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Reimagining Young People's Sexual Health Equity

The RYSE Innovation Hub is driven by our vision that all young people will have access to the personal agency, resources, and opportunities needed to achieve the best possible sexual well-being.

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As a hybrid innovation hub, subject matter experts (SMEs) and youth innovation advisors can work with innovation development teams (IDTs) to move sexual health innovations along our concept to scale (C2S) pipeline, from an idea to a developed product ready for dissemination.

In partnership with our Youth Innovation Advisors, ETR will help IDTs ensure their innovations align with our Health Equity Framework and Youth Engagement Principles. As technical assistance providers, we will support each cohort of IDTs with the development, refinement, and testing of their proposed innovations. At the end of each IDT funding cycle, we expect to produce up to 6 youth-centered innovations committed to adolescent sexual health equity.

What we offer

Subject Matter Expertise

Engage in training, workshops, & 1-1 coaching sessions led by RYSE Hub staff & SMEs, in youth engagement, theory of change development, adolescent sexual health, health equity, innovation iteration, marketing, design, and evaluation.

Individualized Coaching

Receive customized coaching and technical assistance to help leverage improvement opportunities, design changes, address barriers, and share successes and setbacks.

Collaborative Youth Engagement

Collaborate with our Youth Innovation Advisors to ensure your innovation resonates with your target population, meaningfully engages youth, and ensures youth as experts.

Peer-to-Peer Support

Join other innovation teams to learn, teach, and share successes, challenges, and lessons learned through our Learning Collaborative.

Funding

Drive your innovation forward with supplemental financial support. Each team will be awarded $90,000 to engage in cohort activities and innovation development.

Resources & Tools

Access a diverse range of resources and tools to move your innovation forward, related but not limited to: trauma-informed and healing-centered approaches, adult & organizational capacity, data & measurement, and sustainability.

Your Team Should Apply If:

  • Your innovation addresses sexual and reproductive health inequities
  • Your innovation authentically and meaningfully engages youth at all stages
  • Your innovation is in development (must have a prototype)
  • Your innovation team includes youth members (up to age 24)
  • Your innovation team is interested in developing and/or refining a theory of change with a focus on addressing equity issues in adolescent sexual health
  • Your team is ready to engage in innovation and learn with us for 12 months

Our Values:

Youth at the center

Centering youth expertise and sharing power in innovation development, delivery and evaluation in creative ways that amplify youth voice and choice.

Health Equity

Elevating innovations that seek to eradicate health inequities affecting young people experiencing systemic marginalization or discrimination by promoting their agency and fair access to resources and opportunities.

Positive Sexuality

Establishing a positive approach to sexual health that honors pleasure, relationships, trust, and communication in the promotion of self-esteem and overall well-being.

Healing-Centered & Trauma-Informed

Cultivating conditions that establish safety, restore individual and collective identities, nurture compassionate and trustworthy relationships, develop agency to act on the issues impacting our lives, and promote hope and resilience.

Science

Grounding our work in transdisciplinary and rigorous methods to identify the most effective, desirable ASH innovations for young people.

Curiosity, Innovation & Continuous Learning

Remaining curious and inquisitive in generating new ideas and strategies and understanding that innovation is a creative process that requires drive, curiosity, risk-taking, and a willingness to approach challenges from new perspectives.

Interested in our Hub?

Start on your interest submission today. We're excited to hear from you!

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