Working with Youth in Systems of Care
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September 16, 2019
Power Through Choices is the only sexual health program designed with and for youth in foster care and other out-of-home care. And it’s proven effective. Healthy Teen Network is the only national provider for trainings-of-facilitators and trainings-of-trainers on Power Through Choices. Copies of the curriculum are only available for purchase by training participants. Want to know more? We periodically… Read more
Everything We Need to Know about Human Trafficking We Did NOT Learn from Law & Order
January 10, 2019
A few years ago, I started working on something new—new to me anyway. We began a partnership with the University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMD) help improve how the state responds to victims of sex and labor trafficking. I knew about training and human sexuality and some therapeutic practices, but as far as…
Read morePower Through Choices: Evidence of Success with System-Involved Youth
February 27, 2018
Guest Blog Post by Sharon Rodine & Janene Fluhr Research shows youth in foster care and juvenile justice systems are far more likely to become pregnant or get someone pregnant, compared to youth in the general population. System-involved youth have experienced chronic trauma, abuse/neglect, and family dysfunction; may face mental health and substance abuse challenges;…
Read morePosition Statement: Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for System-Involved Youth
September 20, 2017
Healthy Teen Network believes that youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems (system-involved youth) deserve comprehensive sexuality education and optimal sexual and reproductive health services in order to achieve whole health. SRH services should be designed and delivered with consideration for system-involved youth. Healthy Teen Network shares position statements on relevant issues for…
Read moreTexas Takes a Trauma-Informed Approach to Preventing Pregnancy Among Disconnected Youth
March 10, 2016
When Cardea Services set out to launch a teen pregnancy prevention program for disconnected youth in Texas, they soon realized participants were at increased risk for sexual assault and other traumatic experiences. The Competitive Personal Responsibility Education Program (C-PREP) grantee decided to adopt a trauma-informed approach in its Connections Project, which delivers evidence-based programming to…
Read moreEngaging Youth…On Their Turf: Creative Approaches to Connecting Youth through Community
November 11, 2014
Healthy Teen Network believes it is the youth most disengaged from our usual systems of care and ultimately those most in need of positive messages and support. We believe it is our duty to find these young people and use any means possible to support their healthy development and transition to adulthood. We recognize the…
Read moreHelping Pregnant and Parenting Teens Find Adequate Housing
October 8, 2014
Understanding the resources available and law applicable to young parents to assist them in finding adequate housing is one way to help address the problem of homelessness among adolescent parents in the United States today. The American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and Healthy Teen Network collaborated to develop an overview of…
Read moreBricks, Mortar, & Community: The Foundations of Supportive Housing for Pregnant & Parenting Teens: Findings from the Field
Articulating core components based on what we know ensures success among pregnant and parenting teens utilizing supportive housing services that embrace them and helps set a standard for the field. The identification of the core components provides guidance for supportive housing programs to meet the needs of pregnant and parenting teens by providing the supports…
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