Programs

FAMILY FIRST

Youth First's Family First Program is designed for parents and caregivers with their children and teens ages 3–6 or 7–17. Families build on improving family relationships, parenting skills, and youth social and life skills. The program is appropriate for single-parent, blended, or traditional families.

Trained facilitators lead the program and are present to create a relaxed environment and guide conversations. A family dinner is provided each night followed by fun and interactive parent, youth, and family sessions.
Contact Youth First at www.youthfirstinc.org for start dates and locations.

LIFESKILLS TRAINING

LifeSkills Training, provided by Youth First, Inc., increases self-esteem, develops healthy attitudes, and improves knowledge of general life skills, all of which promote healthy and positive personal development. Several schools provide Life Skills Training during the school day to 3rd, 4th or 5th graders as part of their health curriculum.

 "LifeSkills Training is by far one of the best health curriculums I have utilized within the classroom. The students are always engaged and love the activities. With the new social-emotional learning standards, this is a wonderful resource to use to each lifelong skills to our students." Miranda Owens, 4th grade teacher, Loge Elementary School 

AL’S PALS

Al’s Pals is a comprehensive curriculum, provided by Youth First, Inc. and taught in the majority of Warrick County elementary schools. Al's Pals helps develop social-emotional skills, self-control, problem-solving abilities, and healthy decision-making in children in Kindergarten and First grade. The program is nationally recognized as an evidence-based model prevention program. Through fun lessons, engaging puppets, original music, and effective teaching approaches, Al’s Pals:

  • Helps young children regulate their own feelings and behavior allowing educators more time for creative teaching by reducing the need for discipline
  • Creates and maintains classroom environments of caring, cooperation, respect, and responsibility
  • Teaches conflict resolution and peaceful problem-solving
  • Promotes appreciation of differences and positive social relationships
  • Prevents and addressed bullying behavior
  • Conveys clear messages about the harms of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
  • Builds children’s abilities to make healthy choices and cope with life’s difficulties

Contact Youth First to find out where Al’s Pals is taught and how to get it in your school or child care center.

POSITIVE TICKETING

Students in middle school and high school who go above and beyond in positive behavior are noticed and awarded a Positive Ticket by school administrators, school resource officers, and others. Each student receives a gift card to a restaurant, store or movie theatre and a letter signed by the school principal is sent home to their parents highlighting the behavior they exhibited. Thank you to our community partners for their support funding Positive Ticketing - New Hope Community Church and Warrick County Drug Free Council.
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