Community-Based Abstinence Culture Project (C-BAC) is a project put together by Wise Women Gathering Place WWGP a local non-profit organization. The ultimate goal of Community-Based Abstinence Culture Project (C-BAC Project) is to reduce the incidence of premarital sex among teens while promoting a supporting culture of abstinence. C-BAC Project will create a dynamic space where teens can individually and collectively transform their lives into a culture of meaningful, productive behaviors with healthy, positive beliefs and attitudes about human sexuality.
- Discovery Dating
- A healthy relationship development kit
- See-Back
- A look back at the primal "hurt" and the resulting "responses" to life
- Abstinence - Only Education
- Using the finest materials available and bringing in the "troops" to educate about the promise of abstinence until marriage.
- Assertiveness Skills Training
- Teen Mentorship
- Teen driven goal orientated activities
- Teen driven community campaign to promote abstinence
The target populations for the C-BAC Project will be eighth-graders at the Menominee and Oneida Tribal Schools. These groups have been chosen because they are at a critical juncture in their development. They are preparing to go on into high school where they will be faced with new freedoms and pressures. It is a crucial time for them to be aware of the risks of their choices and to be prepared to assert their choices. We believe we can provide effective methods for them to use as they go forward into this new setting. We believe that, if we can arm these teens with assertiveness skills, risk awareness, self-recognition, discernment skills, and options, they can move into high school and beyond with new confidence and determination. It is certain that self-assured, busy, self-directed young people will be better equipped to remain abstinent, and therefore better able to lend support to a culture of abstinence, and model healthy alternative behaviors for the teens who follow them.
Our aim is to collaborate with all aspects of community to support our youth in healthy lifestyle choices. We are looking for partners to share this information and work together to impact the community as a whole.
Department of Health and Human Services DHHS is funding it at 70% for Year 1 and Year 2, 60% for Year 3, 50% for Year 4, and 40% for Year 5. The first year of funding from DHHS is $225,000. WWGP is writing grants and working on collaborations for matching funds and inkind contributions for the 30% matching requirement for Year One.