CASPP Update HES Meeting 2006 Kim Allen, MFT Center for Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Parenting

Active CASPP Program Areas  STD/HIV prevention (DESE) Contract to provide STD/HIV training on the Making Proud Choices Curricula Specifically with DYS, juvenile justice center and alternative school staff Regional Programs needed Current summer programs scheduled for Columbia, Jackson, St. Louis and Springfield (see flyer)

Active CASPP Program Areas  MVRM Children’s Division Grant to provide services to Stay At Home Mothers under the age of 21. Currently serving four counties  Butler, Ripley, Stoddard and Harrison  No Extension involvement known Kansas City (Diane Milne)

Adolescent Family Life Grant  DHHS has grant opportunity to fund care programs for mothers under the age of 19.  Similar to MVRM, with more emphasis on fathers and family system.

Active CASPP Program Areas  Pregnancy Prevention Columbia Marion County (Sherry Nelson) South East Missouri (Mary, Mary and Phyllis)

Active CASPP Program Areas  Healthy Marriage Initiative 15 Extension Specialist trained in PREP St. Louis Healthy Marriage Group partnering with HDFS & 4-H on youth relationship building component Kansas City consortium working with Nina Chen on funding three positions including youth, BSF & Relationship Enhancement

Healthy Marriage Initiative  Springfield metropolitan area very active with minimum Extension involvement.  Several Extension field staff expressed an interest in working in this area  Campus considering the option of a state-wide grant proposal that will include all of the above.

National Marriage Initiative  The Federal Government New focus on healthy marriages $750m in grants over 5 years What%20Marriage%20Education%20Is %20Is%20Not.pdf What%20Marriage%20Education%20Is %20Is%20Not.pdf

Allowable Activities  Public advertising campaigns on the value of marriage and the skills needed to increase marital stability and health.  Education in high schools on the value of marriage, relationship skills, and budgeting.  Pre-marital education and marriage skills training for engaged couples and for couples or individuals interested in marriage.

Allowable Activities  Marriage education, marriage skills, and relationship skills programs, that may include parenting skills, financial management, conflict resolution, and job and career advancement, for non-married pregnant women and non-married expectant fathers.

Allowable Activities  Marriage enhancement and marriage skills training programs for married couples.  Divorce reduction programs that teach relationship skills.  Marriage mentoring programs which use married couples as role models and mentors in at-risk communities.  Programs to reduce the disincentives to marriage in means-tested aid programs, if offered in conjunction with any activity described above.

In-active CASPP Program Areas  MAPPP  MVRM Extension Name change possibility to include fathers and family system?  Adolescent Mother Journaling Project Name change to teen journaling and include a larger base?

Other program ideas?  Obesity  Healthy relationships  Parenting teens  Meth/drug abuse

What else is happening with CASPP  New website Focus on programs as well as links to family-friendly and professional links such as: Missourifamilies.org

Guide Sheets  Currently there are 3 full teen-related guide sheets: GH 6010 Early Adolescence GH 6606 MVRM GH 6150 Journaling with Teens  Possible full access to: NCR 118 Living with teen: physical changes NCR 120 Living with teen: emotional changes What are the publication needs? (see attachment)

STD/HIV Update  Submitted proposal for update training in fall.  Collaboration with local and state Health Department for summer training  _factsheets.cfm

Adolescent Parenting  Three curricula available for programs on parenting adolescents.  Research is clear that teens want their sexuality education from the parents.  Fostering good communication and positive parenting style is correlated with positive decision making, especially on sexuality issues.

Curricula  Comprehensive overview of prevention curricula with two groups (local and state)  Very few of the prevention programs that work curricula include a parent component.  Possible area of research and development.