Changing The Odds (Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program)
The need is great. Changing the Odds (CTO), a new positive youth development project offered through MHHC’s School Based Health Center Network is helping young people become healthy and responsible members of the Bronx community.
Changing the Odds (CTO) is based on the Teen Outreach Program® (TOP®), a highly effective approach that equips teens with the tools they need to succeed by building the positive skills and competencies needed to ensure progress and success in life. Changing the Odds (CTO) is offered during the school year during and after school hours by certified trained facilitators of the Teen Outreach Program®. Facilitators are carefully selected for their passion in working with young Bronx youth and for sharing the mission of helping every young person realize her or his potential.
During the program, CTO students are introduced to lessons which could cover topics such as: relationships, values, communication and assertiveness, influence, goal-setting, decision-making, adolescent development, sexual health, and community service. Students are introduced to community service and are asked to identify the issues that negatively impact the community. As a group, students decide on a community service project that will positively impact their community. Through this experience, students practice their communication skills, discover their own strengths, and their own power to affect change.
Funding for this project has been generously provided by the Office of Adolescent Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
For additional information contact:
Estelle M. Raboni, MPH
Program Director
(718) 483-1270 ext. 8152
Schools Participating in CTO:
Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology (IS 343)
Banana Kelly High School
Bronx Health Sciences High School
Bronxwood Preparatory High School
Community School for Social Justice
Harry S. Truman High School
Health Opportunities High School
Holcombe L. Rucker School for Community Research
International Community High School
Middle School 232
New World High School
PS/IS 224
Please click on the link below to read CTO News:
Changing The Odds News – January 2012 (English)
Changing The Odds News_January2012 (Spanish)