Child & Family Services: Youth Services

Program Manager: Steph Carpenter

Email: sdixon@pgst.nsn.us

Youth Services provides comprehensive programming for all Port Gamble S’Klallam community youth, guiding them to become healthy adults who make a positive contribution to the community. Youth Services provides a variety of opportunities to community youth, emphasizing S’Klallam culture and traditions, healthy lifestyles, positive decision-making, mentorship, and life skills that build leadership.

Youth Services Strategic Plan goals include initiatives to increase:

• Youth participation in cultural activities
• Positive relationships between youth and adults
• Youth and Elder relationships and interactions
• Opportunities for youth to gain work experience
• Opportunities for youth to give back to the community
• Opportunities that allow youth to plan for their futures