Youth Focus Groups WYOMING MARCH 6, 2014 Youth engagement in state needs assessments WYOMING MARCH 6, 2014 State Adolescent Health Resource Center/Konopka Institute/U of MN

Youth Input in Title V MCH Program Youth priorities for Needs Assessment Strategies to address youth priorities

Youth Input in Needs Assessment 1 2 3 4 10 Community Meetings (March-May 2014) Mix of urban, rural, and frontier Youth of all ages & geographic locations; recruited through youth serving agencies Information used to help choose Title V Needs Assessment priorities 2 3 4

into Program Strategies Youth Input into Program Strategies 1 Conduct additional youth focus groups Following the Needs Assessment (2015) Youth of all ages & geographic locations (mix of urban, rural, frontier) Identify how to best to address youth priorities 2 3 4