YOUR HEALTH.
YOUR RULES.
YOUR VIBE.
Free pop-ups, real conversations, and tools that actually help you protect yourself.
The Vibe Check Tour pulls up anywhere young people gather: schools, churches, festivals, health fairs, community centers, and family events. One hour to six hours, with real talk on relationships, STI prevention, mental health, and more. Led by young people, for young people. We also curate Vibe Check experiences for parents and caregivers.
FUNDED BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
PREVENTION DOESN'T START WITH A CRISIS.
IT STARTS WITH conversation.
We communicate before the crisis. Vibe Safe creates space for real conversations about safety, mental health, relationships, and decision-making, meeting young people where they are and giving them tools they can actually use.
WHY VIBE SAFE matters
Prevention starts before the crisis. Here's how.
THE REALITY
Young people are often expected to "wing it" when it comes to protecting themselves. They navigate big decisions without the tools or support to make informed choices.
THE GAP
By the time most programming starts, crisis is incoming or has already taken place. Vibe Safe exists to fill this gap by showing up early, prevention over pressure.
OUR SOLUTION
Conversation provides protection. Prevention is our promise. We connect education, awareness, and community before crisis shows up, guiding young people to safer futures.
OUR IMPACT
When conversations are preventative and not reactive, youth feel prepared, not ashamed. Families are less overwhelmed and more equipped. Conversations help clear confusion.
WHY IT exists
Too often, young people are expected to navigate big decisions without guidance, language, or support. Vibe Safe focuses on education, awareness, and connection so young people don't have to figure things out alone.
"What if I mess up?"
We teach skills, not shame.
"Am I thinking wrong?"
We validate and redirect with care.
"Who can I trust?"
We build trusted peer connections.
"Where do I even start?"
We meet you exactly where you are.
WHAT WE cover
Vibe Safe addresses topics that directly impact youth today.
EDUCATION WITH
empathy & elevated power
REAL CONVERSATIONS
Meeting Youth Where They Are
We don't teach at youth, we talk with them. Our approach is rooted in trauma-informed, culturally aware conversations that meet teens exactly where they are emotionally, mentally, and socially.
SKILLS THAT STICK
Building Confidence & Safer Choices
Prevention takes more than information, it requires confidence, clarity, and skills youth can actually use. Our programs help teens build self-awareness, communication skills, and decision-making tools.
ADULT SUPPORT
Parents, Schools & Professionals
Youth aren't navigating these issues alone. We equip parents, educators, and youth-serving professionals with resources, language, and strategies that strengthen their ability to support teens.
TRUTH, TOOLS &
TRANSFORMATION
Vibe Safe centers medically accurate, culturally grounded, and trauma-informed education. Every session is about more than information, it's about transformation.
- Understand their bodies, boundaries, and choices
- Navigate relationships with confidence
- Prevent HIV, STIs, and unplanned pregnancies
- Access testing and care without fear
- Heal, grow, and lead with purpose
BUILT WITH you IN MIND
One size doesn't fit all. That's why Vibe Safe offers nationally recognized, evidence-based programs.
RELATIONSHIP SMARTS PLUS 5.0
An evidence-based healthy relationships curriculum that helps teens build skills in communication, consent, boundaries, and decision-making.
Especially impactful for teens learning to recognize healthy and unhealthy relationships.
PROJECT WITH
Designed for justice-involved youth, a healing-centered curriculum focused on emotional regulation, personal reflection, and protective decision-making.
Ideal for youth in diversion, detention, or reentry programs.
MIND MATTERS
A trauma-informed curriculum that teaches self-soothing, emotional regulation, empathy, and resilience skills youth can use every day.
Ideal for youth coping with stress, adversity, or anxiety.
THE VIBE CHECK
tour
We don't wait for youth to come to us, we go to them. The Vibe Check Tour brings Vibe Safe programming anywhere young people gather: schools, churches, detention centers, group homes, festivals, health fairs, community centers, and family events. We also curate Vibe Check experiences for parents and caregivers.
1 TO 6 HOUR POP-UPS
Awareness, prevention, and full event days
4–6 WEEK SERIES
Targeted skills-building
SEMESTER PROGRAMS
Deep curriculum with TOP® 2.0
YEAR-LONG PARTNERS
Full integration & support
WHO WE SERVE
Youth and young adults ages 13–24, especially those in:
SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS
FOSTER CARE
FAITH-BASED & MENTORING PROGRAMS
UNDERSERVED & RURAL COMMUNITIES
HOW WE serve
PEER-LED LEARNING
Through trained Youth Community Health Workers who lead with relatability and lived experience.
HEALTH COACHING
Personalized coaching for high-risk or HIV/STI-positive youth to navigate health with support.
COMMUNITY FORUMS
Safe spaces for trusted adult and parent engagement, fostering open family dialogue.
POP-UP CLINICS
Resource hubs in partnership with local providers offering free STI/HIV testing and wellness tools.
WHERE WE'VE been
The Vibe Check Tour has visited schools, juvenile centers, youth organizations, and communities across Arkansas, and we're just getting started. Click any pin to learn more.
SELECT A LOCATION
Click any pin on the map to see details about our visits, programs delivered, and audiences served.
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COMING UP
YEAR BY year
Pick a year to see the counties, the stops, and the young people reached.
The Village Grows.
This school year the tour keeps pulling up: new schools, new counties, and peer educators leading the room. Every pin on the live map above is a community that asked for real conversations.
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Our 2025 map, from the very first year of the tour.
FROM 2025 TO now
In 2025 the tour reached four counties: Pulaski, Independence, Jefferson, and Arkansas County, with stops at schools, juvenile centers, and youth organizations like Ambitious Girls Inc, Focus Academy, and Dewitt High School, plus sessions at the Village Public Health Home Office.
The live map above shows where the tour has been since. Every pin is a community that asked for real conversations about mental health, and every year the Village grows.
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VIBE SAFE IN action
WHAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS are saying
WHAT MAKES VIBE SAFE different
VIBE SAFE
OTHER PROGRAMS
Youth-centered and interactive
One size fits all lessons
Conversation, not lecture
Lecture-style delivery
Focus on prevention, not fear
Limited youth engagement
Real life scenarios and language
Focus on rules, not prevention
Builds skills and confidence
Information without guidance
HOW FAMILIES benefit
Vibe Safe strengthens families, schools, and communities by creating shared language, shared understanding, and shared responsibility.
PARENTS
Feel better equipped to talk, not avoid
SCHOOLS
Gain trusted prevention support
COMMUNITIES
Reduce risk through education
PREVENTION
Starts before crisis moments
WHO IS VIBE SAFE for?
YOUTH & YOUNG PEOPLE
PARENTS & CAREGIVERS
SCHOOLS & EDUCATORS
PUBLIC HEALTH & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
COMMUNITY & FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Your programming should include prevention. Vibe Safe is available for schools, churches, organizations, and youth programs across Arkansas and beyond.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
FUNDED BY
Arkansas Department of Health
CURRICULUM PARTNER
The Dibble Institute (Relationship Smarts PLUS 5.0, Project With & Mind Matters)
POWERED BY
Ambassadors, Health Coaches & Community Champions
MEASURE YOUR PENIS
initiative
One of the most common reasons young people don't use condoms? They don't fit right. The MYP Initiative removes the guesswork by teaching youth how to find the right condom size, because proper fit means better protection and more consistent use.
CONDOM SIZING & FIT
Learn why one size does NOT fit all. Our MYP kits provide a discreet, educational way to determine the right condom size, improving comfort, confidence, and consistent use.
CONDOM DEMONSTRATIONS
Live, medically accurate demonstrations showing proper condom application, led by trained health educators in a judgment-free environment. Studies show demos increase correct use by up to 50%.
STI EDUCATION
Medically accurate, stigma-free education on sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and herpes. Know the symptoms, testing options, and treatment.
HIV PREVENTION
Comprehensive HIV prevention education including PrEP awareness, U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable), testing access, and how to reduce transmission risk through informed decisions.
PENIS HEALTH & HYGIENE
Breaking the stigma around male reproductive health. Topics include anatomy, hygiene practices, recognizing abnormalities, and when to seek medical care, essential knowledge often left out of health ed.
FREE SUPPLIES
Organizations, schools, and parents can request condom supplies, MYP sizing kits, condom keychains, and educational materials for distribution at no cost as part of our prevention programming.
WHY IT MATTERS
50%
of new STIs occur in youth ages 15–24
CDC, 2023
1 in 5
Americans have an STI at any given time
CDC STI Prevalence, 2021
#1
Arkansas had the highest increase in HIV cases nationally
CDC / KNWA, 2023
REFERENCES & RESOURCES
- Arkansas Dept. of Health: STI Surveillance Report 2023
- Arkansas Dept. of Health: HIV Surveillance Report 2022
- ACHI. Teen Births and Teen Birth Spacing in Arkansas (2024)
- Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families. Sex Education in Arkansas
- CDC: STI Surveillance Report 2024 (Provisional)
- CDC. Condom Use: An Overview (2024)
- Reece et al. (2008). Condom Fit & Penile Dimensions: Breakage & Slippage Outcomes
- CDC MMWR. Condom Use Among Sexually Active High School Students (2019)
- WHO. Comprehensive Sexuality Education Fact Sheet
KNOW YOUR numbers
Real STI data from Arkansas, by county, age, and year. This isn't a textbook. It's what's happening right now in your community.
HOW TO EXPLORE THE DASHBOARD
FILTER IT
Pick an STI (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis), a year, or your county. Make it personal.
MAP IT
Darker county = more cases. Click your county to see the real numbers. How does yours compare?
TREND IT
Are rates going up or down? Check the charts by age, race, and gender. Find the 15–24 bracket.
SEE THE GAPS
Disparities = systemic barriers, not personal choices. The data shows who's being left behind.
USE IT
Screenshot your county's stats. Show them to your school board, your city council, your community. Data = power.
Pro tip: Use this data in your service learning project, ambassador application, or school presentation. Showing real local numbers makes your voice impossible to ignore.
THE MYP quiz
Think you know the facts about condom fit, prevention, and healthy decisions? Take our 5-question quiz and find out.
QUESTION 1 OF 5
What is the #1 reason young people say they don't use condoms?
ORDER SUPPLIES,
kits & education materials
Whether you're an organization, school, parent, or individual, order MYP kits, condoms, keychains, STI education materials, HIV prevention supplies, Relationship Smarts PLUS 5.0 books, and more. All at no cost for qualifying programs.
OUR CERTIFIED
testing team
Christine Tan, our intern, and Madysen Allen, our public health assistant, both completed the Arkansas Department of Health HIV Prevention Program training, "Syndemic Training: A Comprehensive Guide to Counseling and Testing," which follows Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirements. Certified September 2026.
Christine Tan
Intern, Certified Tester
Madysen Allen
Public Health Assistant, Certified Tester
WHAT A SYNDEMIC APPROACH MEANS
HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, viral hepatitis, and substance use are screened together rather than one at a time. They share the same risk factors and often show up together, so looking at the whole picture catches more and sends people to the right care faster.
REQUEST TESTING AT YOUR STOP
Hosting a Vibe Check Tour stop? You can request onsite HIV and STI testing as part of your event. Tell us in the interest form below and our team will plan the space, staffing, and kits with you.
REQUEST TESTING AT YOUR STOPAll testing is confidential, conducted by trained staff, and any preliminary positive result is followed by confirmatory testing and immediate linkage to care.
BRING THE VIBE
to your community
Fill out the interest form below and our team will reach out within 2–3 business days to discuss hosting a Vibe Check Tour event.
VIBE SAFE in the conversation
Dr. Mumford and Village Public Health bringing HIV and STI prevention education to wider audiences through media and community conversations.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE WITH TOWNSEND: HIV PREVENTION & AWARENESS
Questions? Reach the Vibe Safe team directly.