDATION, INC. IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF INCARCERATED ADULTS AND HIGHLY AT-RISK YOUTH BY CREATING AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCES AND TRAINING IN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LITERACY DEVELOPMENT. TO PROVIDE CURRICULA/RESOURCES TO BE USED DIRECTLY BY YOUTH AND ADULTS TO DEVELOP SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LITERACY. TO PROVIDE DIRECT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LITERACY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED ADULTS AND AT-RISK YOUTH IN PRISONS, JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN A PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION CAPACITY. TO CONDUCT PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE NEED FOR TRANSFORMING OUR NATIONS'S PRISONS AND JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS INTO PLACES WHERE NURTURING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL REHABILITATION, INSPIRING POSITIVE VALUES AND IMPARTING BEHAVIOR PATTERNS NECESSARY FOR HEALTHY FUNCTIONING IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE PRIMARY GOALS.TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON THE EFFICACY OF THESE SERVICES

COURSES AND LECTURES PRESENTED AT VARIOUS PRISONS, JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL FORUMS TO TRAIN FACILITATORS IN THE USE OF LIONHEART CURRICULA. COURSES PRESENTED AT PRISIONS, JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO PRISONERS, YOUTH AT-RISK, AT-RISK TEEN PARENTS AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE THEM. DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS FOR COURSES INCLUDING PRISON BASED CORRESPONDENCE COURSE FOR PRISONERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND THE GENERAL PRISON POPULATION. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE EQ2 APP (APPLICATION DOWNLOADED BY USERS TO A MOBILE DEVICE) - AN EMOTIONAL LITERACY RESOURCE TO SUPPORT FRONT LINE PROFESSIONALS IN YOUTH FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. FIRST STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) TO IMPLEMENT AND ASSESS THE HOUSES OF HEALING PROGRAM IN PRISIONERS UTILIZING A REMOTE LEARNING MODEL; TO SUPPORT PRISON PROGRAMMING AND THE GENERAL PRISON POPULATION IN THE USE OF THE HOUSES OF HEALING PROGRAM. PHOTOCOPYING LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS AND OTHER SUPPORTING MATERALS AND OFFICE SUPPORT.

CONTINUED PUBLICATION OF LIONHEART MATERIALS INCLUDING "HOUSES OF HEALING", "POWER SOURCE", "POWER SOURCE PARENTING" BOOKS AND MAUNUALS FOR PRISONERS, YOUTH AT-RISK AND TEEN PARENTS; VIDEOS FOR PRISONERS AND YOUTH AT-RISK, A WORKBOOK FOR AT RISK YOUTH AND PRISONERS, POSTERS FOR HIGHLY AT-RISK YOUTH, AND ADDITIONALLY THE "EQ2" HANDBOOK, FACILITATOR GUIDE, AND APP FOR FRONT LINE PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING SERVICES FOR AT RISK YOUTH. NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF "HOUSES OF HEALING", "POWER SOURCE", "POWER SOURCE PARENTING" "EQ2" MATERIALS AS PART OF THE NATIONAL EMOTIONAL LITERACY PROJECT FOR PRISONERS AND THE NATIONAL EMOTIONAL LITERACY PROJECT FOR YOUTH AT-RISK SPONSORED BY THE LIONHEART FOUNDATION.

OUTREACH AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR LIONHEART'S YOUTH, PARENTING AND PRISONER INITIATIVES. OUTREACH TO POTENTIAL PRISON VOLUNTEERS FOR VOLUNTEER TRANING; OUTREACH TO YOUTH PROGRAMS/WORKERS FOR EQ2 TRAINING. OUTREACH TO PRISION PROGRAMS FOR HOUSES OF HEALING CORRESPONDENCE PROGRAM, MAKING TIME COUNT.