The purpose of this program is to support and promote healthly families and lifestyles. The Project builds on Native culture and strengths already in the families to develop the connections with self, family, and community that promote health and well-being. This service is provided by CATG, but data on it has not been made available. In addition, there is a local self-help group just for Native teenagers called St8 Nates. These groups meet at regularly scheduled times and hold many organized activities for the youth involved.
Churches are the primary source of organized self-help.
This unit is located in Tok which offers substance abuse counseling and preventive education. This unit is basically for adults but on occassion older adolescents are accepted into the program. This unit is centered in Nenana which offers substance abuse counseling and preventive education in the schools of the local school district. This unit is located in Fort Yukon which offers substance abuse counseling. This Fairbanks Native Association program, located in Fairbanks, offers limited outpatient services to adolescent girls in the Fairbanks area.