Sex, Love & Choices...helping today's teens CHOOSE ABSTINENCE

PROJECT Y.E.A. (Youth Empowered by Abstinence) is designed to educate and encourage teens to live healthier lifestyles in a supportive environment while empowering parents with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to communicate hope to their children.

GOALS:

To promote abstinence until marriage and abstinence from all forms of risky behavior.
To decrease the pregnancy and STD rates amongst Los Angeles County teens.
To empower teens with self-sufficiency skills.
To establish a community of caring parents and adults that will promote culturally sensitive, age appropriate abstinence intervention.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

80% of program participants will understand that abstinence until marriage is the only way to avoid out of wedlock pregnancies, STDs and the social, psychological
and emotional consequences of premature sex.
Create an environment that supports healthy relationships and the standard that abstinence until marriage is the expected norm for all school age youths and young adults.
Caregivers will demonstrate a 25% increase in their communication skills with their children concerning the benefits of abstinence.