Tribal PREP: Strengthening OUR Youth |
Program Details
The Youth Empowerment Services Department within Cook Inlet Tribal Council is implementing a Tribal PREP program called "Strengthening Our Youth". The program will be administered for five years from 2016 to 2021 and will be working with Alaska Native/American Indian youth on subjects that focus on preparing youth for adulthood.
- Healthy relationships
- Financial literacy
- Healthy life skills
- Safe sex, abstinence and contraceptive education
- Adolescent development
- STD/STI and HIV/AIDS prevention
- Parent-child communication
- Pregnancy and parenting
- Career/education services.
The goal of this program is to assist youth to empower their own lives, increase their knowledge of important health topics, enhance their understanding of present day decision-making on future life goals and educate them on necessary relationship, communication, and life skills to successfully navigate adulthood.