1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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”

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. THANK YOU!
Q and A’s