Our Intentions (Mission):
With a focus on the social determinants of health and of risk and protective factors, and aligned with the SPF framework, PARI’s intentions are outlined below:
- Assess and monitor the adolescent health risks for youth across Maryland
- Empower survivors
- Improve outcomes for adolescents across Maryland- Decreasing adolescent health risks
- Raise public awareness for trafficking in Maryland through trainings, workshops and annual conference events
- Meeting the needs of adolescents through effective collaboration
- Sustaining partnerships
- Increase the capacity, through advocacy to appropriately and effectively prevent, identify and respond to adolescent health needs.
- Deliver trainings for professionals disciplines (law enforcement, mental health providers, medical providers, faith leaders, educators, etc.) to meet the needs of adolescents across Maryland
- Enhancing capacity and knowledge for human trafficking and other adolescent health issues across disciplines
- Increase the visibility and knowledge base for adolescent health issues through better data collection and information sharing at the national, state, and local levels
- Use data to make decisions
- Pursing meaningful work and grant opportunities