Child & Family Services: Youth Services

Program Manager: Steph Carpenter

Email: [email protected]

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

 

Programs/Services offered:

  • Programming for youth in grades 4th-12th grade
  • Extra-Curricular Scholarships for Preschool-12th grade
  • Driver’s Education Scholarship Assistance
  • Young Adult Programing
  • Community and Youth Prevention
  • Chi-e-chee ATOD Coalition

Downloadable Documents

 

The Tribal Healthy Youth Survey Information Page

https://pgst.nsn.us/youth-services/tribal-healthy-youth-survey/

 

Calling all Youth! Hands on Cultural Experience Opportunity next week!

Sign up for 6th-12th graders for the Camas Bake next week, Wednesday,  5/7 to Saturday, 5/10 on Whidbey Island. Please be aware that we will be outside most of each day working in the field. Youth will be staying with Erica and Karleigh in a rented house and Joe and Culture team will also be nearby.
This is always a fun & rewarding learning experience for everyone in involved. If you have any questions, please get ahold of Karleigh Gomez.