Youth & Family Programs
Youth programs connect cultural identity, agriculture, technology, media, sports, arts, elders, veterans, and service into supervised leadership experiences.
Program studios
- Young Navigators garden and environmental crew.
- Elder Interview and Family History Lab.
- Veterans Appreciation and Community Service Corps.
- Digital storytelling, podcast, documentary, animation, and responsible AI studio.
- Cultural arts, language, music, dance, tapa-pattern design, and event production.
- Entrepreneurship, e-commerce, leadership, and career exploration.
Safeguarding
Youth participation requires age-appropriate consent, guardian permission where applicable, trained supervision, media-release controls, transportation policies, background-check requirements for adults where appropriate, and clear restrictions on cannabis access or promotion.
Inspiration library
Youth can study stories of elders, veterans, farmers, caregivers, builders, artists, entrepreneurs, and public servants, then create reviewed short films, illustrated stories, exhibits, or podcasts that show how perseverance and service produce results.
Connect with the program
If you would like to get involved, tell us what interests you and how we can follow up. Do not submit medical records, government identity documents, confidential research protocols, or other highly sensitive information through a public website form.
Youth & Family Inquiry — Public Pre-Screen
This first step collects only the minimum information needed for human review. Do not submit medical records, government ID, passwords, payment-card data, confidential protocols, or controlled-substance transfer details.
How a pathway moves from idea to responsible pilot
- Community listening: define the need with participants, families, cultural reviewers, service providers, employers, and the people expected to do the work.
- Readiness: identify a lawful site, qualified supervision, safeguarding, accessibility, insurance, transportation, emergency procedures, data practices, and a realistic budget.
- Small cohort: begin with measurable activities and documented learning goals rather than promising outcomes that have not been demonstrated.
- Evaluation: review attendance, safety, skill completion, participant experience, referrals, next-step placement, and unintended harms.
- Expansion: grow only after the pilot has evidence, community support, staffing, funding, and corrective actions.
Participants may receive education, mentoring, peer support, referrals, and workforce exposure. The exact service offered depends on the approved operator and does not replace clinical care, legal advice, disability services, or licensed substance-use treatment.
Come back for new stories, ideas and opportunities
As the work develops, we hope to share field notes, interviews, workshops, corrected information, new opportunities and progress updates. Each update should show its source or reviewer, publication date, and next review date when the subject is sensitive or changeable.
Visitors can subscribe or become members for approved updates, but the platform should not use urgency, fear, medical promises, or cultural access as pressure to pay.
Frequently asked questions
Does applying guarantee enrollment?
No. Applications are reviewed against program readiness, eligibility, safety, capacity, funding, referral, and supervision requirements.
Does the program replace treatment?
No. Education, land-based activity, mentoring, and navigation can complement—but do not replace—licensed medical, psychiatric, disability, legal, or substance-use services.
How are outcomes measured?
Measures are selected for the actual pilot and may include attendance, competencies, safety, participant feedback, completion, referrals, placement, service, and leadership progress.