Demo Day Highlights Audacious Ideas to Improve Adolescent Health

Jul 17, 2025

Jenn Rogers

After 10 months of ideation, pivots, planning, and practice pitches, five Innovation Design Teams (IDTs) arrived at Breakthrough’s first-ever “Demo Day” on May 20, 2025, ready to present their bold ideas. Each team came with a vision for change and countless hours of work behind them, eager to not just […]

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Beyond the Bump Innovators Discuss Teen-Friendly Doula Services

Apr 24, 2025

Christina Jolda, LICSW and Yael Smiley, MD

At Breakthrough, we support innovation teams that create new solutions to promote adolescent health and well-being. Beyond the Bump, one of five innovation teams in our inaugural 2024 cohort, focuses on improving care for pregnant and parenting teens ages 12–19 by training doulas to provide teen-friendly and trauma-informed care. Jenita […]

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