Ppnne reaches and engages youth and adults, with a focus on the sexual and reproductive health (srh) needs of underserved and at-risk populations, through community outreach and collaborations, trainings, events, and education programming. In the context of the evolving pandemic, we leveraged technology and often adapted this work for virtual connection. Highlights include: -conducting 140 outreach activities across our region to deepen referral relationships with other health and human service organizations, raise visibility, and bring services and education to more people. -Advancing special proactive initiatives (as funding allows) to improve public health, address health inequities, and reduce unintended pregnancy, with downstream impacts on individuals, families, and communities. Examples of this work included delivering virtual trainings on family planning needs/referrals, contraceptive counseling, and other srh topics to community health and social service professionals; providing resources to community partners; translating additional patient/outreach materials and other projects to enhance srh access for people with limited english proficiency; and more. -Empowering teens to serve as sexual health ambassadors through our unique peer education program, which delivers life-changing information via schools, community groups and one-on-one interactions. This included collaboratively planning the youth sex education summit, which was successfully held virtually. -Expanding and improving youth sexual health education through a range of activities and collaborations. This frequently involved supporting teachers and other youth-serving professionals to strengthen their delivery of srh education and information, including through in-person training and a growing menu of virtual webinar options (see www.Ppnne.Org/education).

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