This supplemental issue of Prevention Science briefly documents the innovation history of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program and its iterations in response to the shifting needs of the field. It also presents findings from the fifteen TPP innovators. The issue highlights emergent priorities of the TPP Program informed by this federal experiment in rigorous adolescent sexual health innovation development, testing, evaluation, and scaling and conclude by discussing how the TPP program adapted and refined its approach for fostering dynamic innovation-to-scale projects over time. Learn m ..read more

This article briefly documents the innovation history of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program and its iterations in response to the shifting needs of the field. It also synthesizes findings from the fifteen TPP innovators published in the journal's special edition. The article highlights emergent priorities of the TPP Program informed by this federal experiment in rigorous adolescent sexual health innovation development, testing, evaluation, and scaling and conclude by discussing how the TPP program adapted and refined its approach for fostering dynamic innovation-to-scale projects ove ..read more

OPA funds grants, cooperative agreements, and prize challenges that support community-based public health innovation. In May 2023, OPA convened 50 innovation teams to build relationships, workshop innovations, and fine tune design skills. Four showcase videos resulted from that event. Watch a compilation video to learn more about how OPA integrates innovation into their grant programs. Watch the other three video shorts to learn more specifically about innovations for engaging and supporting families, advancing adolescent health equity, and improving health care access and service delivery. L ..read more

This webpage shares guidance on working with expectant and parenting youth in out-of-home care and ways to support them and their families. State and local examples are provided. Learn more.  ..read more

This bulletin (PDF, 18 pages) provides strategies for caseworkers, agencies, and other youth-serving professionals to better support expectant and parenting youth and their families. The bulletin provides tips for working with these young people and shares case-level and systemwide strategies that contribute to overall improved outcomes. Learn more.   ..read more

Y2CONNECT.org jsemblante Tue, 09/05/2023 - 19:56 What is Y2CONNECT? Y2CONNECT is an initiative that connects Baltimore, MD, youth to clinical and community-based programs and resources to assist them in the transition to adulthood. This comprehensive resource seeks to improve the health of young people in Baltimore City by showcasing accessible, local, youth-focused health and non-health resources. The website also provides direct access to resources and services for youth‐serving professionals, parents/guardians and other caring adults, and youth.1 In addition to maintaining the website for ..read more

Submission deadline: September 5, 2023  As part of its Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review (TPPER), HHS is seeking studies to include in a systematic review of programs with evidence of effectiveness in reducing teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and associated sexual risk behaviors. Learn more and submit.    ..read more

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) 2021 dataset provides the most recent data on ongoing and emerging health behaviors and experiences among high school students enrolled in public and private schools across the United States. These data are the first YRBS data collected since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The supplemental Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement (MMWR) provides the first comparison of youth health behaviors and experiences since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report describes data from new survey questions on unstable housing, exposure to community ..read more

Application deadline: May 17, 2023, 6:00 pm ET  This solicitation funds rigorous impact and implementation evaluations of promising approaches for preventing teen pregnancy and related risk behaviors. OPA aims to increase the number of available programs that are proven to reduce teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and behavioral risk factors underlying teen pregnancy, and to disseminate those interventions that demonstrate effectiveness. Rigorous evaluations of promising interventions in populations and settings with great need and those that demonstrate significant ..read more

Application deadline: May 1, 2023  The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) supports efforts to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by Tribes, Tribal organizations, and nonprofit Tribal organizations within Indian country and Alaska Native villages. TSASP-supported projects provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment (e.g., accompanying victims to court, medical facilities, or police departments), support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, non-offending family and household members of v ..read more