In This Issue:

• Highlights from OPA
• For Title X Grantees
• For TPP Grantees

Highlights from OPA

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding Opportunities

• For information on the "Advancing Equity in Adolescent Health through Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and Services (AH-TP1-23-001)" funding opportunity released last month, please view the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Applications are due Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
• The funding opportunity, "Teen Pregnancy Prevention Tier 2 Rigorous Evaluation Cooperative Agreements (AH-TP2-23-001)," will fund rigorous impact and implementation evaluations of promising approaches to preventing teen pregnancy and related risk behaviors. Applications are due Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

Are You Planning to Participate in National Adolescent Health Month™ (NAHM™)?

Now is the perfect time to plan for NAHM, which takes place in May. OPA has ideas for getting involved this year and examples of how some grantees participated in NAHM last year. Explore the 2023 NAHM themes and share OPA's sample social media posts and newsletter blurbs through your organization's channels. New in 2023: Read OPA's trademarking guidance before using the NAHM logo, name, or acronym.

For Title X Grantees

Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR) 2.0 Updates

Submission deadline. The deadline to submit the FPAR to your Project Officer (PO) for review is TODAY, April 4, 2023. In some cases, your PO will send the submission back for remediation.

Upcoming Office Hours for Grantees. To support grantees with the launch of FPAR 2.0, OPA is hosting office hour sessions for grantees. Grantee staff who will enter data in FPAR 2.0 and have questions about the new system are encouraged to attend. Attendance is optional.

• TODAY, April 4, 2023 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
  • Meeting number (access code): 2338 235 6723
  • Meeting password: xpJitPx63j8
  • Dial in: +1-415-655-0002
• Wednesday, April 12, 11:00-12:00 p.m. ET
  • Meeting number (access code): 2336 650 8012
  • Meeting password: 7JnGPG4YZW6
  • Dial in +1-415-655-0002

Drop in Active Learning Sessions (DIALS)

• Embryo Adoption Awareness and Services
  Thursday, April 6, 2023, 1:00 p.m. ET
  • Last chance to join the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning (NCTCFP) for this informal webinar discussing the Embryo Adoption Awareness and Services Program, funded by the OPA. This DIALS will discuss the history, goals, activities of the program, and client education and referral options.
• Resources for New or Less Experienced Title X Clinical Providers
  Thursday, April 27, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET 
  • This DIALS, with the Director and Associate Director of NCTCFP, will discuss clinical education and training especially for those new to the Title X network. It will focus on specific training, toolkits, and job aids appropriate for advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, physicians, and nurses that are readily available through the NCTCFP and Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC) websites.

Webinar and Video - Addressing Weight Stigma and Bias in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Weight stigma and bias can limit access to quality sexual and reproductive healthcare by leading clinicians to provide lower-quality care and clients to delay or avoid healthcare. Join the RHNTC for a webinar exploring the impact of weight stigma and bias on health behaviors and healthcare utilization and the basic strategies to reduce weight stigma and bias in the reproductive healthcare setting.

Staff (e.g., clinical services providers, nurses, health educators) who interface with clients in a clinical setting can also view this video about weight stigma and bias and how to address unfair or unequal treatment of clients because of their body size or weight.

Virtual Coffee Break - Intrauterine Contraception (IUC): Considerations for Client Care

The NCTCFP released a new IUC Virtual Coffee Break. This 15-minute virtual learning activity reviews IUC and considerations for client care, scheduling, inventory, and billing and coding. A 0.25 continuing nursing education credit is available for this activity.

For TPP Grantees

Resource - Using Trauma-Responsive, LGBTQ+ Affirming Care to Connect Young People to SRH Services

Activate—an OPA-funded Research to Practice Center by Child Trends with Chapin Hall—published a resource that helps case managers with Using Trauma-Responsive, LGBTQ+ Affirming Care to Connect Young People to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Services. This resource defines trauma-responsive and LGBTQ+ affirming care, outlines principles for providing this type of care, and presents scenarios for how youth-supporting professionals can incorporate this research into their practice.

Youth Create! 2023 Submissions due April 28!

Youth Create! 2023 is now open and OPA will be accepting submissions through Friday, April 28, 2023. Youth from OPA’s grantee programs are invited to respond to this call for original youth-generated content (form also available in Spanish). See the one-pager overview (one-pager in Spanish) for more details including this year’s prompts and submission requirements. Share this overview video with tips for youth as they create their own content. View youth content from 2021 and 2022 for inspiration!