Teen Parents
Who Are We:
Teen Parents is a mentoring program of Youth for Christ that reaches out to adolescent parents and their children with programs and relationships that provide support, education and personal faith.
Mission Statement:
Teen Parents connects trained adults with pregnant teen girls and with teen parents in programs designed to help them make good life choices and establish a life foundation for both themselves and their babies. Teen Parents seeks to involve resources of the community to help these young people build balanced lives giving attention to their physical, social, mental and spiritual needs.
Get Involved:
Teen Parents needs dedicated people to get involved in the following ways:
- Become a mentor mom or dad
- Volunteer at the bi-weekly large group meetings or outings
- Teachers for educational classes
- Drivers
- Cooks
- Recruiters of other interested persons
- Financial contributors
- Contribute baby items and furniture to the Stork Room
Programs:
One on One Mentoring: Through our mentoring program, young parents will be encouraged to complete a healthy pregnancy, demonstrate a healthy adjustment to parenthood, and accomplish appropriate steps to independent living. Mentors are mature women who dedicate two hours a week to be with a teen parent and complete a screening, training and orientation program.
Large Group Meetings: Teen Parents provides a safe place for young parents to meet together and have fun, while discussing parental issues, and personal development. The bi-weekly meetings will include activities such as games, parties, outings, crafts, baby showers, dinners and guest speakers to talk about topics ranging from prenatal care, and parental skills to budgeting and career planning.
Stork Room: This ministry provides items such as diapers, formula, baby clothing, and personal care item for young parents who participate in the large group meetings, and meet with their mentors.
Personal Teen Story:
Coming Soon....
Contact Donna: dcarlino@liyfc.org or 631-385-8333
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