Overview
The Activate Center translates research into practical resources for use by professionals and other adults who support young people experiencing the child welfare or justice system, homelessness, or disconnection from school and work. This toolkit contains Activate practice tools published through 2026. These tools, encompassing everything from tip sheets to conversation supports, are designed to provide professionals with concrete, research-informed guidance and resources that can support professionals’ day-to-day work with adolescents and young adults. The toolkit organizes practice tools by topic into five modules:
Toolkit Modules
Module 1: Data and Data Use: Resources in Module 1 contain key data (and data collection guidance) related to sexual and reproductive health among adolescents and young adults experiencing homelessness, involvement with the child welfare system or justice system, or disconnection from school and work.
Module 2: Healthy Relationships: Resources in Module 2 provide practical guidance and conversation tools to help youth-supporting professionals discuss healthy relationships, consent, boundaries, communication, peer influence, and shared power with young people.
Module 3: Violence Prevention and Intervention: Resources in Module 3 offer research-informed guidance for professionals who work with young people at risk for experiencing workplace sex-based harassment, sex trafficking, and intimate partner violence.
Module 4: Pregnancy and Parenting: Resources in Module 4 address the unique experiences of young parents, with emphasis on young fathers and parenthood in the context of child welfare or justice system involvement.
Module 5: Sexual and Reproductive Health Care: Resources in Module 5 provide guidance to help young people understand options for contraception, along with detailed overviews of social determinants of health and other factors that influence youth access to sexual and reproductive health care.