How Let’s Talk About Me (LTAM) Fits Across Implementation Settings

Let’s Talk About Me (LTAM) is intentionally designed as a setting-flexible, prevention-focused educational program that can be implemented with fidelity across schools, community organizations, and ministry-based environments. While the delivery context may vary, the core learning objectives, evaluation framework, and instructional safeguards remain consistent.

1. Implementation in Schools

Where LTAM Fits in the School Day

LTAM integrates seamlessly into existing school structures without displacing core academic instruction. Common placement options include:

• Advisory or homeroom periods
  
• Health education or wellness courses
  
• SEL blocks or character education periods
  
• Electives or enrichment programs
  
• After-school or extended learning programs
  

Why LTAM Works in Schools

• Aligns with SEL, Health Education, and Safe Schools standards
  
• Addresses non-academic barriers to learning (peer pressure, safety concerns, emotional stress)
  
• Uses non-disclosure, skills-based evaluation aligned with district ethics and privacy policies
  
• Supports attendance, focus, engagement, and school climate goals
  

School-Specific Safeguards

• No personal disclosures required
  
• No student risk labeling
  
• Data collected in aggregate, de-identified form
  
• Facilitator-led, trauma-informed instruction
  

School Framing Language (Approved):

“LTAM functions as a prevention-focused educational support that strengthens the social-emotional and decision-making skills necessary for academic engagement and student well-being.”

2. Implementation in Community Organizations

Where LTAM Fits in Community Settings

LTAM is well-suited for organizations that serve youth outside the traditional school day, including:

• Youth development programs
  
• After-school and summer programs
  
• Mentoring organizations
  
• Nonprofit prevention initiatives
  
• Girls’ empowerment or leadership groups
  

Why LTAM Works in Community Organizations

• 
  Modular session design allows flexible scheduling
  
• Scenario-based learning is highly effective in group settings
  
• Supports organizational goals related to youth safety, empowerment, and prevention
  
• Complements mentoring and wraparound services without replacing them
  

Community Organization Benefits

• Strengthens protective factors for at-risk populations
  
• Provides a structured, evidence-informed curriculum
  
• Supports grant reporting with built-in evaluation tools
  
• Enhances staff capacity with facilitator guides and fidelity tools
  

Community Framing Language:

“LTAM provides a structured prevention curriculum that equips youth with practical safety, boundary, and decision-making skills in a supportive, community-based environment.”

3. Implementation in Ministries and Faith-Based Settings

Where LTAM Fits in Ministry Contexts

LTAM can be implemented within ministries while maintaining its educational and prevention focus, including:

• Youth group programming
  
• Girls’ ministries
  
• Faith-based after-school programs
  
• Community outreach initiatives
  
• Parachurch or nonprofit ministry partners
  

Why LTAM Works in Ministries

• Values-aligned focus on self-worth, responsibility, respect, and care for others
  
• Emphasizes wise decision-making, accountability, and seeking trusted guidance
  
• Can be delivered as a standalone educational series or alongside existing youth programming
  
• Maintains grant-eligible structure when used in publicly funded initiatives
  

Important Distinction for Ministries

LTAM:

• Is an educational prevention program, not religious instruction
  
• Does not require theological teaching to be effective
  
• Can be offered with or without faith-based discussion, depending on funding source
  

Faith-Based Framing Language:

“LTAM equips youth with practical life skills that support wise choices, personal safety, and healthy relationships, reinforcing values of respect, responsibility, and care for self and others.”

4. Consistency Across All Settings

Regardless of implementation setting, LTAM maintains:

✔ The same core learning outcomes

✔ The same prevention-focused instructional design

✔ The same trauma-informed, non-disclosure safeguards

✔ The same evaluation and reporting framework

✔ The same standards alignment

This ensures program fidelity, grant compliance, and comparable outcomes, while allowing organizations to meet youth where they are.

5. Why This Multi-Setting Fit Strengthens Grants

Funders and districts view cross-setting adaptability as a strength because it:

• Expands reach without increasing cost
  
• Supports sustainability beyond a single site
  
• Allows collaboration between schools, nonprofits, and ministries
  
• Increases community-level protective impact
  

“LTAM’s flexible implementation model allows the program to be delivered with fidelity across school, community, and faith-based settings, ensuring broad access while maintaining consistent outcomes, evaluation standards, and ethical safeguards.”

Funding Opportunities for Schools & Community Organizations

The Let's Talk About Me (LTAM) Guide for Teen Girls is a prevention-focused educational resource designed to help girls develop the confidence, knowledge, and practical life skills needed to navigate today's increasingly complex social environment. While this curriculum has not yet undergone formal empirical evaluation, it is grounded in current research, recognized prevention strategies, and best practices in youth development, personal safety, healthy relationships, and social-emotional learning.

Because LTAM addresses critical topics such as self-worth, boundary setting, bullying prevention, online safety, grooming awareness, stalking prevention, healthy relationships, situational awareness, and personal safety, it aligns with the goals of many federal, state, local, and private funding initiatives that support violence prevention, youth empowerment, school safety, student wellness, and family engagement.

Schools, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, community agencies, and youth-serving programs may be able to use a variety of grant opportunities and community funding sources to purchase curriculum materials, train facilitators, implement prevention programming, and expand access to students and families. The funding opportunities outlined below represent some of the most promising options for organizations seeking to invest in proactive education that helps prepare teen girls to recognize risks, make healthy decisions, and build safer, more confident futures. Downloads Below

Download: National Grant Process and Applications Toolkit

Download: Funding Resources