Vital Intervention & Directional Alternatives Academy VIDA, accepting applications for upcoming class! 
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Vital Intervention & Directional Alternatives Academy (VIDA) is currently accepting applications for the spring class. The 16 week class will start in February 2020 and will graduate in June 2020. The VIDA Academy is designed for “at-risk” youth between the ages of 11 and 17 to learn how to make better life choices and take responsibility for their future. Youth participants attend ten hours a week, and parents attend for two hours a week.
VIDA is designed to redirect “at-risk” youth with issues such as defiance, anger, failing grades, truancy, family discord and substance abuse. VIDA incorporates physical fitness training, impulse control, life skill training, emotional management techniques, parent-teen and conflict resolution. Participants are referred to VIDA by their parents or as a recommended diversion program.
VIDA is an opportunity for participants to work with law enforcement and other community-based organizations to create positive influences in their lives that will encourage them to succeed. There are locations in Lancaster and Palmdale.
If you think you might have a youth who can benefit from such a program please visit www.vida.la or call the Lancaster site's Deputy Currado or Ramirez at (661) 949-6585.
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Lancaster Sheriff’s Station polices the City of Lancaster, Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, and the unincorporated communities of Antelope Acres, Lake Los Angeles, and Quartz Hill in the Antelope Valley.
Forwarded by: Ali Villalobos
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