Suppoortive Services for Youth - Guilford Education Alliance

Community Resource Website/Email Phone Description of Services
College Bound Sisters www.collegeboundsisters.org (336) 334-5193
An adolescent pregnancy prevention program that encourages girls
ages 12 to 17 to avoid pregnancy, graduate from high school and go
to college.
Provides outreach, education, screening and case management for
Piedmont Health Services and Sickle
www.piedmonthealthservices.org (336) 274-1507 people with high risk health problems including sickle cell disease
Cell Agency
and HIV/AIDS.
Non-denominational licensed maternity home that provides shelter,
Room at the Inn of the Triad www.roominn.org (336) 275-0206
food, clothing, case management, in-house daycare, transportation
and counseling for homeless, single, pregnant women and their
children.
TEEN MOM Program—YWCA High
Point
http://www.ywcahp.com/ProgramYouth.htm (336) 882-4126
The Teen Mom program works with teenage mothers under the age
18, who are pregnant or parenting for the first time. The program
aims to strengthen or establish individual support systems and
preserve family stability; develop effective parenting skills; and
prevention of substantiated child abuse, neglect, or dependency
reports. Mentors provide services to pregnant and parenting
adolescents which leads to personal self-sufficiency and economic
support for themselves.
Teen Parent Mentor
Program—YWCA Greensboro
http://www.ywca.org/greensboro
(336) 273-3461 ext.
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TPMP offers educational activities and programs, the formation of a
supportive relationship with an adult mentor, positive peer
interactions and staff interventions. This program integrates several
critical components: the pursuit of goals including personal,
education and career, the development of positive parenting skills,
improved access to community services and participation in health,
fitness and wellness activities. Monthly meetings and special events
are held for both teen moms and their mentors.
Thriving at Three—United Way of
Greater Greensboro
www.thrivingatthree.org (336) 378-6600
Thriving at Three is a United Way of Greater Greensboro community
collaboration with a simple premise: children who are healthy,
physically and emotionally, by age three are more likely to be
successful in school and in life. Offers resource guide of services for
expectant and new moms in Guilford County.
Transitional Living Program—Youth
Focus
www.youthfocus.org (336) 333-6853
YWCA of Greensboro www.ywcagsonc.org (336) 273-3461
YWCA of High Point www.ywcahp.com (336) 882-4126
Serves women ages 18 to 21 who are homeless and require
additional assistance to allow them to achieve independence.
Provides services exclusively to young women who are pregnant or
parenting a young child or other females in need of transitional living
services.
Offers health and fitness services, educational workshops, skill
development, and after school care.
Offers programs in health, fitness, and after school care. Serves all
sectors of the community, including men, but places emphasis on
programs for women and girls.
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