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We are the Prevention and Training Branch, under the Division of Clinical Services, Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center. We provide training, technical assistance and educational opportunities for program managers, community leaders, and youth and adult volunteers on enhancing mental health and preventing and reducing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and their related problems.
 
Our Mission...
Our mission is to enhance positive mental health, as well as physical, emotional and spiritual wellness among children, youth and families by preventing mental dysfunction and substance abuse.

 
Our Vision...
We envision an island community empowered and committed to making healthy choices --- "Totally healthy, totally tobacco/alcohol and drug-free!"


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Kindly note, all requests should be submitted at least two weeks in advance, but preferrably fours weeks prior to the anticipated delivery date of requested services. 

All requested Prevention Services are subject to approval.  Thank you for your interest.



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Youth for Youth LIVE! Guam

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Over twenty years ago, an idea was born to use the power and influence of Guam's youth, to make the difference in how prevention programs and services would work best for youth, when developed by youth.


ABOUT US


Guam's youth leadership movement began in May 1988. Known originally as the Dededo Drug-Free Organization (DDFO), it began with about fifty youth and their parents gathered in a small meeting room of Santa Barbara Church Parish hall to discuss the idea of involving youth in drug prevention work.

Two decades later, Youth for Youth LIVE! Guam continues to evolve. Youth for Youth is a non-profit community-based, youth-centered, youth-driven drug prevention program for teens between the ages of 11 and 17. Youth members are assets to this non-profit organization. The foundation upon which YFY is build is in the belief that Guam's youth are leaders of today and have much to continue towards making positive changes in their families schools and village communities. Teens are actively involved in prevention program development, implementation and evaluation. Guam's youth possesses relevant knowledge and cultural experiences, strength and character, and the ability to effectively lead and influence their peers to take personal responsibility for living their lives, healthy and drug-free.


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Guam's middle and high school students are recruited year-round. They are empowered with personal skills and resources to successfully reach out to their peers, to embrace healthy and positive lifestyles, and to use their creative energies and culture to spread the drug-free message to others. Youth members meet to:

  • Recruit youth who commit to learn and improving their lives and personal relationships that will result in no alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use

  • Train youth as trainers in substance abuse prevention and related life skills development

  • Organize, develop, implement, and evaluate annual prevention programs and activities, targeting youth on Guam from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

 
  

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YFYLG Brochure.pdf

YFYLG Application.pdf

YFYLG Constitution.pdf

YFYLG 2013 Conference Booklet.pdf

 
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