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supporting solutions for adolescent health and well-being

Breakthrough is an 11-month that helps innovators transform promising solutions into lasting change.

Our goal is simple: to help ideas grow into sustainable solutions that improve young people’s health and well-being.

 

In this 10 month accelerator program, your team will:

Receive $125,000 to develop, advance, and grow your innovation and travel to in-person events.

Receive tailored guidance and support through 1:1 coaching sessions.

Expand knowledge and skills in testing your innovation with end users, measuring the impact of your innovation, and growing and sustaining your innovation.

Access resources and tools developed and curated for you.

Participate in peer learning opportunities with a cohort of like-minded individuals.

Attend two in-person workshops and learn, share, and grow with your cohort.

Showcase your work at a culminating in-person event called Demo Day—held both in person and virtually—to present your innovation to potential investors/funders and the public.

Join the Breakthrough Alumni network to continue supporting and learning from each other and future cohorts.

is the Breakthrough Accelerator right for you?

  • Are you committed to supporting adolescents’ health and well-being?

  • Do you want to improve outcomes in adolescent sexual and reproductive health?

  • Have you already developed your innovation? (Early versions are acceptable.)

  • Have you gathered feedback on your innovation from the young people or communities it is designed to serve?

  • Are you comfortable with an iterative process of designing, testing, and refining your innovation based on ongoing feedback?

  • Are you interested in personalized coaching and a supportive cohort experience?

  • Are you ready to take your innovation to the next level?

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