RHNTC Updates

• *NEW* Emergency Contraception Job Aids 
• *NEW* Telehealth Services: Taking an Inclusive, Equity-Driven, and Trauma-Informed Approach Job Aid
• *UPDATED* Nondirective Counseling and Referral Sample Policy Template and Referrals Toolkit
• *UPDATED* Federal Title X Training Requirements Summary
• *NEW* Introduction to Adaptations eLearning
• Branding Office Hours for TPP Programs
• Moving Beyond Screening for IPV: Understanding the CUES Intervention Webinar
• The What and Why of Systems Mapping for TPP Programs Webinar
• Leveraging Financial Data: Office Hours for Title X Grantees

• New Podcast Episode: Understanding Dobbs and Title X
• Archived Clinician Café: Providing Basic Infertility Services and Achieving Pregnancy in Title X Settings
• Virtual IUC Insertion and Removal Training

We have developed two new job aids on emergency contraception (EC) that complement the EC Facts for Family Planning Staff job aid and the EC Social Media Toolkit. 

• The Emergency Contraception Fast Facts Job Aid provides talking points about EC for use with clients, staff, and community. Use the PDF as is, or customize the Word document to create your own staff or client materials about what EC is and is not.
• The Emergency Contraceptive (EC) Methods Table describes the five EC methods available in the U.S. and can be used in conjunction with the fast facts job aid.

While telehealth services have increased for many family planning clients, it is essential that historically marginalized and underserved clients have access to these services. This job aid outlines six strategies to communicate about telehealth services more effectively with your clients. Each strategy includes action steps that incorporate the principles of inclusion and equity, while also taking a trauma-informed approach into account. Download the job aid.

The Establishing and Providing Effective Referrals for Clients Toolkit includes sample policies and strategies to support Title X agencies’ ability to provide high-quality, supportive, and effective referrals. The toolkit was recently updated to align with the Title X Final Rule, and includes the Nondirective Counseling and Referral Sample Policy Template, which can be modified with agency or site-specific information. Explore the toolkit.

Staff working in Title X settings should be trained on the topics outlined in this document within the specified time frame. Other specific content requirements for each staff member should be based on role and function. Download the summary.

This 30-minute eLearning course provides an overview of adaptations and the importance of maintaining fidelity for Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program grantees and implementing organizations. It builds on the Introduction to Fidelity eLearning and includes examples of minor and major adaptations, an overview of the process for requesting OPA approval of adaptations, and reflection prompts to connect the course content to your program. Enroll in the eLearning course.

Looking for more guidance on launching a branding effort for your TPP program? Throughout August, join experts from Healthy Teen Network for a series of four office hour sessions on branding. During these structured office hours, you will have the chance to apply and build on what you learned in Brand Building for Change in Your Community: For TPP Grantees Workshop. If you didn’t participate in the original workshop, please view the workshop recording before attending the office hours.

Register for the last two sessions:

• Voice, Brand Guidelines, and More (Wednesday, August 17): This session will teach you how to create brand guidelines and a mood board that showcase your program’s personality.
• Brand Name Ideation and Creative Briefs (Wednesday, August 24): This session dives deeper into how to approach rethinking your program name.

These office hours are available only to staff from TPP Program grantee organizations. Participants will be approved after registering through Zoom.

Looking for ways to strengthen your agency’s intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention and intervention approach? Join us for a webinar providing an overview of CUES (Confidentiality, Universal Education and Empowerment, and Support), an effective, evidence-based IPV intervention. CUES fosters prevention and intervention and is easy to practice; includes universal education for all clients about healthy relationships; and does not rely on disclosure for clients to receive resources and support (including referrals if requested). Participants will also learn safe planning strategies for people experiencing IPV, along with how to collaborate with local IPV programs.

This session will be facilitated by Rebecca Levenson, MA, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director and Senior Health Policy Consultant for FUTURES Without Violence. Register for the webinar.

Looking for a practical way to apply systems thinking to your TPP program? Systems mapping is a helpful tool you can use to visualize your program’s system in order to better understand its strengths and opportunities for improvement. In this webinar, TPP program staff will learn more about what a systems map is and how to use this tool to support program planning and implementation. They will also hear from a TPP program peer about how systems mapping (and receiving technical assistance on this topic) helped shape their program. Finally, participants will practice creating a systems map in small groups. Register for the webinar.

Are you a Title X grantee wondering how to use the financial data you already collect to support your network? By taking a strategic approach to analyzing the data that subrecipients provide, grantees can identify opportunities to support subrecipients in improving their financial practices, provide meaningful technical assistance, and strengthen Title X project management. Join us for our final office hours session that will review the financial data that grantees collect, describe how grantees can use it for their own and their subrecipients’ benefit, and provide concrete examples. Debbie Sullivan, a health care consultant and former Title X grantee chief operating officer, will share relevant resources and tools. Register for the office hours.

This session is available only to Title X grantee staff (specifically project managers and/or finance team members or managers).

The NCTCFP offers fully virtual intrauterine contraception (IUC) training! We ship IUC demo kits and pelvic models right to your door and provide links to online pre-work. The training takes place over Zoom with hands-on virtual practice. There are still spaces available for the September 6 training. Register soon as spaces fill up quickly!