Austin Healthy Adolescent Program Overview City of Austin/Travis County, HHSD Division of Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Presented by Robert Gibson and Tim Eubanks

Who We Are The programs emerged from the “Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program,” to become the: Austin Healthy Adolescent Program (AHA) As AHA, our program encompasses teen pregnancy prevention, youth empowerment, adult-youth partnerships and collaborations.

Organizational Chart Assistant Director MCAH Acting Unit Manager FHU Dr. Rosamaria Murillo Acting Unit Manager FHU Ron Hubbard Program Supervisor AHA Program Tim Eubanks (General Fund) AHA Program Coordinator (1 FTE) Young Engagement Robert Gibson (Grant Fund) Youth Development AHA Program Coordinator (1 FTE) Sexual Health Education Jina Sorensen (General Fund) Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Program Goals & Objectives Vision & Mission We envision a future where adolescents are active decision makers and fully engaged in improving their own health and the health of our communities. We provide leadership to Engage youth and adults in partnerships Empower adolescents with opportunities to have a voice in decision making Collaborate across the community to improve the adolescent health infrastructure

Program Goals & Objectives Core Framework Engage AHA Newsletter: a resource for youth and service providers to share and acquire information that is relevant to youth development , empowerment and well-being. Teen Sexual Health Text Line: serves as a tele-communication resource for youth to get information and/or advice regarding sexual health related issues. Sexual Health Education Classes: utilizing partnerships with Planned Parenthood and Travis County, these classes are designed to enhance adolescents knowledge of sexual health and healthy relationships. Empower Young Artist Project: collective of Austin Hip-hop artists that use their music to inspire youth to be vocal about changes and improvements they want to see within their communities. Middle School Diversity Leadership Conference: this conference, planned through a youth/adult partnership, empowers youth and adults to work together to produce positive change in their communities and schools. AHA Learning Community: a key element of AHA programming, these interactive trainings enhance the capacity of youth and adult leaders to enact youth/adult partnerships and implement action projects. Peer to Peer Health Education Program: Designed to reduce the disparity in teen birth rates between Latinos and other groups young health educators are empowered to reach other youth with a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum. Collaborate Alliance for Youth Leadership: composed of equal parts youth leaders and adult providers, this coalition uniquely cultivates more opportunities for youth leadership and development via youth-centered conferences and programming. This collaboration now organizes the Diversity Leadership Conference. Healthy Youth Partnership: promotes the sexual health and well-being of youth through awareness, advocacy, education, health promotion, and other promising strategies. This partnership disseminates information concerning the AHA sexual health Text Line. Opportunity Youth Collaborative: this collaborative group of youth service providers, educators, government agency representatives and community stakeholders seeks to ensure that systemic obstacles to work and educational opportunities for low-income youth are addressed and removed.

AHA Programming Impact 300 unique youth sexual health-related questions were answered through the BrdsNBz teen text line Conducted 9 AHA Learning Community Sessions that were attended by over 400 service providers and youth. Over 200 youth received a copy of the AHA News Letter per month Over 100 youth participated in Young Artist Project Outreach events where four (4) Community Recommendations were gathered.

AHA Community Collaborations 158 youth attended the 2013 Middle School Diversity Leadership Conference Over 300 youth were provided Sexual Health Education through partnership with Planned Parenthood, Inc. Average of over 30 Providers attend the monthly Healthy Youth Partnership Meeting and Trainings Working with newly formed Austin Opportunity Youth Collaborative on development of Youth Engagement Curriculum and Youth Leadership group. 2013 Middle School Diversity Leadership Conference: Theme- “The Power of Choice: Make a Stand for Good”

AHA Sustainability In Action Austin Healthy Adolescent Program Alliance for Youth Leadership Middle School Diversity Leadership Conference Young Artists Project AHA Learning Community AHA Newsletter Healthy Youth Partnership Sexual Health Teen/Parent Text Line

PSP Framework 1) Education: Increase/improvement in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes (KSA) about sexual activity, condom use, contraceptive (i.e. hormonal birth control) use, risks of sexual activity. 2) Health: Decrease reported pregnancy, birth, and STI/HIV/AIDS rates among youth (Opportunity Youth Age Range). 3) Empowerment: Increase/improvement in beliefs and/or attitudes that community offers/supports their leadership/empowerment.

Stakeholder Main Players Lifeworks Planned Parenthood (partner + social service contractor) Engender Health UT SSW: Child and Family Research Institute United Way Dr. Raphael Travis (Flowstory) Travis County Integral Care The Harvest Foundation Omega Point International (contractor) ALLGO PODER Growin’ Together Afterschool Program Cipher ATX Hip-Hop Project Ready By 21

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