Project C.O.P.E. Transforms Paterson

By Rachel Belsky, Assistant Managing Editor on February 3, 2017   Community, Featured  

Project C.O.P.E. provides information to the community in Paterson, N.J. to encourage healthy relationships and prevent the spread of HIV among youth.

Take control with Project C.O.P.E. Project Communities Organizing for Prevention and Empowerment (C.O.P.E.) began in 2005 on a five year federal grant awarded to Montclair State’s Department of Family and Child Studies. The mission statement on the website reads, “Project C.O.P.E.’s mission is to increase the capacity for integrated prevention activities throughout the Paterson community […]