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DLI in Action

Engaging leadership across the state to put teen pregnancy on pause. Highlighting the impact of teen pregnancy on poverty and education, and raising awareness through initiatives and community engagement.

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DLI in Action

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  1. DLI in Action

  2. Putting Teen Pregnancy on Pause Champion Forrest Alton SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

  3. ABOUT: Putting Pregnancy on Pause An effort to engage leadership across the state, specifically alumni of the Diversity Leaders Initiative in conversations and initiatives to PUT TEEN PREGNANCY ON PAUSE!

  4. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES • a child grows up in poverty if: • The mother gave birth as a teen? • 2) The parents were unmarried when child was born? • 3) The mother didn’t receive a high school diploma? TEEN PREGNANCY and POVERTY ALL THREE 64% Any TWO 42% Any ONE 27% NONE 7%

  5. Only 51% of teen mothers have a high school diploma. Over 30% of teen girls cite teen pregnancy as a reason for dropping out. TEEN PREGNANCY and EDUCATION 2% of young teen mothers will obtain a college degree by age 30. Children of teen mothers are 50% more likely to repeat a grade.

  6. Because of Involvement of DLI Alum… MOVING TOWARDS ACTION AWARENESS OF ISSUE

  7. Making Connections = Increasing Awareness

  8. What else have we been doing? • Created a postcard series (Core 84) so constituents could show they are part of the Core 84% of South Carolinians who support comprehensive sex education. More than 365 postcards have been sent to elected Legislators and Superintendents. • DLI alumni have been hosts of our annual fundraiser and awareness event at Pearlz in Columbia: Rhonda Midgette, Clare Folio Morris, Charles Weathers, Lee Pearson, and Alan Cooper. • In 2012, Mayor Steve Benjamin declared May Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month in the City of Columbia.  • SC Campaign staff presented to Greenwood Rotary Club (85 people) because of Richard Whiting.  • Alan Cooper interviewed Forrest for his publications – Midlandsbiz.com, Upstatebiz.com, and LowCountrybiz.com, which reached 12,000 people across the state. • Andy Brackhas covered the issue of teen pregnancy prevention in the Statehouse Report multiple times. • Howard Boyd and Stewart Spinxsponsored a breakfast in Greenville County for community leaders.

  9. Where do we go from here? • Continue to advocate for implementation of age-appropriate, research proven sex education in our public schools. • Become part of the “CORE 84” • Continue to raise awareness of this issue and encourage communities to move to action! • Do you have a community group we can speak to?

  10. Put one of Not Right Now Billboards on This Slide

  11. Putting Teen Pregnancy on Pause Champion Forrest Alton falton@teenpregnancysc.org http://www.teenpregnancysc.org

  12. Text4BabySC Champion Deb Campeau Trident Health System

  13. The Issue: • In the United States: • 500,000 pre-term births, a 30% increase since 1981 • 28,000 children born in the U.S. die before their first birthday. • More face disabilities and serious life-long health problems due to low birth weight and prematurity • In South Carolina: • 7.8% births were to woman receiving late or no prenatal care. • 14.3% pre-term • 10th highest U.S. infant mortality • 9.9% low birth weight

  14. The Strategy: text4baby • FREE bilingual mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. • Provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life • Sends 3 text messages per week to enrollees on baby safety, nutrition, baby development, emotional and mental health support and access to care (Medicaid & CHIP information)

  15. The Tactics: User registers via text or website:Text BABY/BEBE to 511411 User gives zip code, due date/DOB If pregnant, user gets a starter-pack of 6 key messages (over 2wks) User gets free tips 3x/week Ends if user texts STOP or on the baby’s 1st b-day

  16. Why Texting? • More than 85% of Americans own cell phones • 72% send or receive text messages • Approximately 40% of U.S. births are covered by Medicaid. • 80% of Medicaid patients send and receive text messages regularly

  17. Progress in South Carolina 2012-2013 ENROLLMENT GREW! 5,331 (Feb 2012) 10,600 (May 2013) Third largest growth in mid-sized state • INITIATIVES: • Coalition Launch Webinar (50 participants) • Text4babySC Coalition formed. • SCDHEC and Children’s Trust agree to serve as co- lead agencies • Text4babySC Facebook page & Twitter account created • Update emails sent to interested DLI grads • Media blitz week of May 20th, launched at City of Columbia Kids Day event

  18. State Partners: • South Carolina Dept of Health & Environmental Control • Children’s Service Alliance • The Children’s Trust for SC • McLeod OB/Gyn & McLeod Pediatrics, Dillon • Select Health of South Carolina • Trident Health, Charleston • MUSC Women’s Health • The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg • Positioned with Purpose • Riley Institute at Furman University • South Carolina First Steps • South Carolina Solutions • United Way of Greenville County • BlueChoice Health Plan/ BlueCross BlueShield of SC • Safe Kids, Sumter Co. Managing Partner:

  19. Goals and Outcomes for South Carolina • Continue to grow & strengthen text4babySC Coalition and statewide partners • Identify opportunities to incorporate text4baby enrollment systemically • Increase text4baby enrollment in South Carolina by 5,000 in 2013 • 95% of South Carolina text4baby participants will be satisfied with the service, and would refer a friend • Behavioral outcomes will include • 73% will learn about medical warning signs they did not know from a text4baby message • 71% will ask their doctor/nurse/midwife about a topic she learned about from text4baby. • 67% will schedule doctors’ appointments because text4baby sent a reminder. • 53% of those without insurance will call a South Carolina or national referral or hot line

  20. Visit www.text4baby.org and become a friend or partner of text4baby • Secure and distribute free promotional materials in your lobbies, waiting rooms and at health events • Download  “Strategies for  Action”, the Employer toolkit and the Partner toolkit for terrific implementation ideas • See how your business, elected officials, or non-profit or faith-based group can help by clicking here! • Add the Text4baby Web Button to your company/agency website • Extend the social media campaign by joining FB and Twitter to keep up on the program’s progress and new opportunities • Learn more at text4baby.org • Additional Information • Data and Evaluation • SC partner list • SC text4baby information Children’s Trust of SC How can YOU engage? Like us on https://www.facebook.com/Text4BabySouthCarolina

  21. Spread the word on Media Blitz Day, May 25: FB Twitter email PS Press release Media BLITZ Day! May 25

  22. Coalition Co-Chairs Tracey McCloud @ SCDHEC mccloutl@dhec.sc.gov Heidi Vaughn @ SC Children’s Trust HVaughn@scchildren.org text4babySC

  23. Battling Childhood Obesity Co-Champions Mitch Kennedy City of Spartanburg Renee Romberger Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

  24. Battling Childhood Obesity Goal: To educate and empower a cross-section of state leaders to take action

  25. DHEC • Obesity: #1 Issue in SC • 2 groups: • Statewide Stakeholder Group • SC Obesity Advisory Council goals/measurements/activities) • Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Lori Phillips 803.545.0185 • Funding: Community Transformation Grants Barbara Grice 803.898.0121 • Other resources (technical support) Shauna Hickshickssp@dhec.sc.gov

  26. Resources: Eat Smart Move More: Amy Splittgerber Email: amy@eatsmartmovemoresc.org Phone: 803.667.9810 ext 304 Working Well: Jennifer Wright Email: jwright@scha.org Phone: 803.744.3553

  27. Resources: Department of Education Lynn Hammond Email: lhammond@ed.sc.gov Phone: 803.734.8076 Successful School programs Greenville County: Ron Jones Email: rofjones@greenville.k12.sc.us Beaufort County: Donna Hammond Email:Donna.Hammond@beaufort.k12.sc.us

  28. Other Resources: SC Medical Association SC Hospital Association Local Partners: Local Government Service Organizations Fitness Centers (physical activity) Weight Loss groups Healthcare professionals Individuals with a Passion Churches Schools Dietitians

  29. Battling Childhood Obesity Co-Champions Mitch Kennedy City of Spartanburg Mkennedy@cityofspartanburg.org Renee Romberger Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System RRomberger@srhs.com

  30. Livi’s Library Champion Susan DeVenny SC First Steps

  31. RESEARCH TELLS US… • *Reading and literacy are foundational to school and life success; • Early reading aloud makes a difference. • Exposure to words in books at a very young age • can change the achievement trajectory for • students (Hart & Risley, Meaningful Differences, 1995); • Independent reading matters. • As few as 15 minutes per day has been shown to • impact reading achievement (response to National Reading • Panel, 2004); • * Poverty affects both early reading in the home, as • well as access to books for independent reading. LIVI’s LIBRARY: Building readers one child at a time

  32. OUR OWN SC RESEARCH TELLS US … • *Children born into conditions where the following risk factors are present are more likely to experience school failure by age 9: • 1 in 5 children in SC lives in poverty; 4 in 10 of these children are NOT successful by grade 3 • 1 in 4 children in SC is born to a mother with less than a high school education; these children are nearly TWICE as likely to experience early school failure • 1 in 8 children in SC is born to a teen mother; nearly 40% of these children are low achievers by age 9 • 3% of children in SC suffer from abuse or neglect before age 3; 52% of these children are unsuccessful by grade 3

  33. SUCCESSFUL LITERACY and EARLY READING INITIATIVES … *Meet families and children where they go every day (school, child care, doctor, church, library); *Should focus on early childhood and primary reading to have the greatest effect on student achievement; *Need to be sustainable and not “one time events;” *Are relationship-based and locally-driven; should be “glued together” to reach families effectively.

  34. “Sharing Livi’s love of reading”

  35. You can help. The idea is so simple… • Through community partnerships, Livi’s Library collects gently-used, high quality children’s books for children birth to age 12. • Volunteers sort and host “free book fairs” at schools and preschools; or place Livi’s Library bookcases in areas where our most vulnerable children and families are served. • Each child selects two free books to take home and keep, building her independent reading collection.

  36. JOIN US • One SC and Livi’s Library • Successes 2012-2013 • DLI alums and partners have collected over 20,000 books for children! (200% of our GOAL!) • DLI alums and partners have gathered over 300 volunteers and 76 partner organizations and established 3 Livi’s Library Chapters (2 added chapters in development). • Livi’s Library filed a 501(C)(3) application and is a registered non-profit organization with the SC Secretary of State. Since February 2012:

  37. JOIN US • WE NEED YOUR HELP!! • Donate your own gently used books (5 by each DLI grad = 6000 books) • Sign up to volunteer in a local Livi’s Library chapter (we need collectors sorters, mentors, carpenters) • Donate resources to support our work for young kids! You can JOIN US and HELP A CHILD BECOME A READER TODAY:

  38. JOIN US Follow us on facebook ! Livi’s Library group Contact us with your questions: LivisLibrary@yahoo.com Check out our website at the Riley Institute: http://ow.ly/kKctl THANK YOU!

  39. Livi’s Library: Building readers one child at a time. Champion Susan DeVenny sdevenny@scfirststeps.org

  40. Action Steps Today 1. Plan how you will participate in Media Blitz Day this Saturday, May 25 2. Find a “Road Show” event and plan to attend or host your own! 3. Visit the Supercapstone project pages on Rileyinstitute.org and learn more 4. Join Livi’s Library and text4babySouthCarolina Facebook pages 5. Email people in your workplace or community about one or more of these initiatives 6. Donate books and/or volunteer to help Livi’s 7. Contact someone in your community to work with you in battling childhood obesity 8. Email a champion and tell them you want to be a part! Putting a Pause on Teen Pregnancy text4babySC Healthy SChools Livi’s Library

  41. Forrest Alton falton@teenpregnancysc.org Deb Campeau Deb.campeau@HCAhealthcare.com Mitch Kennedy City of Spartanburg Mkennedy@cityofspartanburg.org Renee Romberger Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System RRomberger@srhs.com Susan DeVenny sdevenny@scfirststeps.org Champions

  42. DLI in Action

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