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True You Maryland sponsors a variety of trainings and online events throughout the year. When these events are scheduled we will post the event information and registration here, as well as with any partner events that have been submitted via email using the button below.

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True You Maryland brings together partners in six rural Maryland counties—Allegany, Washington, Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester.

True You Maryland brings together partners in six rural Maryland counties—Allegany, Washington, Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester.

True You Maryland aims to achieve a…

  • 15% reduction in Maryland rural county birth rates; a
  • 10% reduction in Maryland rural county youth STI rates; and a
  • 20% reduction in racial disparities in Maryland rural county teen birth and STI rates.

True You Maryland intends to reach 4,378 high school youth, 876 youth in the community, and 438 parents/caregivers/trusted adults in Year 1 (2020-2021). See our logic model for more information on the project.

Even though True You Maryland is a state-level project, we are part of a national wide program of the Office of Population Affairs. See their website to learn more about other grantees and how they are changing the lives of young people across the country.

Please update this information on your quarterly report, as well as whenever a new staff person is added/removed from the project. Contact Shanise for staffing changes.

The True You Maryland County-Level Partners folder on Google Drive is your one-stop shop for everything you need. Yes, it’s restricted, so if the link doesn’t work for you, you can request access.

In this folder, you’ll find:

  • Project overview presentation slides
  • County-level systems team members’ roles and expectations
  • Project Work Plan
  • Project-wide meeting agendas and notes
  • Youth Advisory Board resources
  • OPA Tip Sheet: Evaluation Strategies for Virtual Implementation in Response to COVID
  • Recording of the Positive Prevention PLUS Crosswalk with Maryland’s Health Education Framework
  • And more…

Each county also has a dedicated subfolder—this is where you should save your project-related files.

Adaption Requests

Adaptation requests are submitted in an online request form.

Quarterly Reports

Healthy Teen Network subcontractors submit quarterly reports using the online report submission form. Local health departments and Maryland Department of Health subcontractors submit quarterly reports via email to Christine Johnson.

Fidelity Monitoring Logs

Stay tuned for how to submit fidelity monitoring logs!

resources of interest

Recruitment flyer
True You Maryland Brand Book Cover
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Excerpted image pulled from HPV: Not Too Late video
page of a flip calendar that reads May: #SexEdforAllMonth, National Adolescent Health Month, National Foster Care Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritiage Month with the True You Maryland logo
girl wearing an orange tank top smiling ont he beach with the workds, Be the Influence
Cover image for Addressing Trafficking in Schools
What Really is Co-Parenting?
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Are Title IX and Maryland Law Protecting Expectant and Parenting Young People cover image
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Cover image for elearning module, Privacy and Confidentiality
Cover image for elearning module, Serving Everyone
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cover image for keeping it real part 1
Square cover of a young woman in a black swimsuit smiling with the text "From Mid to Stellar: Youth-Friendly Services in Your Clinic" and the True You Maryland logo over a pink background.
group of teens smiling into the camera at sunset
More the Pronouns: Creating Affirming Spaces during Postive Prevention Plus
Sexting: The New Dinner Conversation
Protecting Youth Access to Health Care
Demystifying Sexual Taboos: Education, Science, and Sex-Positive Christianity
Cover Image Consent and Sexting
Cover Image elearning Teaching Inclusive Sex Ed
Cover image for the elearning module, featuring Treu You Maryland logo
Cover image for the elearning module, featuring Tue You Maryland logo
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Comic strip image with several characters and the title, Sex Ed 101 for Educators: A Guide for Youth-Supporting Professionals

more resources

El Camino: A Goal Setting Sexual Health Promotion Program
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Image of a comic strip with various characters and the title, "Sexual Identity Glossary"
Recruitment flyer
True You Maryland Brand Book Cover
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This project is/was supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Population Affairs (OPA), Teen Pregnancy Prevention Tier 1 grant, 1 TP1AH000234-01-00, as administered by the Maryland Department of Health. The information or content presented are those of the author and shall not be construed as the official position or policy, nor any endorsement, by HHS, the Federal Government, or the Maryland Department of Health.

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