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Merced County Rural Teen Pregnancy Prevention
A program of the Collaborative, the Merced County Rural Teen Pregnancy Prevention (RTPP) Program is a five-year grant funded by the California Department of Health Services-Office of Family Planning Community Challenge Grant Program with the intent to reduce the incidence of teen and unwed pregnancy within Merced County. The goals of the Merced County RTPP Program are to: delay the onset of sexual activity among targeted pre-sexually active adolescents; to prevent pregnancies and STD’S/STI’S among sexually active adolescents; and to increase the ability of parents and families with adolescents to play an active role in reducing early pregnancy among their adolescent children.
The RTPP Program is a comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention program that increases protective factors and reduces sexual risk behaviors among adolescent participants. Currently the Merced County Rural Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program is serving the rural communities of Merced, Livingston, Atwater, Winton and Delhi. These communities are very limited in services and availability yet have a high incident rate of teen pregnancies.
Types of Strategies
¨ Comprehensive Sexuality Education
¨ Clinical Service Linkage
¨ Informal Presentation
¨ Education and Support for Significant Adults, Parents and other Caregivers of Adolescents
¨ Peer Provided Services
¨ Community Awareness and Mobilization
Target Population
¨ Pre-sexually active adolescents
¨ Sexually active adolescents
¨ Parents and Significant Adults
¨ Young adults at-risk for unintended pregnancy and or absentee fatherhood
¨ Youth service personnel (teachers, faith leaders, counselors, coaches etc.)
ADDRESS
2807 G Street, Suite B
Merced, CA 95340
(209)725-8240 Office
(209)725-0534 Fax
Staff Members
Celeste Ramos
Program Manager
Email: cramos@healthcollaborative.org
Yadira Aguilar
Youth Service Specialist
Email: yaguilar@healthcollaborative.org
Taide Hernandez
Peer Educator
Email: thernandez@healthcollaborative.org
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