County of Hennepin

Project Overview: The Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department and Better Together Hennepin Initiative, a unit of local Hennepin County government, intends to reduce teen birth rates by 30 percent among adolescents ages 10 to 19 in communities with the highest teen birth rates in Hennepin County. In order to achieve this goal, the program implements evidence-based curricula in 25 schools and community sites throughout the Minneapolis north and central neighborhoods, Richfield, Robbinsdale, and Brooklyn Center. The project ensures that young people are exposed to sequential, consistent, and reinforcing evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programming multiple times over the course of their adolescence. Better Together Hennepin will partner with existing systems serving youth in these communities to implement It's OUR Future evidence-based programs to scale in the target communities.

Target Population: Youth in five communities in Hennepin County

Geographic Area Served (Urbanicity of Community): Five communities in Minneapolis, MN (Urban/Suburban)

Teen Birth Rate in Area Served (Per 1,000): 31.7-60.5