Prevention Services
A LFS program area that is currently only offered in our Fort Collins office for Northern Colorado. This program encompasses the Parenting Education and Support classes and the Ready or Not? Teen Pregnancy Prevention program that is offered in public school classrooms.
Parenting Education and Support
Since its inception in 1984, Lutheran Family Services parenting education program has been committed to strengthening and empowering families by offering education and support to facilitate the development of safe, nurturing family environments.
Our mission is, "To help break the multigenerational cycle of child abuse and family violence."
Ready or Not? Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Developed in 1995, the Ready or Not? Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program focuses on teen pregnancy prevention and ‘why’ not to get pregnant instead of ‘how’ not to get pregnant—filling a gap in teen education. Designed to provide teens with first-hand information about the realities of parenting, the two-week curriculum is centered around students’ experiences in ‘parenting’ an infant simulator for a long weekend.