Brief Summary: The goal of this randomized trial is to learn if the Are You Ready AYR intervention has a positive impact on the sexual and mental health behaviors of sexually active youth between the ages of 14 and 21 years old who are at risk for or involved in the juvenile justice andor child welfare systems The primary research questions it aims to answer are
Three months after being offered the intervention does AYR impact youths receipt of sexually transmitted infection testing in the past three months Three months after being offered the intervention does AYR impact youths use of coping skills Nine months after being offered the intervention does AYR impact youths frequency of having vaginal and anal sex without condoms in the past three months
Researchers will compare participants randomized to receive AYR treatment group to participants randomized to receive a control condition that contains no sexual or reproductive health information control group
Participants randomized to the treatment group will be offered AYR as a virtual or in-person 25 hour group session Participants randomized to the control group will be offered a virtually delivered control condition
Detailed Description: This is an individual-level randomized control trial to rigorously evaluate the impact of the Are You Ready AYR intervention Participant outcomes will be assessed using self-reported individual-level data gathered using a structured questionnaire administered at three time points baseline enrollment three months post-intervention four months after baseline and nine months post-intervention ten months after baseline