Monday, May 12, 2025
5/12/2025
Adolescents and Communities Together 2020 (ACT 2.0) - Multnomah County Health Department (MCHD) and its partners propose to expand their Adolescents and Communities Together (ACT) teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) program begun in 2015. ACT 2020 (ACT 2.0) will grow reach among Multnomah County youth, especially those experiencing the highest burden of health disparities. It will serve all youth of Multnomah County, Oregon, with priority populations of Black/African American, Latinx, Native, and Pacific Islander youth. The project will continue to strengthen community capacity, shifting power to center even more on community, including elevating youth as an equal partner in planning, implementation, and evaluation. MCHD will partner with Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette (PPCW) and community-based organizations (CBOs), including Boys and Girls Club of Portland, Latino Network, Native American Youth and Family Association, Self Enhancement, Inc., and Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO). Partners will replicate effective TPP programming for adolescents in school and community settings; provide parent/caregiver education in these same settings; and refer youth and families to supportive services. Partner Multnomah County school districts include Centennial, David Douglas, Gresham-Barlow, Multnomah Education Service District, Parkrose, Portland Public Schools, and Reynolds. Multnomah Youth Commission and MCHD’s Student Health Centers will facilitate youth engagement within school and community settings. ACT 2.0 has the following goals. 1) Promote optimal health among Multnomah County adolescents by taking a systems thinking, youth-driven, and equity-focused approach to replicating effective programs in school and community settings and preventing teen pregnancy and STIs among Black/African American, Latinx, Native American, and Pacific Islander youth. 2) Maximize youth and community voice to raise awareness about promoting optimal health, health equity, and systems thinking approaches to reduce teen pregnancy and STI disparities within Multnomah County’s Black/African American, Latinx, Native American, and Pacific Islander communities. Over the three year project period, ACT 2.0 will serve over 67,000 youth ages 10-19 (33% of youth in the county annually); over 23,000 will be from the priority populations (40% of priority population youth in the county annually). Partners will also serve over 10,000 parents.
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