Austin Healthy Adolescent

Program Overview

City of Austin/Travis County, HHSDDivision of Maternal, Child,

and Adolescent HealthPresented 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

Dr. Rosamaria Murillo

Acting Unit Manager FHURon 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 & ObjectivesVision & 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 & ObjectivesCore Framework

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

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

THANK YOU!

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