Support Youth Serving Organizations and Local Communities

• Train and build capacity to select, implement and evaluate prevention programs
• Facilitate community meetings to discuss and identify ways to proactively address preventing teen pregnancy and HIV/STD, and supporting teen parents
• Support local Colorado communities and organizations in their efforts to raise awareness about teen health issues in their region 

Enhance Understanding & Use of Science-Based Approaches to Prevention

• Provide intensive technical assistance with youth serving organizations to increase their capacity to use logic models, planning and evaluation, and fundraising efforts to support science-based programs for teen pregnancy prevention
• Provide online tools and offer statewide training on components of science-based approaches, programs that work, and promising programs
• Serve as a link to and networking partner with national trainers on science-based approaches and science-based programs

Disseminate Research and Data on Teen Sexual Health

• Share current research and data related to teen sexual health
• Provide yearly updates on pregnancy and STD rates among populations of Colorado teens

Advocate for Teens, Parenting Teens, and Their Families

• Support parents of teens by providing resources about talking to teens about sex
• Support teens by informing them of their rights and responsibilities related to their sexual health and well-being
• Support parenting teens by linking them to support services in their area
• Advance policies and programs that support the healthy development of parenting teens and their children

Current Community Projects

Promoting Science-Based Approaches

  The intent of this project is to pair Colorado Youth Matter with local youth serving organizations to increase support and capacity for integrating scientifically proven approaches to planning, implementing, and evaluating programs shown to work in the prevention of pregnancy and HIV/STDs and in the healthy sexual development of teens.