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Nexplanon Training
SAHM Launches "THRIVE" App
5 Collaborations to Ensure Trauma-Informed Care for Youth and Families
Confused About Federal Funding for Teen Pregnancy Prevention?
Part time Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Coordinator Position
Life is Short - Smile!
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9/20-21- MFPA Face to Face meeting Helena
10/1-3- Gender Expansion Conference
10/13-14- MPHA Conference Bozeman
10/14-15- Outreach and Enrollment Summit
10/27- Health Educator Conference Call
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September 16, 2015
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Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
~Margaret Mead
Nexplanon Training
nexplanon Nexplanon Training                             
  
Merck Women's Health will be hosting two Nexplanon trainings. Each location has 4 openings.  Please contact David Heidinger at 406-698-1016 if you are interested in attending.
 
9/24     3:00 pm           Billings            4 openings
10/13   8:00 am           Missoula          4 openings 
SAHM Launches "THRIVE" App                
SAHM Launches "THRIVE" App
 
A Critical New Resource for Parents of Teens and Young Adults
 
SAHM launched a new, free mobile app THRIVE (Teen Health Resources, Information and Vaccine Education). THRIVE was developed and launched as part of a collaboration between SAHM, Pfizer and UNITY Consortium to provide parents with a mobile, interactive resource to help teens and young adults aged 16 to 25 understand their role in and increase ownership over their own health. (Reuters, 9/2)
5 Collaborations to Ensure Trauma-Informed Care for Youth and Families   
5 Collaborations to Ensure Trauma-Informed Care for Youth and Families
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth: Youth who have gone through traumatic experiences have a range of needs and may be best served by a group of service providers working in tandem. In this slideshow, learn about five types of people you can work with to help youth who have experienced trauma.
Confused About Federal Funding for Teen Pregnancy Prevention?
Confused About Federal Funding for Teen Pregnancy Prevention?
 
PREP, TPPP, Title V, it's hard enough to keep the names and acronyms of the programs straight. Let our updated overview of Federal Funding Streams for Teen Pregnancy Prevention be your guide to the various grant programs, including their goals, funding levels, and current grantees. While you're at it, check out our updated state profiles for more information on the grants going to your state.
Part time Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Coordinator Position                  
Part time Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Coordinator Position
  
The Butte Silver Bow County Health Department is hiring a part time Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) coordinator to provide teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention programs with evidence-base curricula. These services are delivered in the counties of Silver Bow, Jefferson and Beaverhead. This is a temporary grant-funded position (late September 2015 through late May 2016), at 28 hours weekly.
 
See more here.                     
  Life is Short - Smile!
  
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