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.

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* 1. To which gender identity do you most identify with?

Female

Male

Transgender Male

Transgender Female

Gender Variant/Non-conforming

Prefer not to list

Not Listed

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* 2. What is your age?

10 to 12

13 to 15

16 to 18

19 to 21 and parenting/pregnant

19 and older

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* 3. What Alaska Native region do you identify with (choose all that apply)?

Athabascan

Yup'ik

Cup'ik

Inupiaq

Tlingit

Haida

Eyak

Tsimshian

Sugpiak/Alutiiq

Unangan

Siberian Yup'ik

Alaska Native none of the above

N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 4. When reading the program details of Tribal PREP (see above), what was your first reaction?

Very positive

Somewhat positive

Neutral

Somewhat negative

Very negative

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* 5. Based on the program details (see above), does our program meet your current needs?

Extremely well

Very well

Somewhat well

Not so well

Not at all well

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* 6. How likely would you recommend the program to a friend or family member?

Extremely Likely

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Not Likely

Extremely Likely

Very Likely

Somewhat Likely

Not Likely

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* 7. What challenges or barriers do you think would keep someone from participating in an after-school program (choose all that apply)?

Transportation

Not allowed

Not interested

Uncomfortable topic

Sports/Art/Music

Subsistence

Lack of peer interest

Homework

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Of the options below, choose ONLY three subjects that interest you as you prepare for adulthood.

Adolescent Development: Empowering youth by establishing positive values and attitudes

Educational/Career Success: Focus on developing such skills as employment preparation, job seeking, independent living, financial self-sufficiency, and work-place productivity

Financial Literacy: Focus on basic savings, credit management, home ownership and/or retirement planning

Healthy Life Skills: Build skills such as communication, decision-making, coping, self-management, goal-setting, and avoidance of unhealthy relationships

Healthy Relationships: Focus on skill-building to form, navigate, and understand healthy relationships through communications skills, identifying unhealthy relationships characteristics, and skills to safely end unhealthy relationships

Parent/Child Communication: Positive parent-child/youth communication can help adolescents have healthy and responsible sexual decision-making by providing accurate information and by creating open lines of communication

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* 9. Do conversations about sex happen at your home?

Yes

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* 10. Does participating in safe sex education lead to an increase or decrease in sexual activity?

Increase

Decrease

No effect