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FACES Program
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FACES Program |
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Geographic Area Served:
North Jersey
Purpose:
The school district is planning a program for teen parents to ensure that
they and their babies receive health services, parenting education, and
child care services. There is a three way community partnership with the
school district to accomplish these goals.
It is envisioned that with all of the above services facilitated for the
teen parent, he/she will not drop out of high school. The three way community
partnership includes:
- Horizon Health Center - prenatal pediatric care
- YMCA - Positive Parenting Program
- Day Care 100 - child care services
- Jersey City Public Schools - high school educational services
Benefits:
- The [school] district hopes to receive prenatal and pediatric as well
as well baby care for 20 teen age parents enrolled in one of the five
high schools.
- Expansion of the school based clinic in the high school.
- Drop in dropout rate.
- Expansion of the school based clinic (Horizon Health Center).
- Extension of their teen parenting program (YMCA).
- An opportunity to further serve the community (Horizon and Y).
- Staff development for child care center (Day Care 100).
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