Prevention Programs (providers)

Healthy Youth Mini Grant Award Event

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October 3, 2012, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Tapestry Health, 306 Race Street, Holyoke, MA 01040

Please join us at an event at which the Alliance will present Healthy Youth Mini Grant awards to 8 agencies serving Holyoke and Springfield youth .

 

 

Collective Impact Meeting

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Community Conversations for Action
May 30, 2012, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Music School for Springfield
Cost: 
free

For more information and to register, visit http://yeahnetwork.org/community-conversation-for-action.html

Training and Technical Assistance Services

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The Alliance is now offering training and TA (technical assistance) on a fee-for-service basis. We are available to consult with youth-serving and healthcare professionals throughout Massachusetts on a variety of topics related to program planning, selection, implementation, increasing access to and quality of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, evaluation and sustainability for teen pregnancy, STI, and HIV prevention as well as comprehensive sexuality education.  { Read more … }

Teen Outreach Program

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Teen Outreach Program (TOP)

In summer 2010, the Alliance became a certified TOP Replication Site. TOP is a national service learning program that currently reaches over 20,000 teens in schools and organizations across the U.S. TOP is effective at increasing academic success and preventing teen pregnancy.  { Read more … }

Youth First: Holyoke & Springfield

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May 14, 2013 

Want to know a little more about our project and what we’ve accomplished so far? Check out these slides about Youth First (pdf).

Update: April 17, 2013

Congratulations Springfield and Holyoke - teen birth rates went DOWN in both cities! { Read more … }

Teen Parent Programs

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Program Planning: A Logic Model for Teen Parent Programs

Whether you are planning a program or doing some strategic thinking about what you already do for pregnant and parenting teens in your program, logic models are a great tool for linking the outcomes you want for youth and their families to what you do in your program.  { Read more … }

Recent Presentations

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Presentation on Youth First Year 2 Successes

February 28, 2013

Click here to download our presentation on successes from Year 2 (2011-2012) of the Youth First initiative in Holyoke and Springfield.

Putting Youth First

October 18, 2012 { Read more … }

Springfield Teen Birth Rate Up; Holyoke Tops the List

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and Everyone Wants to Know Why
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 13, 2008

Boston, MA—According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the national 2006 teen birth rate increased from 71.6 births per 1000 teen girls aged 15-19, to 80.7, a 12.7% increase. Holyoke’s rate is the highest in the state.

So what can Hampden County do? { Read more … }

Starting a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

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Adolescent pregnancy is a complex issue that requires a community-wide solution. Anyone who influences young people—or cares about their health and futures—can play a role in preventing teen pregnancy.

The Alliance believes youth need three things to be able to prevent pregnancy: access to information, access to contraception, and hope for a bright future.

Access to information  { Read more … }

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