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How
do we accomplish our goals?
We do it three ways!
First, we operate four hotlines.
You'll find descriptions of each below, but we think
the one that might interest you the most is the one
we operate for you and your friends, the CHOICE Teen
Hotline. You can call and ask us anything - really!
Your call is free and absolutely confidential. No one
will judge you or think your question is silly. And
you'll get the answers you need to keep yourself safe
and healthy. And by the way, we have Spanish-speaking
counselors on all hotlines, and we operate a TTY line
for the hearing impaired. You can also ask us questions
by going to the Just Ask link on this web site. Again,
ask us anything. We have answers!
Second, CHOICE provides sexual health
education through formal presentations, community events,
and street outreach. CHOICE is on the list of instructional
resources recommended and approved by the Philadelphia
School District to provide sexual health education in
the City's public schools. CHOICE educators are currently
active in 180 schools, after-school programs, community
sites, hospitals, and churches. If you would like CHOICE
to do a presentation for your group, and you are in
the Philadelphia area, please call 215-985-3355.
Third, we provide education
and answer your questions through our three web sites.
In addition to the teen-specific web site you are now
visiting, there is our general site, www.choice-phila.org,
that has information about CHOICE and its services including
fact
sheets on a variety of sexual health topics, a searchable
HIV Resource Guide for the Philadelphia metropolitan
area and the State of Pennsylvania, a downloadable directory
of HIV
experienced physicians in the Philadelphia area,
frequently asked questions, a listing of
online sexual health resources, and employment and
volunteer information for CHOICE. Our third web site
www.wheretofind.org, takes you directly to a page
where you can download our popular Where To Find
resource guide, which has Philadelphia-specific sexual
health resources for teens. Remember, if you don't find
the information you need on our web sites, you can always
call the CHOICE hotline at 1-800-84-TEENS. Our hotline
counselors will be glad to help you!
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