What is LYFE?
What is LYFE?
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The LYFE program is designed to teach youth personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, a focus on the future, and the prevention of youth risk behaviors.
Louisiana Youth For Excellence (LYFE) was created to promote positive youth development and to build awareness of the consequences of at-risk behaviors for today’s vulnerable youth, such as children in foster care, children in poverty, and children in juvenile detention centers. Prioritizing our most at-risk youth first, our goal is to expand statewide and provide our positive message to all students throughout Louisiana.
LYFE works with schools, non-profit and faith-based organizations, parents, and the community to teach goal setting, leadership development, character building, and integrity.
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Abstract
Abstract
Louisiana Youth for Excellence (LYFE) is a Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. The program housed in the Governor’s Office targets youth ages 10-19. LYFE uses an evidence-based curriculum to equip youth with skills that promote positive youth development.
LYFE subgrantees reported program, participant, and administrative data during two collection periods: Winter 2024 and Summer 2025. LYFE subgrantees are required to submit data based on three performance indicators: 1) annual structure cost and support; 2) biannual attendance, reach and dosage; and 3) biannual participant characteristics, behaviors, perceptions of program effects, and program experiences.
LYFE awarded 21contracts to subgrantees, with 19 implementing SRAE activities and the evidence-based curriculum. LYFE subgrantees recruited historically underserved populations in communities and schools. LYFE conducted trainings during the year and presented at conferences and meetings. Overall, LYFE subgrantees successfully engaged with a significant number of youth and delivered programming that was informative and impactful.
Save the Date!
Save the Date!
Louisiana Youth Wellness Summit
June 12, 2026
Lafayette, Louisiana
The purpose of Federal Title V State SRAE Programming is to fund programs to provide education to youth that normalizes avoiding non-marital sexual activity.
This website is supported by Grant Number 2402LASRAE from the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Family and Youth Services Bureau.
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