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Public Support for Comp Sex Ed

on Saturday, 13 August 2011.

Public Support for Comp Sex Ed

Organizations that support abstinence-only-until-marriage programs portray sexuality education as a controversial issue. Yet, all evidence suggests that comprehensive sexuality education is a mainstream American value. A vast majority of Americans support comprehensive sexuality education—medically accurate, age-appropriate education that includes information about both abstinence and contraception—and believe young people should be given information about how to protect themselves from unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Expose on CO Ab-Only Programs

on Thursday, 11 August 2011.

Expose on CO Ab-Only Programs

Girls' brains are like spaghetti, boys' brains are like waffles...boys tuck schoolbooks under their arms at the waist, girls cradle theirs like a baby...boys were made to pursue girls and girls were made to wait to be pursued by boys...we have an entire generation of girls looking for daddy love...you just have to get that viable sperm close to her vagina and she turns on the little Hoover vacuum, because girls are very, very fertile...

The Financial Cost of Teen Pregnancy

on Friday, 17 June 2011.

Studies Highlight the Fiscal Burden of Unintended Pregnancy on Nation’s Taxpayers

For the first time ever, studies revealed estimates of the public financial cost of unintended pregnancy in the United States on a national level. Findings from two different studies recently released by the Guttmacher Institute and the Brookings Institution both estimated that unintended pregnancies cost taxpayers an approximate $11 billion every year.

Nice Work, Colorado!

on Saturday, 13 August 2011.

On Monday, August 30th, the Colorado Department of Human Services submitted a federal application to fund real, comprehensive sex education through the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP).

PREP, created through the national health care reform bill, provides grants to states to provide medically accurate sex education in order to help youth reduce their risk of unintended pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted infections. Financial literacy, education and career success, and healthy life skills such as goal setting are also emphasized under this program.

Youth Leaders Wanted!

on Wednesday, 20 July 2011.

Youth Leaders Wanted!
The Alliance and Colorado Youth Matter are hiring two to four exceptional youth between the ages of 15 and 19 to work on the development of the Statewide Youth Sexual Health Plan. Five hours/month, applications due this Friday, July 22nd. Check out the job announcement and job application for more info!

Save the Date!

on Wednesday, 15 June 2011.

The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance is excited to be co-sponsoring the 3rd Raising the Bar conference with Colorado Youth Matter!