Our Programs:
Pregnant & Parenting Teen Pride Program

The PPT Pride program is our oldest program. It was started as a volunteer program in the seventies by our Director, Mary Jo. Today we reach over 140 young mothers in three counties. The Pride in our program stands for Parenting Responsibly and Independently with Dignity and Empowerment.

Our PPT Pride staff provides:

• Tutoring and assistance with essays, papers or computer work
• Doula or labor support services when needed
• One on one educational visits at home or school
• Programs for teen fathers
• Mentoring and parenting education
• Lamaze prepared childbirth

Pregnant teens may receive our services from the moment they discover a pregnancy through their graduation from high school or their 22nd year (if they withdraw from school). Our staff of social workers, certified childbirth educators and doulas provide one on one in home and in school educational mentoring on a weekly basis.

Statistics show that intensive, caring and consistent mentoring makes a difference in a young parent's life. During the 2003 - 2004 school year our staff mentored 143 teen mothers in Washington, Greene and Fayette Counties. Our repeat pregnancy rate was 3% for the second year in a row. Over the last five years our rate of second pregnancies/births has never exceeded 5%. (The rate of repeat pregnancies in Pennsylvania is 15%; in the U.S. the rate is one in four!).

An important outcome of our PPT Pride program is matriculation from high school. During the 2003 - 2004 school year we mentored 40 seniors; 88% of those young people graduated with their high school classes.

PPT Pride puts the pride back into a young person's life by empowering him or her to set realistic goals, improve communication with families, and parent well. Our successful young parents have formed a Peer Parent Advisory Board and use their life experiences to help our professional staff develop new and innovative learning techniques to help in our mission to young people.