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Michigan Youth (MY) Voice

MOASH coordinates MY Voice, a youth advisory council of young people ages 16-21 from around the state who provide youth perspective on curricula, brochures, websites and clinical spaces that provide teens with sexual health education and services. MY Voice exists to inform the services, programs and materials created for youth by MOASH and other community partners. In addition, MY Voice members are involved in various presentations, panels, and  youth advocacy efforts throughout the year and use their experiences to improve services for youth across the state. 

Michigan Coalition on Adolescent Sexual Health (MiCASH)

MiCASH is a statewide group of professionals from a variety of different fields concerned about adolescent sexual health, including HIV/AIDS, STDs, family planning, domestic and sexual violence, youth development, LGBTQ+ youth, and other related issues. MiCASH members meet several times a year in various locations around the state, with meetings hosted by MOASH. The mission of MiCASH is to share information, network, collaborate, and support continuous learning that ultimately empowers youth with knowledge and skills to make informed decisions impacting their sexual health and relationships.

Michigan Youth (MY) Rights

Michigan Youth Rights (MY Rights) is a project coordinated by MOASH and was initially funded (FY 2015) by the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH). The MY Rights website was developed as part of the project in an effort to provide minors with accurate and accessible information to better understand their rights related to access to abortion services and the judicial bypass process.

Well Women, Well Communities

MOASH, members of the Michigan Coalition on Adolescent Sexual Health (MiCASH), and the Washtenaw County Health Department comprise one of fourth national teams on the CityMatCH "Well Women, Well Communities" project. This collaborative project seeks to understand and reduce challenges for female-identified people in accessing reproductive and preventative health care.  The focus is on systemic change - understanding structural barriers that women face and transforming communities to better support the long-term health of all its citizens.

Michigan Youth (MY) Girls Say

The MY Girls Say project provides empowering education and mentorship, while recognizing gender-based barriers faced by girls in STEM, to build students' awareness of gender embodiment and self-advocacy. MY Girls Say intends to reach K-12 girls (with a focus on grades 4-12) at five of eight schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools actively implementing STEM during each program year.

Michigan Youth (MY) Consent Day

Michigan Youth (MY) Consent Day is an initiative launched in 2014 to aid young people in understanding the difference between consent and nonconsent. Its primary goal is to provide them with resources to empower themselves to know their rights, communicate about consent, and engage in healthy relationships.

Michigan Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program (MI-APPP)

MOASH is subcontracted through theMichigan Department of Health and Human Services to provide two learning collaboratives per year for five MI-APPP grantee agencies, as well as develop a public awareness campaign about the needs of pregnant and parenting youth. MI-APPP is funded by the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) and works to improve the educational, health, and social outcomes for pregnant and parenting teens, fathers, and families in high need communities in Michigan.

Step Toward Equity Program (STEP)

MOASH partners with Racquet Up Detroit, Advocates for Youth, Michigan Public Health Institute, the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and the Detroit Community Health Center to design and implement a sexual health education and health service access program, designed to address the social determinants of adolescent sexual health among African American youth ages 10-19 in Detroit.

Detroit Adolescent Sexual Health Educational Support (DASHES)

MOASH received funding from the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) for their Detroit Adolescent Sexual Health Educational Support (DASHES) project, which is funded through 12/31/2018. The program objectives are to work with the Detroit Public School Community District to build capacity with the local sex education advisory board in order to expand quality sex education programming in Detroit. 

Power Sex Education Advisory Boards (SEABs)

MOASH has been awarded a grant from United Way of Washtenaw County to pilot the Power SEABs project. MOASH is working alongside school districts in Washtenaw County to develop and build the capacity of informed and coordinated sex ed advisory boards (SEABs) to address adolescent sexual health needs in these communities.  We are looking for opportunities to expand the Power SEABs project in other counties across the state.

Taking Pride in Prevention (TPIP)

Taking Pride in Prevention (TPIP) is Michigan’s federally-funded, Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) unintended teen pregnancy prevention initiative. MOASH is subcontracted through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to provide training for twelve TPIP grantee agencies.

Wyman Teen Outreach Program (TOP)

MOASH is the regional replication partner for Wyman’s premiere teen pregnancy prevention intervention, Teen Outreach Program (TOP), providing technical support and training for all TOP clubs in Michigan.

Building a Movement for Michigan Gender and Sexuality Alliances (BAMM GSAs)

MOASH has been awarded a three-year federal grant through the Mobilization for Health: National Prevention Partnership Awards (NPPA) from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) for the BAMM GSAs program! This project brings together otherwise isolated stakeholders across Michigan to improve the social and health outcomes of LGBTQ youth by increasing the number, and improving the capacity, of GSAs in our state.

Washtenaw County Community Conversations (WC3)

MOASH is working alongside the Michigan Department of Education, the Neutral Zone, the University of Michigan Spectrum Center, and Springmatter to implement the Washtenaw County Community Conversations (WC3) program.  Among other objectives, the program seeks to develop and implement community workshops in each of the nine Washtenaw County school districts in order to raise awareness of the needs of LGBTQ+ students.  The goal of these workshops is to increase sexual orientation and gender identity awareness, knowledge, and allyship skills among community members.

Michigan Youth (MY) Trans Voice

MOASH has received funding to launch the first statewide Michigan Youth (MY) Trans Voice advisory council, with community partners Stand With Trans, the Ruth Ellis Center, Springmatter Fund, Unified, and the Michigan Department of Education.