OUR IDENTITY

Project U-Turn (PUT) is a Sexual Risk Prevention program under the prevention services division of Hope for Miami. Although our program provides sexual risk avoidance education, we also focus on healthy relationships education/social skills and

character development.

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OUR MISSION 

The program seeks to reduce high-risk behaviors among Miami-Dade youth by inspiring them to envision and value positive futures for themselves.

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WHO WE SERVE

PUT partners with any school or youth-serving organization with students in grades

6th - 12th.

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OUR STRATEGY

Our approach to preventing high-risk behavior utilizes "Real Essentials” (evidence-based Abstinence Education curricula).

 

OUR ACTIVITIES

PUT health educators engage youth in eight weekly sessions on the consequences of high-risk behaviors such as: how “having sex” can potentially affect the teens physically (with STDs and pregnancy), emotionally, psychologically, socially, economically,

and educationally.

 

Discussion topics include:
• Learning about themselves and others.
• Success sequencing.
• Developing the necessary skills to encourage healthy decision-making.
• The importance of communicating effectively.
• Puberty science.
• Recognizing and avoiding STDs.
• How to process and apply information about contraceptives and their effectiveness against pregnancy and STDs. 
• Discovering and adopting practical ways to avoid inappropriate sexual advances.

• Understanding why abstinence until marriage. 

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OUR PROGRAM SUMMARY

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To learn more information, contact Helen DeCossio at helen@hopeformiami.org

or 786-388-3000.