Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Foster youth - the Texas Campaign manages two initiatives designed To improve policies and practices supporting youth in the child welfare system, the Texas foster youth health initiative (tfyhi) and the collaborative for youth in care (clyc). Tfyhi is a statewide project formed To build relationships across child welfare and adolescent health systems To promote optimal health for child welfare-involved youth. The goals of tfyhi are To increase access To information and build skills among youth and their caregivers and increase the capacity of organizations and communities To support youth in care so that youth in care feel connected, safe and empowered To make informed decisions about their sexual health and relationships. Tfyhi developed and continues To strengthen the statewide network, designs, tests and adapts empowering interventions, tools and resources, and encourages statewide collaboration with the goal of improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes for youth in foster care. Clyc is a cross-sector partnership of eight organizations working To address Teen Pregnancy prevention and parenting supports for youth in care in the greater houston area. Serving as the lead, the Texas Campaign coordinates the efforts of all partners with expertise in Teen Pregnancy prevention and child welfare To develop strategies that support pregnant and parenting youth in conservatorship.

Training events - the Texas Campaign manages multiple training events which provide professional development and networking opportunities for youth-serving adults, including healthcare professionals, educators, researchers, social workers, students, and others. The 11th annual statewide symposium was hosted in april 2022 in partnership with healthy futures of Texas. Offered in a hybrid format, there were 302 total registrants, with 214 attending in person and 76 attending virtually. The program was packed with innovative and interactive sessions and consisted of 48 speakers resulting in 4 plenary sessions, 21 breakout sessions, two workshops, two contraceptive training sessions for clinicians, and a contraceptive counseling lunch. In addition, we hosted 16 exhibitors and 10 sponsors. We provided ces To 67 attendees, with community health worker, social worker, and nursing being the top three requested ces. We also provided 46 certificates of attendance.the 6th annual south Texas adolescent health summit was held summer 2023 in partnership with the Texas department of state health services. This event hosted 123 professionals from the rio grande valley including social workers, healthcare providers, researchers, practitioners, educators, youth service professionals, and other key program staff who have a special interest in improving the health of adolescents along the Texas mexico border. Since its inception, more than 650 south Texas youth-serving professionals have received access To content targeted toward their communities, enabling them To better serve those in their regions.

Advocacy - the Texas Campaign advocates for data-driven public policy To improve adolescent sexual health outcomes, including reducing unintended Teen Pregnancy through access To sexual health education and contraception. Policy priorities include adding contraception as a covered benefit in the Texas children's health insurance program (chip) and supporting abstinence-plus sex education in public school districts.