News & Views eNewsletter: Spring 2010

Family PACT’s Role in Teen Pregnancy Prevention

According to new 2008 figures recently released by the California Department of Public Health, teen birth rates in the Golden State have reached a record low. California’s refusal of “abstinence-only” education funding, and the state-supported Family PACT Program has contributed greatly to the decline in births to California teens. [Continue]

New Reproductive Life Plan on TeenSource.org

CFHC has developed a section within its popular website for teens, TeenSource.org, to highlight preconception health and to help them find the reproductive information and healthcare they need. Building on this foundation, a new section was developed entitled “My Health, My Future, My Plan.” [Continue]

Providing Culturally Responsive Care: Technical Assistance Project

Beginning this year, thanks to funding from The California Endowment, CFHC is working with several Title X Delegate Agencies to meet the ever-changing cultural and linguistic needs of their diverse client populations. [Continue]

2010 Title X Business Meeting

The 2010 Title X Annual Business Meeting was held April 6th in Los Angeles.  The one-day meeting provided a forum for CFHC and Title X-funded agencies to address issues related to grant management, programmatic and fiscal quality assurance, and reporting requirements.  This year, over 115 delegate agencies were in attendance. [Continue]

CFHC Condom Art Contest

CFHC launched its 7th bi-annual Condom Art Contest on April 1st. California residents between the ages of 13 and 25 are invited to submit original art for condom covers, using educational messages and designs that spread the word about sexually transmitted infections and safer sex. Submissions must be received on or before June 30. [Continue]

Talk with Your Kids - Coming Soon in Spanish!

Talk with Your Kids is a website designed to help improve communication about sexual and reproductive health between parents and their kids. In an effort to make this important information available to more parents state- and nation-wide, CFHC is happy to announce that Talk with your Kids will soon be available to Spanish-speaking parents. [Continue]