Description:
The Pregnant and Parenting Youth Program (PPY) offers comprehensive services including parenting education, Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED) preparation and completion, nutrition education, budgeting, counseling, life skills and computer training, mentoring and more for inner city teenage parents.
PPY enrolls more than 60 young parents each year under a performance-based program where staff and volunteers help teen parents increase proficiency in reading and math, achieve their GED and develop job skills. Since its founding in 1989, PPY has served more than 700 teen parents and their children, with an average client retention rate of 91% per year. Each year, clients have surpassed state educational requirements.
The program's core components include adult basic education/GED training, job skills/employment readiness training, basic computer skills classes, case management and group and individual counseling. Special events, educational day trips and recreational outings are also part of PPY.
Ages:
18-22 years
Locations:
West Philadelphia Community Center
3512 Haverford Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hours:
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost:
Free
Referral:
Pregnant and Parenting Youth referral necessary
Additional requirements:
Participants must be men or women who have dropped out of high school, are currently receiving TANF and have a child under the age of six.
Program partners:
Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation
Contact information:
William Butler
Center Director, West Philadelphia Community Center
Tel: (215) 386-4075
Fax: (215) 386-5044
E-mail: wbutler@caringpeoplealliance.org
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