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Teen Life Choices
| Phone: | 772-429-2004 |
| Website: | Children's Home Society Website |
The Teen Life Choices program targets prevention of teen pregnancy through abstinence-based education through group presentations with teens in middle and high schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, and community settings.
Parent Teen Community Connection
| Phone: | 772-302-3147 |
| Website: | Families of the Treasure Coast Website |
Parent Teen Community Connection provides educational outreach to support accurate health education focused on strengthening and increasing parent-child communication. This program works to guide families through community collaboratives encouraging the parent to be the primary educator of their teen.
Florida Community Health Centers
Adolescent Health Program
| Phone: | 772-461-1402 |
| Website: | Florida Community Health Centers Website |
| Locations: | 3235 SW Port Saint Lucie Boulevard, Port St. Lucie |
| 1701 SE Hillmoor Drive, Suite 19, Port St. Lucie | |
| 1505 Delaware Avenue, Fort Pierce |
Florida Community Health Center's Adolescent Teen Health Program provides medical testing, treatment and health education concerning HIV, STDs and pregnancy prevention to youth ages 11 to 18.
Teen Choices
| Phone: | 772-462-3955 |
| Website: | Department of Health Website |
Offers education to non-pregnant teens, ages 13-18 in the areas of STDs, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy prevention, self-esteem building and forming positive relationships. Teen Choices is also available to groups of teens between the ages of 13-18. Services are available for both males & females.
Directed Growth Girls
| Phone: | 772-461-7788 |
| Website: | In the Image of Christ, Inc. Website |
| Location: | 3235 SW Port Saint Lucie Boulevard, Port St. Lucie |
DGGP provides peer-led, group skills training designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among African-American female teens who are at risk for teen pregnancy and/or substance use/abuse.
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ner Truth Project
Inner Truth Teen
| Phone: | 772-200-4599 |
| Website: | Inner Truth Project Website |
Inner Truth Teen provides direct services and outreach support to adolescents who have experienced sexual violence and their families. Teens may participate in group therapy, individual therapy, trauma-sensitive yoga, and equine therapy opportunities.
New Horizons of the Treasure Coast
Student Assistance Program
| Phone: | 772-467-3010 |
| Website: | New Horizons of the Treasure Coast Website |
This New Horizons program provides classroom education presentations to elementary and middle school students in St. Lucie County schools on topics including the negative effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs as well as bullying and healthy youth development.