Healthy Futures Of Texas

Programs: The sexual health education program serves youth and young adults that are most at risk for unplanned pregnancy, as well as parents and caregivers who trust us to provide medically-accurate information to their children. We partner with youth-serving community and faith-based organizations, community colleges and school districts, to deliver health education. Improving the lives of youth, young adults and parents has the potential to improve educational attainment, social success, health trajectories and ensure happy and healthy families.

big decisions is a texas-friendly "abstinence-plus" sexual health curriculum used in many school districts, including border and rural communities throughout the state. This teen pregnancy prevention program is a model that uses science to address important public health issues-and is an important part of recent significant reductions in teen pregnancy.

the texas women's healthcare coalition (twhc) is a statewide advocacy group of 80 member organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of texas women, babies, and families by ensuring access to preventive healthcare, including contraception, for all texas women. Twhc was created by healthy futures of texas in 2012 in response to dramatic state budget reductions to the state's women's health programs which limited access to preventive healthcare services. Twhc has impacted state level policies and budgets through its advocacy and community awareness activities.

the parent education program provides parent empowerment workshops, where parents learn to communicate more effectively with their teens about sex and relationships. The youth advocacy council provides a group of high school students assistance to serve as youth educators and advocates on issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, with an emphasis on teen pregnancy prevention.