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Introducing Tribal PREP to Anchorage youth, parents, elders, community, and CITC employees.
Tribal PREP is a federally funded grant through Family & Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) with the Administration for Children & Families (ACF) in the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS).
The Youth Empowerment Services Department is implementing the new program Tribal PREP that will be working with Alaska Native/American Indian youth on subjects that focus on preparing youth for adulthood. These subjects include but not limited to:
*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 the 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.