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Q8: How can we better lift up the voices of youth and young adults to help them overcome challenges and achieve healthy development? What are examples of youth voice in action? #TNOYSTownHall

Q7: The next #txlege session begins in January 2025. How can lawmakers better support the health and mental health needs of YYA who are vulnerable to systems-involvement or currently impacted by systems? #TNOYSTownHall

Q6: Youth and young adults (YYA) often do not have the resources they need for the transition into adulthood. What do YYA need to know about taking care of their health and mental health as they prepare for independent living? #TNOYSTownHall

Q5: YYA often uplift the need for better reproductive health education and health/ mental health supports for young parents. What do we often hear? What challenges can YYA face as they are pregnant/ parenting? #TNOYSTownHall

Q5: YYA often uplift the need for better reproductive health education and health/ mental health supports for young parents. What do we often hear? What challenges can YYA face as they are pregnant/ parenting? #TNOYSTownHall

Q4: BIPOC and LGBTQ YYA often face barriers to getting their health and mental health needs met. How can we make services more equitable? #TNOYSTownHall

Q3: What are ways to improve both health access and health education so that YYA can better understand their options and how to stay healthy? #TNOYSTownHall

Q2: In addition to healthcare access, needs like safe shelter and healthy food are essential to YYAs’ physical and mental health. What preventative resources do YYA need to become and stay healthy? #TNOYSTownHall

Q1: What are common physical and mental health needs among youth and young adults (YYA) impacted by systems? What barriers exist to getting their needs met? #TNOYSTownHall #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Q8: How can organizations, providers, and advocates partner with and amplify the voices of youth and young adults to combat CSEY? #TNOYSTownHall

Q7: What tools or resources can help providers combat CSEY? Which trainings or resources are especially impactful? #TNOYSTownHall

Q6: What are strategies to build trust with young people impacted by or at-risk of CSEY and make sure their needs are met? #TNOYSTownHall

Q5: Outcomes like youth homelessness, juvenile justice involvement, and health and mental health challenges can both result from and cause CSEY. What can CSEY prevention look like? #TNOYSTownHall

Q4: Housing and homelessness services providers are often on the frontlines of Texas’ CSEY crisis. How can they identify and support YYA impacted by CSEY? #TNOYSTownHall

Q3: BIPOC and LGBTQ-identifying youth and young adults (YYA) are more likely to experience both homelessness and CSEY. What can this look like? #TNOYSTownHall

Q2: What are some of the challenges of identifying, addressing, and preventing CSEY? #TNOYSTownHall

Q1: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth (CSEY) involves the sexual abuse or exploitation of a young person in exchange for something of value (e.g. money, material goods, or basic needs). What is the relationship between CSEY and youth homelessness? #TNOYSTownHall

Welcome to today's #TNOYSTownHall! In recognition of #HumanTraffickingAwarenessMonth, today’s discussion is about the relationship between Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth (CSEY) and youth homelessness.