Goal: Assisting pregnant and parenting youth and young adults to avoid welfare dependance
Funding: from DOE, DHS, and TANF funds
Setting: High Schools, Community Settings, Participant’s Homes
Curriculum: Love Notes
Goal: Giving Lao team the tools to cope with the stress of their jobs.
Funding: CalWORKS Homeless Assistance Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
Setting: Professional development day held in Lao Family Community Development Facility
Curriculum: Mind Matters
Goal: Increase awareness of healthy relationships
Funding: CalWorks campus funds
Setting: Campus
Curriculum: Love Notes
Goal: Increase college graduation rates
Funding: Department budget
Setting: Community college
Curriculum: Love Notes
Curriculum for TANF
LOVE NOTES
Ages: 14-24
Topics: Knowing Myself, Expectations, Attraction, Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships, Decision-making, Communication, Pressure Situations, Sexual Decision-Making, Unplanned Pregnancy Through the Eyes of a Child.
MIND MATTERS
Ages: 12+
Topics: Self-Soothing and Regulating Emotions, Managing Stress Effectively, Developing Empathy, Developing a life of intention, and Building and Using a Support System