Statement of Experience
Leadership Team
Our Founder
Mission and Vision
What is Ten Steps Rites of Passage?
The 10 Steps
Curriculum Overview
Know Thy Self

5711 W. Slauson Avenue
Suite# 240
Culver City, California, 90230

Phone: (310) 665-1888
Fax: (310) 665-1880
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National Family Life & Education Center's Current Programs

  • DCFS Foster Care Rites of Passage Program - Services foster and probation youth to transition from childhood to adulthood.

  • Oasis - (Opening Avenues to Stay in School) - Aids young people who have dropped out of school to return to school and graduate.

  • Transitional Housing - Housing for Foster Youth 18 years +.

  • Rites to Success - School Based Rites of Passage programs currently offered in multiple school districts.

  • Fathering Behind Bars - Helping inmates keep their relationships with their sons and daughters while they are incarcerated.

  • Martial Arts Classes - Kumite Ryu Jujitsu and Rites of Passage workshops are offered free for the community.

  • Rites of Passage Consulting - Rites of Passage workshop and presentations offered nationally and internationally.

  • Rites of Passage TOT (training of Trainers) - Intensive training provided for organizations and communities seeking to be certified in implementing the Rites of Passage curriculum and program.

  • National Youth Congress - NFLEC's Youth leadership model is implemented in conjunction with the Indiana Black Expo, and has over 500 youth representing over 15 different states, which are active in their respective communities, and meet once a year to discuss youth issues and best practices nationally.

  • Community Collaborations - NFLEC is involved in numerous collaborations around pregnancy prevention, violence prevention, and leadership
Coming Soon:

  • Rites of Passage Abstinence-only programs - NFLEC believes that abstinence is the only sure way to protect our kids from the life-threatening effects of pre-marital sex to the body, mind, and spirit. NFLEC currently teaches abstinence-only in its programs.

  • Rites of Passage Marriage Programs - Pre-marital counseling, marriage counseling, marriage workshops, and much more are forthcoming. NFLEC will be celebrating Black Marriage Day, March 23, 2004.

  • Sankofa Preparatory Academy - NFLEC Finished the planning grant for a charter school, and is preparing to open a charter school for grades K-12, within the next three to five years.

  • Franchising - NFLEC currently has a northern California office and a southern California office. By 2005, NFLEC will have an east coast office, and a south coast office.