NN4Y Presentation at CDC National Conference

Kayla Jackson, NN4Y’s Vice President of Programs, presented a workshop entitled “Tips and Tools for Reaching the Hardest to Reach: How NGOs and Others Support Schools in Reaching Out-of-School Youth” as part of the Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) 2009 Adolescent and School Health Partners Meeting. The meeting, held in Bethesda, MD, March 16 – 19, brought together over 400 representatives from State and Local Education Agencies and staff from other non-governmental organizations who are funded by DASH to insure that our country’s school-aged youth are receiving appropriate health education and services.

NN4Y is in year three of a five year cooperative agreement with CDC/DASH to address the disparities in HIV outcomes for runaway and homeless youth by strengthening the HIV prevention capacity of RHY organizations, state and local education agencies, state and local homeless education coordinators, and other youth-serving organizations through information dissemination, training and professional development, and technical assistance.