Overview

The It’s Your Future project implements two evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs: Safer Sex Intervention and Teen Outreach Program, which involve significant collaboration between Hennepin County, Minnesota’s Human Services and Public Health Department and its partners, including local government offices, non-profit organizations, and school districts.

Promising practices used in the collaboration include:

• Leveraging Partnerships to Drive Change
• Communicating With Quality
• Mapping of Resources
• Celebrating Success

The collaboration has learned the following lessons during its work:

• Learning From Similarities and Differences Across Settings
• Supporting Systems-Level Change