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Premarital and Marriage Education (adults) – These six- to eight-weeks, 2.5 hour sessions, designed for small groups of singles, engaged, married or cohabitating couples, single parents and others. The sessions will provide the clients with skills to develop healthy marriages and relationships. The topics include communication, money, sex, conflict resolution, problem solving, step parenting, expectations, spirituality, values and family goals. Singles learn skills to prepare them for marriage and couples work to increase marital satisfaction. Research indicates that men and women in healthy marriages are more likely to build wealth, have better health, experience emotional well-being and live longer. Additionally, children benefit when raised in healthy, married families because they do better than those who grow up in other family forms. Marriage education teaches the skills that increase the odds that couples will form and sustain healthy marriages to the benefit of their children.

Connections Dating and Emotions – This 17-lesson course, which is taught in six-week sessions, helps teens to understand early relationships and establish a strong foundation for later life. It helps teens to develop effective ways to communicate, how to recognize destructive patterns, how to deal with emotions, and other essential skills. Content also integrates material from the highly respected PREP ®  (Preventative Relationship Enhancement Program) program. Topics include Getting Ready: What’s Dating About–Things to Know–How to Ask, Accept, Decline; Going Out: Why Am I Dating? –Loneliness –How Relationships Grow–Problem Personalities–Abuse –Anger and Jealousy; Defining the Relationship: It’s Not Working– Ending It; and Starting Over. Supplemental materials include videos on peer pressure, peer mediation, conflict resolution, teen abstinence and healthy relationships.

Parenting Class for Parents with Teens – offers an incredible opportunity for parents to learn parenting skills for their teenagers. They will be guided through discussions on how to talk to their youth about abstinence, sex, and relationships. This values-driven curriculum will help parents to provide their teens with support, information and encouragement they need to make healthy decisions. The publications for this course include: “Parents, Speak Up!” published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and “Parents Handbook How to Talk to Your Children about Healthy Relationships” by Liz Claiborne. Other handouts from the Michigan Department of Community Health will be distributed to the parents.

Money Counts - Financial Literacy (high school youth) – The program will be made available to 50 youth, ranging in ages from 13-19 years old. The curriculum for youth is the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) High School Financial Planning Program. This program was initiated in 1984 as a public service to increase the financial literacy of America's youth. The curriculum is divided into six units with each unit building upon the previous one. The topics of the six units are:  (1) Financial Planning: Your Roadmap; (2) Career: Labor You Love; (3) Budget: Don't Go Broke; (4) Savings and Investments: Your Money at Work; (5) Credit: Buy Now, Pay Later; and (6) Insurance: Your Protection.  Each unit provides an overview of the section, a goal statement (which identifies the main focus of the unit), and learning objectives that indicate the degree of mastery students are expected to demonstrate. The six-unit program provides teens with a greater understanding of and ability to manage their personal finances in the areas of goal setting, budgeting, and saving.

Money Counts - Financial Literacy (adults) - The curriculum used will be the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Money Smart, which is an adult education program that is a comprehensive, banking and credit education curriculum of 10 modules with 1-2 hours of classroom time. The curriculum includes: (1) Bank on It - an introduction to bank services; (2) Borrowing Basics - an introduction to credit; (3) Check It Out - how to choose and keep a checking account; (4) Money Matters - how to keep track of your money; (5) Pay Yourself First - why you should save, save, save; (6) Keep It Safe - your rights as a consumer; (7) To Your Credit - how your credit history will affect your credit future; (9) Charge It Right - how to make a credit card work for you; (9) Loan To Own - know what you're borrowing before you buy; and (10) Your Own Home - what home ownership is all about.

 LifeSkills Training for Teens - This school-based drug use prevention program was established in the late 1970s by Gilbert J. Botvin. It incorporates interactive learning, social skills building, and specific drug use prevention-related information, it promotes anti-drug norms, and it fosters the development of personal self-management skills such as decision making, problem solving, goal setting and coping with anxiety. The program has three major components. The first component teaches general self-management skills, including analyzing problems and reducing stress and anxiety. The second component covers general social skills such as overcoming shyness and communicating effectively. The final component of the program covers drug resistance skills, such as the ability to challenge misconceptions about drug use and the ability to resist media pressures to use drugs. Training received from the Youth Sports Commission.

LifeSkills for Vocational Success (Adults) – this extensive job readiness program is available for adults seeking employment or looking for long-term on job sustainability.  The curriculum, Life Skills for Vocational Success, was developed through a grant from the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services. The major focus of the training is to teach people the skills necessary to accomplish job tasks.  It offers advance training for those people who are preparing to go to work, but need further training to be successful on the job. The curriculum is divided into these categories: social skills (communication, anger management, interpersonal skills); Decision making (problem solving); Employability (time management, proper attire, safety, productivity, workplace behaviors); Money management (budget, credit, bill paying, debt management); Telephone Skills and other lessons.

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