The hualapai indian tribe will expand their dropout prevention program

The Hualapai Indian Tribe was awarded $500,000 under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) Project Grant by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand their dropout prevention program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. The Tribe will consolidate resources for at-risk students into a centralized hub accessible to students, schools, and families. A Dropout Prevention Coordinator will lead activities with a Dropout Prevention Committee to identify and address dropout causes. They will also implement systems to develop future tribal leaders and increase parent involvement through a new Parent Committee. The funding will support a coordinated effort among these committees to address challenges facing tribal youth completion of high school.

Hualapai education and training department identified goals and objectives designed to create a system that consolidates resources available to students to a centralized hub that can be easily accessed by students, schools, and families. The goals include developing a system to identify and address dropout causes, implement systems to foster the growth of future hualapai leaders, and to increase parent involvement. After an extensive planning effort, these objectives and activities have been identified to build upon the tribe's strengths and opportunities while addressing the weaknesses and threats. The dropout prevention coordinator will lead the activities with assistance from the various members of the dropout prevention committee. Additionally, the program will form a parent committee that will meet and discuss education topics on a regular basis. The committees will be formed early in the project and will meet regularly throughout the project. Together they will implement a coordinated effort to address the challenges our youth face in completing high school.