Resources for Youth-Serving Professionals
Finding Services in Greater Austin:
Youth Services Mapping (YSM)
This site is designed to help youth service professionals, educators, policy-makers and funders understand what services for children and youth are available, and where they are offered. (The system is for programs offered by nonprofits and public providers and is based on the Ready By 21 Framework.) At www.ysm-austin.org, members and guests can search for services, review the organizations that are in the system, or learn how you and your organization can become part of YSM and further enrich the landscape of youth services in Central Texas.
Aunt Bertha
Aunt Bertha makes it easy to find food, health, housing and employment programs. Aunt Bertha collects all federal, state, county, city, neighborhood, and charity program information and puts it in one place. Using information they learn about programs, and what they learn from the user, Aunt Bertha intelligently matches people with services that are designed specifically for their situation.
211 Texas
2-1-1 Texas, a program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, is committed to helping Texas citizens connect with the services they need. Whether by phone or internet, our goal is to present accurate, well-organized and easy-to-find information from over 60,000 state and local health and human services programs.
Youth Services Mapping (YSM)
This site is designed to help youth service professionals, educators, policy-makers and funders understand what services for children and youth are available, and where they are offered. (The system is for programs offered by nonprofits and public providers and is based on the Ready By 21 Framework.) At www.ysm-austin.org, members and guests can search for services, review the organizations that are in the system, or learn how you and your organization can become part of YSM and further enrich the landscape of youth services in Central Texas.
Aunt Bertha
Aunt Bertha makes it easy to find food, health, housing and employment programs. Aunt Bertha collects all federal, state, county, city, neighborhood, and charity program information and puts it in one place. Using information they learn about programs, and what they learn from the user, Aunt Bertha intelligently matches people with services that are designed specifically for their situation.
211 Texas
2-1-1 Texas, a program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, is committed to helping Texas citizens connect with the services they need. Whether by phone or internet, our goal is to present accurate, well-organized and easy-to-find information from over 60,000 state and local health and human services programs.
Sexual Health Curricula and Activities:
Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Explore the Sex Education Resource Center for lesson plans, curricula, national standards, and state legislation.
The Dibble Institute
Resources for Teaching Relationship Skills to Teens. The Dibble Institute equips young people with the skills and knowledge they need to develop healthy romantic relationships now and in the future.
SIECUS
SIECUS-the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States- was founded in 1964 to provide education and information about sexuality and sexual and reproductive health. Their SexEd Library and Community Action Kit are valuable tools for providers working with youth and sexual health.
Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Explore the Sex Education Resource Center for lesson plans, curricula, national standards, and state legislation.
The Dibble Institute
Resources for Teaching Relationship Skills to Teens. The Dibble Institute equips young people with the skills and knowledge they need to develop healthy romantic relationships now and in the future.
SIECUS
SIECUS-the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States- was founded in 1964 to provide education and information about sexuality and sexual and reproductive health. Their SexEd Library and Community Action Kit are valuable tools for providers working with youth and sexual health.
Data and Statistics:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC′s Mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats. Their website has valuable statistics, data, and toolkits.
Child Trends
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of development. Their mission is to improve outcomes for children by providing research, data, and analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and actions affect children, including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media.
GLSEN
GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) is an organization in the United States that seeks to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in K-12 schools. GLSEN conducts extensive and original research, authors developmentally appropriate resources, partners with decision-makers and national education programs to advocate for comprehensive and inclusive policies, and empowers student leaders to affect change.
Healthy Teen Network
Healthy Teen Network is a national organization focused on adolescent health and well-being with an emphasis on teen pregnancy prevention, teen pregnancy, and teen parenting. Healthy Teen Network provides critical services to its members and affiliates through network and information sharing; research and program evaluation; training and technical assistance; organizational and coalition capacity building; and policy and advocacy.
Power To Decide
The campaign to prevent unplanned pregnancy, works to ensure that all young people—no matter who they are, where they live, or what their economic status might be—have the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. We do this by increasing information, access, and opportunity.
Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
As a statewide nonpartisan organization, aims to reduce teen pregnancy through research, advocacy, collaboration and training.
Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics
The DSHS Center for Health Statistics was established to provide a convenient access point for health-related data for Texas. Their objective is to be a source of information for assessment of community health and for public health planning. The data are used to support research, grant applications and policy development and to provide rapid needs response to health emergencies.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC′s Mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats. Their website has valuable statistics, data, and toolkits.
Child Trends
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of development. Their mission is to improve outcomes for children by providing research, data, and analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and actions affect children, including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media.
GLSEN
GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) is an organization in the United States that seeks to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in K-12 schools. GLSEN conducts extensive and original research, authors developmentally appropriate resources, partners with decision-makers and national education programs to advocate for comprehensive and inclusive policies, and empowers student leaders to affect change.
Healthy Teen Network
Healthy Teen Network is a national organization focused on adolescent health and well-being with an emphasis on teen pregnancy prevention, teen pregnancy, and teen parenting. Healthy Teen Network provides critical services to its members and affiliates through network and information sharing; research and program evaluation; training and technical assistance; organizational and coalition capacity building; and policy and advocacy.
Power To Decide
The campaign to prevent unplanned pregnancy, works to ensure that all young people—no matter who they are, where they live, or what their economic status might be—have the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. We do this by increasing information, access, and opportunity.
Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
As a statewide nonpartisan organization, aims to reduce teen pregnancy through research, advocacy, collaboration and training.
Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics
The DSHS Center for Health Statistics was established to provide a convenient access point for health-related data for Texas. Their objective is to be a source of information for assessment of community health and for public health planning. The data are used to support research, grant applications and policy development and to provide rapid needs response to health emergencies.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy
Texas Freedom Network
The Texas Freedom Network (TFN) advances a mainstream agenda of religious freedom and individual liberties to counter the religious right. In addition to policy updates, TFN has several important sexual health research publications, including 2009's Just Say Don't Know, a study on sex education in Texas public schools.
Sex, Etc's Sex in the States
Sex, Etc. is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project developed by Answer, a national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education to young people and the adults in their lives. Their state-by-state policy information is written for helping teens understand the sexual health policies of their state.
The Texas Freedom Network (TFN) advances a mainstream agenda of religious freedom and individual liberties to counter the religious right. In addition to policy updates, TFN has several important sexual health research publications, including 2009's Just Say Don't Know, a study on sex education in Texas public schools.
Sex, Etc's Sex in the States
Sex, Etc. is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project developed by Answer, a national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education to young people and the adults in their lives. Their state-by-state policy information is written for helping teens understand the sexual health policies of their state.
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Fun and Informational:
Bedsider Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by Power to Decide, the campaign to prevent unplanned pregnancy. Power to Decide works to ensure that every young person has the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant—increasing their opportunity to pursue the future they want. Stay Teen Stay Teen is an excellent resource for teens who are looking for information about healthy relationships and teen pregnancy. (operated by Power To Decide) Sex, Etc Sex, Etc. is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project developed by Answer, a national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education to young people and the adults in their lives. |
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