Inwood House
Mission:
A leader and innovator in teen pregnancy prevention, Inwood House is dedicated to helping young people become self reliant, healthy adults. We help teens take charge of their lives by: Facilitating the development of the knowledge, skills, and self-esteem needed to set life goals; make responsible decisions, and avoid teenage pregnancy;
providing a continuum of care for pregnant and parenting teens in foster care that builds on their strengths and moves them toward self-sufficiency; being a source of hope, guidance and opportunity.
Contact Information
Address: 320 East 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028
Telephone: 212-861-4400
Website: http://www.inwoodhouse.com
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General Information
Type: After School, Summer Program, Other
Target audience: Students, Parents
Tag words: teen pregnancy, career skills, parenting, youth development, family planning, after school, Bronx, Brooklyn, foster care
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Teen Choice
Description: Teen Choice is Inwood House’s school-based, asset-building, mental health model of teen pregnancy and disease prevention serving 5000 New York City youth in 11-schools. Through classroom dialogues, small-group discussions, individual counseling parent outreach, and youth leadership initiatives, Teen Choice Masters level social workers help adolescents clarify their values and learn the benefits of delaying sexual activity and parenthood. Teens also learn comprehensive, up-to-date sexual health information, build positive peer support, challenge the stereotypes of the youth culture, and acquire the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to set goals and resist peer pressure. Independent research shows that Teen Choice significantly improves students’ self--esteem, sense of empowerment, self-efficacy and their relationships with their parents.
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Schools/sites: Brandeis High School, Seward Park High School, IS 52, Health Opportunities HS, George Wood Wingate High School, MS 57, Street Academy High School, Erasmus Hall Campus High School, MS 158, IS 98, PS 33
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Atlantic County Teen Choice
Description: Atlantic County Teen Choice is part of a comprehensive effort the County has established to address the serious health risks of area youth and represents a unique collaboration between Inwood House, the Atlantic County Government, local public schools, the County’s Health Collaborative and parents. Atlantic County Teen Choice serves more than 1500 urban, rural and suburban youth annually.
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Project Straight Talk
Description: This Teen Choice pilot project helps 5th grade boys at P.S. 33 in the South Bronx and their parents improve parent-child communication about sex and relationships and other important issues like school and peer pressure for drinking, drugs and gang life. School parents are employed to facilitate parent and community involvement and to reinforce our message throughout the community.
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Morrisania 10456 and Inwood 10034
Description: Inwood House is the lead agency for Morrisania 10456 and Inwood 10034, a community collaborative effort to prevent teen pregnancy and STD's in the South Bronx and Northern Manhattan. Teen Choice is a component of the program in which we also provide living skills training such as conflict resolution, peer and parental support groups, family planning counseling, teacher training sessions, and after-school recreational activities.
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Boys to Men
Description: Boys to Men provides 11 to 16 year-old boys in the South Bronx a safe environment after-school, at school and during the summer months to keep them safe, in school and planning for their futures. Mentoring, counseling, and meaningful activities stress the advantages of staying away from gangs, avoiding teen fatherhood and becoming connected to the community. Boys to Men provides tutoring, educational guidance, workshops on social and sexual issues, sports and field trips, a computer lab, male role models and an opportunity to develop healthy friendships.
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Youth For REAL
Description: Youth For REAL (Responsibility, Excellence, Achievement and Leadership) provides educational enrichment and support and creative arts and fitness activities to 250 students in grades K-8 in the South Bronx
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Schools/sites: PS 33, MS 399, Walton High School, Eastchester Community Center
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Martha Nielson High School
Description: Inwood House provides specialized support services for pregnant students at the Martha Nielson High School, one of four specialized schools for pregnant students in New York City. This new program will include individual counseling, workshops on nutrition, parenting and career planning, a replication of our Teen Choice program and after-school tutoring and arts classes. All activities are designed to empower young women to continue their educations and achieve academic success. The Martha Nielson School is located in the Bronx, a community that is already home to Inwood House Teen Family Services, Teen Choice, Boys to Men and Young Fathers programs.
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Maternity Residence
Description: The Inwood House Maternity Residence is a haven for pregnant teens in foster care who have nowhere else to turn. At Inwood House, they are given a safe home, nutritious meals, counseling, prenatal care at New York Presbyterian Hospital and New York City Board of Education-sponsored schooling. Our staff of child care workers, social workers, nurse, psychologist and education coordinator provides a structured, supportive environment where good health and learning are associated with responsible behavior and success in life. Classes in parenting and independent living skills, job readiness, stress-reduction, health, nutrition and fitness help prepare them to be nurturing parents and self-sufficient adults, ready to reconnect with their communities.
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Mother/Baby Foster Care
Description: The Inwood House Mother/Baby Foster Care program, pioneered in 1968, places teenage mothers and their new babies in foster homes where both benefit from a safe, healthy family environment and the young mother has the opportunity to nurture her baby while she continues her education and prepares for a career. The support and stability of a foster home can make a critical difference in helping a teen mother develop a strong emotional bond with her child, become a responsible parent and achieve independance.
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Partners in Parenting
Description: When our young mothers leave our care, the Inwood House Partners in Parenting program provides them with a strong, stable support network of transition groups, educational and vocational counseling, independent living skills training, family planning, and parenting classes. Scholarship funds and Family Day Care help ensure that our teen mothers continue their schooling or career training.
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Teen Family Services Center
Description: The Inwood House community-based Bronx Teen Family Services Program connects pregnant and parenting teens receiving Medicaid and/or public assistance to vital services such as prenatal care, preventative health care, mental health and crisis intervention services, housing, family planning, continuing education, employment and day care. Funded by the Teenage Services Act (TASA), Teen Family Services offers highly trained case managers who work with each teen to assess needs, establish goals and help the teen develop a plan for the future.
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Fathers Count
Description: Fathers Count helps our fathers take on their share of parental responsibilities and serve as positive role models for their children. They also learn the importance of having a close, life-long relationship with their child. The Fathers Count program provides parenting and family planning classes, educational and vocational referral and placement, recreational activities, counseling, a safe supportive atmosphere, and positive peer influence.
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