Welcome to the Teen Work Group at the Family Planning Council!

Our department is responsible for the planning, development, evaluation, and training needs of all the teen programs within the Council.

Within our department you will find a variety of teen related programs and publications addressing the issues that teens are facing today.

Health Resource Centers

Parent Probe

Puberty's Wild Ride

Man2Man


Health Resource Centers (HRCs)

In response to the Philadelphia School District's Policy 123, the Family Planning Council, in partnership with the School District, area adolescent health care providers and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, administers a condom availability program in the Philadelphia high schools. The program's goal is to reduce the incidence of HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancy among students. This effort is made through school-based Health Resource Centers (HRCs) designed to provide students-- both in the schools and in their surrounding communities- with condoms and referrals to family planning and related health services. The existing thirteen HRCs are staffed by counselors, social workers, and health educators from local health providers.

These centers are confidential places where teens can go to receive condoms, along with counseling, on abstinence, health and sexuality information, and referrals.

Schools with HRCs are:

• Edison High School with services provided by St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
• West Philadelphia High School with services provided by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• University City High School with services provided by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• South Philadelphia High School with services provided by Urban Solutions
• Germantown High School with services provided by Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
• Ben Franklin High School with services provided by St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
  
• Martin Luther King Jr. High School with services provided by Covenant House Health Services
  
• Central High School with services provided by Albert Einstein Medical Center
• Northeast High School with services provided by Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Overbrook High School with services provided by Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania
  
• Rhodes High School with services provided by St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
• Roxborough High School with services provided by Albert Einstein Medical Center
• Strawberry Mansion High School with services provided by Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania

Puberty's Wild Ride

The Council publishes a booklet for youth and their parents on puberty issues called "Puberty's Wild Ride". Topics include: sexual decision making, STD/HIV prevention, building healthy relationships, family communication, puberty, violence, communication, body image, peer pressure, diet and nutrition, smoking, and drug and alcohol use. The book is available for sale at a nominal price.

"Puberty's Wild Ride" is not yet ready for online preview or ordering. The Teen Workgroup hopes to make this publication available online in the near future.

It is possible to download and print our forms in Portable Document Format (PDF). Adobe PDF files require Acrobat Reader software.
If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, click here to download Acrobat Reader free of charge.



Click here to order the latest version of "Puberty's Wild Ride"

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Man2Man

The Man2Man program is a male health and responsibility education program. The Man2Man program includes weekly interactive small group sessions for adolescent male students led by an adult male facilitator. The sessions are based upon the curricula Reducing the Risk: Building Skills to Prevent Pregnancy, STD, and HIV and Fatherhood Development: A Curriculum for Young Fathers. Topics include manhood, fatherhood, relationships, decision-making, abstinence, HIV risk behaviors, skills integration and contraceptive protection. Program sites are:

• Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia Public Schools
  
• Hunting Park School, Community Education Partners
  
• E.S. Miller School, Community Education Partners
  
• Allegheny School, Community Education Partners
  
• Firehouse Residential Program, Northeast Treatment Center
  
• In-home Detention Program, Northeast Treatment Center
  
• Basketball Team, Simons Recreation Center

For more information on Teen Workgroup programs please
contact us at TeenWorkgroup@familyplanning.0rg

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