Oakland, CA
Cohort 1 | 2024-2025
Dream Youth Clinic was established in 2017 to provide no-cost medical services and youth programs centering reproductive justice principles and youth agency for the most vulnerable youth in the Bay Area between the ages of 12-25. Their proposed innovation is a youth-driven video podcast that will educate, dispel myths, and answer questions from their trusted medical team. In an effort to provide a forum for youth to speak candidly about sexual and reproductive health, the podcast will be available on Spotify and YouTube, with clipped moments on Instagram and TikTok. With technical assistance from RYSE, this team will design, create, direct, and produce the video podcast, with an emphasis on expanding its reach and reaching youth nationally.
Remote based in Georgia
Cohort 1 | 2024-2025
This project features multigenerational-led trainings for service providers and youth that focuses on the unique experiences, challenges, and strengths of Black youth and families within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Current and former system-dependent youth have the opportunity to learn about Black history and its intersections with child-serving systems, the impact of systemic oppression on Black communities, and how family surveillance has impacted authentic engagement strategies for families in need. They will also gain skills in curriculum development, facilitation, and training techniques. The Sankofa Knowledge Exchange intends to use RYSE funding and support to refine their innovation design, work plan, and theory of change for program planning.
Texas A&M School of Nursing
Cohort 1 | 2024-2025
Text-SAFE is a secure digital health solution offering personalized care pathways for sexual assault survivors, aiming to empower them and improve their physical, mental, and social well-being, mitigating trauma symptoms and improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Through a 31-day patient navigation system, Text-SAFE delivers timely, semi-automated, bidirectional text messages addressing key health concerns like pregnancy, STIs, vaccinations, mental health, law enforcement reporting, and survivor advocacy. RYSE will support Text-SAFE by working together to customize messages for adolescent survivors, explore ways to improve the user experience and expand the program's reach to other groups like parents of survivors and those who don’t seek healthcare after sexual assault.
University of Minnesota Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Health
Cohort 1 | 2024-2025
YouthCHAT (Youth Council for Health and Training) is a youth engaged training program for health professionals aimed at creating safe and supportive conversations in clinical settings. YouthCHAT Educators work with medical faculty to develop a teen or young adult character with a health concern and provide feedback directly to the trainees, helping them to improve their communication and interviewing skills. Educators participate in these simulated clinical interviews with pediatric medical assistants, nursing students, and other interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to enhance and broaden their skillset on feeling comfortable working with adolescent patients and providing more compassionate care with young people. In partnership with RYSE, YouthCHAT will explore opportunities for growth, developing an evaluation plan and addressing key areas and questions to expand the program to train more healthcare professionals beyond the University of Minnesota medical system.
