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Youth
(Jóvenes)
On this page:
Tools
(Herramientas)
- Insure Kids Now!
Supplies information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children including Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- Young Worker Safety and Health
Provides key resources focused on young worker's safety and health.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- MedlinePlus: Fumar y los jóvenes
Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
- About.com: Teen Pregnancy, Marriage & Parenthood
A website specifically targeted to teens on pregnancy and parenthood. Provides teen advice, FAQs on sex and pregnancy, a crisis pregnancy helpline, firsthand experiences of other teens, information on teen parenting, statistics and data on teen pregnancy, and more.
- America's Pregnancy Helpline
A national health organization committed to ongoing reproductive research and education, promoting community awareness and providing fact-based information for women and families with pregnancy related needs. Their goal is to empower women and families, within their own communities, through education and counseling, by offering healthy reproductive options and promoting and supporting healthy pregnancies with positive outcomes.
- Advocates for Youth
Dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
- The Latino Initiative
An information portal focused specifically on helping the Latino community in its efforts to reduce continued high rates of adolescent pregnancy and childbearing.
Sponsoring organization: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
- la Iniciativa Latina
Una iniciativa concentrada en contribuir a los esfuerzos de la comunidad latina por reducir las altas y continuadas tasas de embarazo y maternidad.
Sponsoring organization: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
- Girlshealth.gov
Provides girls between the ages of 10 and 16 reliable, useful information on the health issues they will face as they become young women, and tips on handling relationships with family and friends, at school and at home.
Sponsoring organization: Office on Women's Health
Success Stories
(Historias de éxito)
- Wellness Partnership for a Healthy McKinley County
This project involved an innovative education program that used high school students to mentor elementary students in diabetes prevention techniques with the goal to improve the wellness of the community by developing healthy living skills in the 10-to 12-year-old population, and specifically to incorporate diabetes awareness activities into this target group's school day.
Funding
(Financiamiento)
- "Diamonds Back" Youth Field Building
Funding to build or renovate baseball fields for Arizona youth.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Dec 31, 2009
Sponsor: Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation
- General Mills Champions for Healthy Kids Grant Program
Grants for programs to encourage communities to improve the eating and physical activity patterns of young people.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Jan 15, 2010
Sponsor: General Mills Foundation
- Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Inclusion Champion Award
Award that honors individuals who have made significant efforts to promote the full inclusion of youth with disabilities in society.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Dec 1, 2009
Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Grants
Grants for people in need including the elderly, disabled adults and/or children, as well as women, youth and families.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Sep 8, 2009 Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Public Welfare Foundation
Grants to provide services to disadvantaged populations in the areas of criminal and juvenile justice, health reform, and workers' rights.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Public Welfare Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants
Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- St. Luke's Health Initiatives Community Grants
Grants to provide funding that strengthens the capacity of organizations and communities to improve access to care and better health for Arizona's most vulnerable populations.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Publications
(Publicaciones)
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Effective and Promising Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latino Youth
Details six programs, some designed specifically for Latino teens, that have been shown through careful evaluation to either delay sex, improve contraceptive use, and/or reduce teen pregnancy.
Sponsoring organization: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Date: 07 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Teen Pregnancy - So What?
Provides facts and statistics describing the effects of teen pregnancy on the mothers and their children.
Sponsoring organization: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Date: 10 / 2006
Format: PDF
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Terms of Engagement: How to Involve Parents in Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Summarizes the informative discussions from conferences held by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy with teen pregnancy prevention leaders and experts, and provides additional information about parental influence.
These roundtables as well as provide some additional
information on what social science tells us about parental influence.
Author(s): Karen Troccoli
Sponsoring organization: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Date: 12 / 2006
Format: PDF
Organizations
(Organismos)
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Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
Supports and promotes a national preparedness to foster the development and the adjustment of children with or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance.
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Southern Area Health Education Center & Border Health Education Training Center
Serves as a culturally competent regional resource and training center for youth, the health workforce, and communities of New Mexico. Also provides resources to help communities increase environmental safety and for individuals to improve their home environments.
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YouthBuild
An alternative education program that assists youth who are behind in basic skills with obtaining a high school diploma or GED credential. Also provides disadvantaged youth with opportunities for meaningful work, service to communities and employment opportunities.
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