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 22 years old who are at risk for or involved in the juvenile justice and/or child welfare systems. The primary research questions it aims to answer are: * Three months after being offered the intervention, does AYR impact youth's receipt of sexually transmitted infection testing in the past three months? * Three months after being offered the intervention, does AYR impact youth's use of coping skills? * Nine months after being offered the intervention, does AYR impact youth's 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, 2.5 hour group session. Participants randomized to the control group will be offered a virtually delivered control condition.
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Receipt of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in the past three months
Timeframe: Assessed three months after the intervention period has ended (four months post-baseline)
Use of coping skills
Timeframe: Assessed three months after the intervention period has ended (four months post-baseline)
Times having vaginal and anal sex without condoms in the past three months
Timeframe: Assessed nine months after the intervention period has ended (ten months post-baseline)