HFTX Featured in National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Spotlight
Healthy Futures of Texas Featured in National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Spotlight for Key Conversations Innovation
We’re proud to announce that Healthy Futures of Texas has been featured in the May 2025 TPP23 Grantee Spotlight Newsletter for our innovative work on the Key Conversations parent education program.
As we celebrate National Adolescent Health Month™ this May, this recognition feels especially meaningful. Key Conversations is all about strengthening one of the most important relationships in a teen’s life—the one with their parents. When parents feel confident talking with their kids about tough topics like sex and relationships, it makes a real difference in supporting healthy adolescent development.
Building a Better Program Through Partnership
Healthy Futures of Texas has been working with The Policy & Research Group’s Theory and Innovation Support Hub (TISH) since August 2024 to take Key Conversations to the next level. TISH selected us for their Innovation Development Team, and together we’ve been transforming the program from the ground up.
Anthony Betori, Director of Curriculum and Innovation, explains: “Since August of 2024, Healthy Futures has been collaborating with the TISH Innovation Hub, a project of the Policy and Research Group, to redevelop Key Conversations. Key Conversations is a parent program that is meant to help parents better communicate with their children about sex and relationships. In the newly-developed version, parents explore communication, but they also explore the importance of health care and learn basic sex ed facts to support their communication.”
The process has been both challenging and rewarding. We broke down the entire program piece by piece, tested our assumptions against research, and rebuilt it with a stronger foundation. The result? A program that now includes developmental assets, healthcare navigation, and enhanced trauma-informed approaches.
Anthony shared that this collaboration was “one of the most important and meaningful workshops I’ve participated in in my career in public health. We are so excited to work hard on our intervention and make it really mean something for parents, caregivers, and adolescents.”
What’s Next for Key Conversations
We’re currently testing the enhanced program and getting ready to share it with communities across the country. This recognition during National Adolescent Health Month™ reminds us why this work matters so much—every parent deserves the tools and confidence to support their teen’s healthy development.
Whether you’re a school administrator looking to support families in your district, a community organization wanting to offer parent programming, or a parent yourself, we’d love to connect. Learn more about our curriculum or reach out to sales@healthyfutures-tx.org to bring Key Conversations to your community.
Check out the full spotlight in the May 2025 TPP23 Newsletter and see how we’re advancing adolescent health one conversation at a time.
