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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 3, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: TEEN VOICES Peer Education Program <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Letter 8~ Information from Planned <br />Parenthood <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sharron Hinton ext. 2300 <br />Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a resolution endorsing the expansion of the TEEN VOICES Peer <br />Education Program in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: In March 2000, Planned Parenthood of Orange and Durham Counties <br />(PPOD) initiated a pilot program in Durham County. This program, TEEN VOICES, is an <br />adolescent pregnancy prevention and youth development program. The purpose of the <br />program is to provide adolescents with medically accurate and factual information to empower <br />them to make responsible choices based on their own ethics and values. <br />TEEN VOICES involves Durham County high school students engaged in a 40-hour training <br />program. The training program includes infom~ation and skill development related to a variety <br />of teen health issues. The TEEN VOICES Peer Educators receive training on the issues of <br />sexuality, healthy relationships, abstinence and contraceptive options, suicide prevention, body <br />image and eating disorders, communication and decision making skills, job skills, higher <br />education and goal setting. <br />PPOD plans to train 45 Peer Educators between March 2000 and March 2001. The TEEN <br />VOICES Peer educators-will potentially educate 1350 members of the Durham community. <br />PPOD is currently applying for funding from the North Carolina Adolescent Pregnancy <br />Prevention Program to expand the TEEN VOICES Peer Education Program to Orange County. <br />Currently, the program only serves Durham County. As a part of the grant application process, <br />it is necessary for PPOD to seek endorsement from the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners. <br />A resolution supporting the expansion of this program is attached. Robyn Schryer from the <br />Planned Parenthood of Orange and Durham Counties is attending the BOCC meeting to <br />answer any questions. <br />