SafeNET is a community education project of Shasta Women’s Refuge and is endorsed by the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of Shasta County. The primary goal of the SafeNET program is the promotion of healthy relationships. SafeNET is comprised of two sub-programs, YouthNET and TeenNET.

YouthNET is presently available for 3rd–6th grade students. Through interactive workshops facilitators address bullying issues and seek to equip youngsters with assertive communications skills and healthy problem-solving strategies. Over three workshops students examine the dynamics of the bully/victim/bystander relationship, identifying the attitudes and actions that serve to perpetuate the problem. Through role-play activities, students learn to use positive role modeling by supporting victims and responding assertively to bullying behavior.

TeenNET is designed for 7th-12th grade students and seeks to educate teens in communication skills, self-reflection, and personal responsibility. Students are challenged to question attitudes that accept violence and/or blame victims. The TeenNet program has workshops that include:

            Dating/Domestic Violence

Sexual Assault (stranger, acquaintance, and date)

Sexual Harassment and other forms of school violence

            Specific workshops designed and offered upon request

Each student workshop includes a topic introduction followed by a guided group discussion. Workshops are designed to fit a 50-minute class period and are usually two or three days in a row; however, they can be tailored to meet the needs of a particular group or classroom.

 
SafeNet staff also facilitates FREE teen activities throughout the year, in a safe, violence-free and drug-free environment. These activities include band nights, creative writing nights, discussion groups, classes, pizza parties, movie nights, basketball tournaments, and much more.