North Texas Alliance To Reduce Teen Pregnancy

NTARUPT'S MISSION IS TO PREVENT UNINTENDED TEEN PREGNANCY. OUR VISION IS THAT ALL YOUTH IN NORTH TEXAS ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT BEFORE BECOMING PARENTS. NTARUPT'S PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, TALK ABOUT IT DALLAS, IS THE FIRST ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN DALLAS WHICH SEEKS TO NORMALIZE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ADOLESCENTS, PARENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO RAISE AWARENESS AND REDUCE THE RATE OF TEEN PREGNANCY.

NTARUPT IS THE SOLE ORGANIZATION IN NORTH TEXAS COMMITTED TO AGGREGATING THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TEENS AND PARENTS NEED TO PREVENT UNINTENDED PREGNANCY, WHICH IS A ROOT CAUSE OF POVERTY, BY 1) EDUCATING YOUTH & PARENTS/CAREGIVERS WITH EVIDENCE-BASED AND INFORMED CURRICULA AND TRAINING YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS TO RESPOND TO YOUTH ISSUES; 2) MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY AND ITS RESOURCES, INCLUDING FAITH GROUPS HEALTHCARE, ADVOCACY EFFORTS, & YOUTH; AND 3) CREATING PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE EFFECTS OF TEEN PREGNANCY AND AVAILABLE PREVENTION RESOURCES.EDUCATION: IN 2022, WE SERVED 1010 STUDENTS THROUGH DIRECT EDUCATION, INCLUDING TEENS AND PARENTS.SINCE 2015, NTARUPT AND ITS PARTNERS HAVE EDUCATED 7500+ TEENS, PARENTS, AND CAREGIVERS WITH AN ESTIMATED ETHNIC BREAKDOWN OF 59% HISPANIC, AND 41% NON-HISPANIC OR UNKNOWN. THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN WAS 33% WHITE, 29% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 6% MULTI-RACIAL, 5% ASIAN, 1.5% NATIVE AMERICAN, 17% OTHER RACE, 8% UNKNOWN.MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NTARUPT'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN 2022 CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. NTARUPT COMBINED WITH THE TEXAS CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY AND HEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS TO FORM WWW.TEXASISREADY.ORG. TEXAS IS READY SUCCESSFULLY FOCUSED ON PREPARING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT THE REVISIONS OF THE NEW TEKS ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION FOR ALL TEXAS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, TEKS INCLUDES CONTENT SUCH AS THE HPV VACCINATION, POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, ONLINE SAFETY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CYBERBULLYING, AND OTHER 21ST CENTURY TOPICS. FOR MORE, SEE HTTPS://WWW.NTARUPT.ORG/TEXAS-IS-READ-NEW-SEX-ED-STANDARDS-2020.PUBLIC AWARENESS AND OUTREACH: IN 2022, NTARUPT CONTINUED ITS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN UNDER THE BRAND TALK ABOUT IT DALLAS. OUR TALKABOUTITDALLAS.COM WEBSITE HAD OVER 60,000 VISITS IN 2021. 97.9 THE BEAT, NETTED US 180,000 IMPRESSIONS AND LUNA HAD 1.1 MILLION IMPRESSIONS. NTARUPT'S WORK WAS COVERED IN MANY NEWS ARTICLES IN BOTH MAIN AND REGIONAL MEDIA. NTARUPT RAN A CAMPAIGN THAT REACHED OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND ANOTHER 1.7 MILLION ON GOOGLE DISPLAY.