Strategies

Match disadvantaged or at-risk youth with volunteer mentors in school or community settings

Support fathers’ active involvement in child rearing via various father-focused or family-focused interventions

Provide home visiting services to families who are at risk for adverse childhood experiences, starting prenatally or right after birth and continuing for three to five years

Delay school start times for middle and high schools to better align with adolescent sleep-wake cycles; often until after 8:30 or 9:00 a.m.

Establish locally mandated wages that are higher than state or federal minimum wage levels

Use traditional and digital media to disseminate information about safe sex

Increase the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly compensation that employers may legally pay to workers

Support initiatives that combine multiple components such as education, skills building, and contraceptive promotion to reduce pregnancy among youth

Provided work supports for low income individuals and families (e.g., job search assistance, transitional jobs, subsidized child care, health insurance, etc.); participants worked at least 30 hours/week

Promote abstinence from sexual activity, generally only with mention of condoms and birth control to highlight failure rates