Sex Education for Youth in Foster Care 

Youth qualify for this program if they are:  

• Between the ages of 12 and 17, or 18 and still enrolled in high school. 
• In foster care, including 
  • Various placement types (ie: resource family, STRTP, relative, caregiver, etc)
  • Youth suitably placed through probation 
  • Youth who are dual supervised by probation and child welfare 
  • Youth who are part of the ILP program 

Youth who do not qualify for this program include: 

• Youth under the age of 12 
• Youth who are not in foster care 
• Youth who continue to be impacted by the child welfare system but no longer have a social worker, including: 
  • KinGap 
  • Guardianship 

TTYAS requires a one-to-one, youth to device ratio. Incentives are based on how often youth participate in polls, chats and unmuting as well as attendance. It is hard to know who is participating when more than one person joins from the same computer. 

The California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) has a number of resources on SB 89 that may be helpful for preparing to talk to youth about their participation in the Teen Talk Youth in Alternative Settings (TTYAS) program.  

Online Video-Based Curriculum for Sexual and Reproductive Wellness in Foster Care (SB89) 

School-based email addresses often automatically filter out emails from outside your school district, meaning you may not receive important information from us, such as series reminders or the webinar link to join. 

You will receive the webinar link, by email, the Friday before the session starts and again the morning of the first day of the series in which you are enrolled. 

Youth are required to provide us with the name and email of their social worker, lawyer or group home staff. If someone cannot provide us with this information, they cannot gain access to the webinar. 

• Values and Resources: including provider’s responsibilities and where to find a clinic 

• Anatomy and Physiology: brain science, conception 

• Identities: sex assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation 

• Communication and Decision-Making, Relationships: affirmative consent, communicating boundaries 

• Violence Prevention: different forms of interpersonal violence known as abuse such as physical, emotional, psychological, financial and sexual abuse. 

• Sexually Transmitted Infections and Barrier Methods: Common STIs and ways to prevent transmission 

• Birth Control: methods used to prevent pregnancy. 

• Pregnancy Options: Options such as parenting, abortion, adoption, and safe surrender 

• Media Analysis: how we can think critically about different media and how it can affect us 

• Body Image: affirmation and representation of diverse bodies, history of different forms of “beauty”, cultural and temporal relevance 

No, once the enrollment form for each series is closed we cannot accept any more enrollments. But you are welcome to join us for a future series. One way you can stay updated on our upcoming series is to join the Interest List here, so that you are notified when another series enrollment period opens.  

The series is presented in a Zoom webinar format, meaning that participants will not be able to turn their camera on or see who else is in the room with them in a participant list. This is an interactive webinar and youth have the option to participate through polls, chats and unmuting. If youth would like to remain completely anonymous, they can change their name in the webinar so that it does not appear if/when they utilize the chat function. However, educators will reach out during the session for their legal name so that we are able to track their attendance. 

Unfortunately, TTYAS is a completely online program, which means that youth are to be enrolled online and participate online as well. If you need support accessing the internet or a device, please share those concerns with your social worker.