The JaxPAL Teen Leadership Program follows a youth-led approach that empowers teens to demonstrate responsibility, decision-making, and accountability. Through the program, our teens attend monthly meetings, go on college tours, gain hands-on job experience, give back to our city through community service projects, and attend leadership conferences and trainings. What makes our program unique to other youth development programs is that Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers oversee the program and act as mentors to the teens.