Michigan Organization On Adolescent Sexual Health

Youth advisory councilsmoash coordinates and facilitates a group of youth advisory councils (yac) under its yac collective programming. Yacs are groups of young people working together to advance adolescent sexual health in michigan while building personal and professional knowledge and skills. Yacs are youth-driven with support from moash staff facilitators and youth co facilitators.

Sexual health educationmoash works to ensure young people in michigan have access to sexual health education that is medically accurate, age- and developmentally-appropriate, and inclusive of all youth. This is done through informing sexual health education materials and methods, as well as, providing direct service sexual health education.

Advocacymoash works to raise awareness and educate at the local, state, and national levels to advance adolescent sexual health. Moash does direct and grassroots lobbying within 501c3 limitations and when funding allows.pregnancy & parenting supportmoash works alongside program partners, including young people, to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancy; as well as support and expectant and parenting youth.violence preventionmoash work to prevent violence among young people, especially sexual violence and all that overlaps with sexual violence. This includes programming at local and state levels.mission supportmoash consistently works to advance its mission and to align its policies, practices, and values both to external-facing work and internal operations.