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Love Notes is being successfully implemented with diverse types of youth in a wide variety of settings. Here is a partial list of populations and settings where Love Notes is being used. Populations Populations Risk-immersed youth Expecting and parenting teens (both fathers and mothers) GLBTQ youth Youth in correctional settings Tribal youth Runaway and homeless youth Community college students Foster youth (both within the system and aging out) Abused young people Settings Workforce Development (YouthBuild/Job Corps) Group homes (Foster) Residential settings (Mental health) Detention centers Challenge academies Schools Alternative schools Faith-based settings Community agencies Community colleges In-home visitation Domestic violence shelters
Goal: Increase awareness of relationship impact on mental health
Funding: Medicaid group therapy billing
Setting: Program offices
Curriculum: Love Notes
Join the staff from Project Rise as they share with you how they are successfully engaging the Latino community including youth and their parents in healthy relationship skills programming. Project Rise is utilizing Relationship Smarts PLUS (Sexual Risk Avoidance Adaptation) to prevent teen pregnancy, reduce associated risk behaviors, and promote healthy adolescent development among Latino teens aged 12-18. They are working in four neighborhoods of Los Angeles County where measures of sexual risk are significantly higher than the national average. In focus groups the young people reported learning: Communication and relationships skills including ways to speak with family and friends as well as controlling their anger How to be self-reflective including understanding infatuation vs true love and effective decision making skills Ways to talk with their parents or a trusted adult about sex and healthy relationships. Presenters: John Lewis, Southern California Director, Urban Strategies Guillermo Pichardo, Youth Advocate, Catalyst SGV Who Should Attend:…
