The Connections Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP) is a school and community-based program for Junior and Senior High students ages 13 to 19.  The program is designed to enhance youths' internal strengths, leadership skills and resiliency attributes through in-school resiliency groups, community volunteer involvement and adventure activities.

The LRP is designed to:

• Increase students’ perceptions of competence and self-worth
• Improve participant identification with positive roles
• Reduce disciplinary actions in school
• Improve participants’ communication and refusal skills
• Increase knowledge of and negative attitudes about substance abuse and violence
• Increase community involvement in promoting the healthy
  development of youth and the valuing of adolescents.