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For more information,
Your school could be part of one of the most significant projects funded to provide schools with the tools they may need to support the health of their students, and to assist researchers dedicated to creating prevention programs tailored to the specific needs of rural Native youth.
For more information,
and to schedule your school to participate,
email Allison Burford
or call
970-491-3895.
….. The “Our Youth, Our Future” Project is funded by the National Institutes of Health to work exclusively with schools serving Native students in 6th-12th grades. The goal of this project is to give schools some of the tools that they may need to support the health of their students, and to help our center to create prevention programs tailored to the specific needs of rural Native youth.
The “Our Youth, Our Future” Project starts with an anonymous student survey that is administered online and takes 30 minutes or less for students to complete. It focuses on school engagement, plans for their future, factors that promote resilience, and questions about substance use and reasons for using. No questions are asked about sexual behavior, abortion, or sensitive parental behaviors.to create your school reports will ask students about school engagement, plans for their future, and factors that promote resilience, along with questions about drug and alcohol use and reasons for using.
Your school would then receive a confidential school report summarizing your anonymous student responses. Schools often use these reports as baseline assessments for requesting grant funding, or for sharing information about emerging trends and urgent needs with governing boards, parent groups, and other stakeholders invested in the welfare of your students. Additionally, we provide each school with funding for participation in the program.
Our staff will work with your school to gain appropriate approvals as required by your school board and/or tribal council, and on choosing a survey date that works best for your school. With our help, your school will send notifications to parents and provide your teachers and staff with instructions for how to administer the survey. There is no cost to your school other than some time to prepare for and administer the online survey to your students.
I sincerely hope that your school will join us in this important program to provide funding and critical information necessary to help improve the mental and physical health of Native youth.
To inquire about participation or next steps, please reach out to me by email or call 970-491-3895.
