The Youth division of the Healthy Marriage Initiative will implement an afterschool program to engage youth in activities that will strengthen their relationships by providing family living classes, promote abstinence education until marriage, and leadership training.

CSI (Communicating Students’ Ideas)
Teen leaders develop, create, and communicate a series of messages, through various forms of visual and audio communications, to express their own thoughts and views on parenting, communication, and other issues that concern their generation.

Youth Leadership Training will encourage teens to:

Contribute to and become involved with promoting the well-being of the community

Effectively communicate, interact, and collaborate with peers and adults to build strong, healthy relationships

Become accountable and responsible individuals at home, school, and in the community

Maintain and demonstrate a healthy lifestyle

Practice collective leadership, teamwork, problem-solving and conflict resolution