Tuesday, February 26 th , 2013 Ryals Room, Rawlings Library

1. “If you bring the appropriate people together in constructive ways with good information, they will create authentic visions and strategies for addressing the shared concerns of the organization or community.” - David Chrislip and Carl Larson, Collaborative Leadership Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 Ryals Room, Rawlings Library

2. Introductions • Facilitator – Diana Hall, Nonprofit Consultant (Volunteer) My job is to ensure that each meeting is effective in producing the most useful information and deliverables necessary to maximize our combined impact on local teen pregnancy rates. • Sign In – Sign in sheets on the table • Name tags Please takea name tag and print your name and organization • Introduce Yourself • Your name and title • Organization • Short description of the programs your organization provides for youth (if you have not already done so)

3. Goals for Today’s Meeting(Discuss and edit as needed) • Facebook Page: Pueblo TRACK • New website coming soon! www.PuebloTRACK.com • Spotlight on Planned Parenthood (next month: Pueblo Youth Project) • Teen Librarian: 3-D Printer • Parents Discussion– Pueblo parent’sinfluence on youth behaviors and how to connect with them • T.R.A.C.K. community outreach goals • Next month’s meeting agenda

4. SpotlightPlanned Parenthood

5. Youth ResourcesMaria Kramer – Teen Librarian3-D Printing Demo

6. Group Discussion: Parents Reality Check: What ARE Pueblo parents doing? What SHOULD parents be doing? Do we have influence on parents? How can we connect with parents?

7. What ARE Pueblo Parents Doing? Continuum of Parental Influence Negative Influence Positive Influence Uninvolved Involved Informal Poll (Of those that work with a cross-section of Pueblo’s youth)

8. What ARE Pueblo Parents Doing? • Pueblo 2012 Stats • 22 out of 25 CO counties in child well-being (health, economics, education) • Highest percent of single parent families (39%) – strongest indicator of poverty • 25.8% of children live in poverty (37% increase since 2000) • 34% of 4th graders not reading at grade level, 4.1% dropout rate

9. What SHOULD Parents be Doing?

11. How Can We Connect with Parents? • People they relate to on a personal level • Trust • Long-term and on-going • Kids prove it to parents(empowerment video) Continuum of Parental Influence Negative Influence Positive Influence Uninvolved Involved Hardest to Influence Easiest to Influence

12. Do We Have Influence on Parents? • Dr. Reginald Carter • author and national program evaluation expert • Statistics show that nonprofits have little to no influence on parents • Parents are set in established ways of thinking/behavior • The only influence-able parent is the one who was already a positive influence in their children’s lives • Parents entrenched in generational poverty/teen-parenting behaviors do more harm than good • Address kids directly – tipping point of influence at age 10 • Kids influence parents, not the other way around

13. T.R.A.C.K Objectives • Using community-wide resource list to provide customized support plans according to each youth’s individual needs • Funding for: • Resource list distribution • Community-wide Youth Activities (partners?) • Draw: Gabby Douglas? NFL/NBA Player? ($25 - $50,000) • Resource booths • Part-time Director? • Fiscal Sponsor 501(c)3 acts as funds administrator for collaboration (One of us? Southern Colorado Community Foundation?)

14. Future Agendas (Discuss and edit as needed) • Discussion on the root of the teen pregnancy crisis in Pueblo • Why Pueblo teens are getting pregnant (intended/unintended) and how to best address those reasons • Pueblo County Teen Pregnancy Research Project (JSI Study) results • Reasons for recent teen pregnancy rate decline • Breaking the cycle of poverty and generational teen parenting • What are the service gaps in Pueblo and how can we fill them? • Outcomes Measurement and Reporting • Effective National Pilot Programs and Best Practices (research) • What is holding us back in the community? What local resources do we need to develop to improve our effectiveness? • Address more common frustrations

15. Thank You! Questions or Suggestions? Diana Hall www.DianaHallConsulting.com DianaHallConsulting@gmail.com 719-821-0889

16. Reasons for Pueblo’s High Teen Pregnancy Rate 41.6 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 – 19 Higher than all other Colorado Counties, Colorado state rates, and national rates. • Multiple “High Risk” Groups in Pueblo • Homeless youth • Youth aging out of foster care • Youth with adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s) • Latino youth • Youth from teen parents • Youth living in poverty • Youth without positive parental relationships

17. Reasons for Pueblo’s High Teen Pregnancy Rate (continued) • Other Reasons?

18. Reasons local teens are having sex(Discuss and edit as needed) • Peer pressure • Boredom • Pleasurable • Love/Connection/Respect • Express Adulthood/Independence

19. Reasons local teens are intentionally getting pregnant(Discuss and edit as needed) • Independence/Income • Family (someone to love, depend on them) • Parental encouragement (generational teen parents)

20. Reasons local teens unintentionally getting pregnant/STI’s/HIV(Discuss and edit as needed) • No reason to wait • Didn’t understand HOW one gets pregnant (pull-out method) • No access to contraception • Misusing contraception • Not getting preventative education

21. This Year’s 30% Drop From 59.2 births/1,000 teens last year to 41.6 births/1,000 teens this year Contributing Factors?

22. Service Gaps in Pueblo

23. Service Gaps in Pueblo (cont.)

24. Service Gaps in Pueblo (cont.)