Health Prevention Services

Teen Outreach Program

Our goal is to increase community awareness and understanding of the need for education in relationships, sexuality and parenting, with the ultimate goal of reducing teen pregnancy. Teen Pregnancy Prevention is a state wide grant funded by The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS)

 What do we offer?

 

 Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® (TOP®): Gila County Teen Outreach facilitates an after school program for youth currently involved with the juvenile justice system. Classes are held during the school year every Wednesday. Two separate classes based on age. Call for more information. 
 

 

Safe Sitter®: When a babysitter accepts a babysitting job, they accept the responsibility for a child’s life. Safe Sitter is a medically accurate program that teaches boys and girls 11-13 how to handle emergencies when caring for children.

 

 

Always Changing® Program: Puberty education in the classroom designed by teachers, school nurses and physicians. Gila County Teen Outreach facilitates puberty classes for girls and boys in the 5th grade using the always changing curriculum in local Gila County Schools.

 

Curriculum for Teens and Parents:

 Reducing the Risk  Active Parenting of Teens

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related Links:

                                          Stay Teen 


 

Nancy Rutherford
5515 South Apache Ave. Suite 100
Globe, AZ 85501
(928) 402-8517
nrutherford@co.gila.az.us

 

 Chris Phillips
5515 South Apache Ave. Suite 100
Globe, AZ 85501
(928) 402-8696
clphillips@co.gila.az.us