The University of Mississippi’s William Magee Center developed the Transforming Healthy Relationships in Various Environments (THRIVE) Program in order to increase awareness around domestic violence and share resources that inform university students on healthy relationship behaviors.
Hosted by Teen Health Mississippi and their partners, the Mobilizing Youth Summit (MYSummit) is an annual event that provides young people with an opportunity to increase awareness around issues impacting youth in their communities. MYSummit equips young people with the skills and tools they need to build local outreach campaigns, practice advocacy, and raise awareness […]
Founded in 2009, the Magnolia Medical Foundation (MMF) is a community-based organization focused on providing preventive health services to high risk and underserved individuals and communities in Mississippi. At the end of 2021, MMF opened an office in Jackson, MS and began a program called Safe Place and Care for Everyone (SPACE). This program, supported […]
The Cary Christain Center’s vision is to break the cycles of poverty through relationships; to build serious and significant relationships that are based on biblical principles; and to build relationships with individuals through the various ministries by becoming involved in their lives which ultimately leads them to making healthy choices. With the help of grant […]
Based in Booneville, MS, Strategic Solutions for Families, Inc. provides resources, programs, and activities that empower children, teens, adults, and community-focused organizations in order to promote economic stability across the state. With grant funds totaling $25,000, Strategic Solutions was able to create Solid Ground Ready 4 Life, an initiative that increased access to community and […]
The proposed project – Healthy Girls, Powerful Women, Strong Communities – will build on the impactful work Spring has established in the last 8 years while further enhancing its effectiveness. The intervention efforts Spring students receive on a daily and long-term basis are designed to provide them with access to opportunity, a vision for a […]
The Department of Health Promotion and Wellness proposes a sexual health empowerment program to meet the needs of our college students by providing campaigns, programs, lunch and learns, workshops, and free and/or reduced STI testing. The program would include health service volunteers, graduate assistants, student association health and wellness council, Greek life council, and athletes […]
The Encouraging Responsible and Informed Choices: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program is designed to support healthy physical and social environments and healthy behaviors through informing and educating adolescents concerning risky sexual behaviors, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease prevention. This program will utilize the evidence-based abstinence plus Making Proud Choices curriculum, endorsed by the United States […]
“Back Off Baby: I’m in College” will utilize a holistic approach to wrap around services that will address the “whole woman” utilizing a four-topic framework: policy & system change, sexual health services, information/education and accessibility to affordable reproductive healthcare. Hind Community College proposes to: Establish a female student council that will serve as the advocate […]
The Raising Mothers to Rise (RMR) program provides pregnant teens and parenting teen mothers with education and support regarding pregnancy prevention, maternal and fetal outcomes, and education. The services provided by the RMR Program are centered around a weekly class meeting that is consistent throughout the calendar year. The class meeting is for both mothers […]
Delta Health Center will partner with community and school-based organizations who already serve adolescents, to provide Teen Clinics at their community and school locations. The clinics will facilitate an evidence-based curriculum intended to reduce teen pregnancy, HIV, and STDs, utilizing a Sexual Health Educator trained in a variety of age-appropriate, interactive curricula, providing the ability […]
Cary Christian Center proposes a program intended to give teenagers and young women and men the interpersonal awareness, communication skills and knowledge necessary to develop a positive self-image and to avoid relationships that lead to unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and unhealthy relationships. Implementation of the research-based approach called Love Notes 3.0 will provide the […]