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SOCIAL SERVICES
These folks offer help when you or your people need it the most. Don't Sleep. Everybody falls off, sooner or later. A helping hand is there if you reach for it. So, don't sleep. By the way, if you notice any errors or know of any organizations that should be included on this list, please let us know about it at info@hollerpeople.com.Dealing With Death
The Center for Grieving Children, Teens & Families
Contact:
1139 East Luzerne Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Phone: 215 - 744 - 4025
http://www.grievingchildren.org
Description: The Center provides a safe and caring place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can find the support to heal and grow through grief.
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Runaways/Emergency Shelter
Covenant House
Contact: 1 - 888 - 829 - 1249 or 1 - 800 - 999 - 9999
Crisis Center
31-43 East Armat Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: 215 - 951 - 5411
Community Service Center
417 Callowhill Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Phone: 215 - 923 - 8350
Community Outreach Center
2625 Kensington Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19125
Phone: 1 - 888 - 829 - 1249
www.covenanthousepa.org
Description: Covenant House Pennsylvania operates a 51-bed Crisis Center that provides emergency shelter and a host of support services for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth through our Open Intake Policy. Any youth under the age of 21 in need of a place to stay is admitted, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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National Runaway Switchboard
Contact:
Phone: 800-621-4000
http://www.nrscrisisline.org
Description: The National Runaway Switchboard gives help and hope to youth and their families by providing non-judgmental, confidential crisis intervention and local and national referrals through a 24-hour hotline.
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Contact:
1431 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone: 215 - 545 - 2910
Description: Provides Runaways with food, shelter and protection. Offers counseling to runaways.
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Contact:
Youth Emergency Services
1526 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215 - 787 - 0633 or 800 - 371 - 7233
http://www.ysiphila.org
Description: Provides food, shelter, medical screening, counseling, and other services to runaways and homeless youths--ages 12 to 18--experiencing a crisis.
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Catholic Social Services
Contact:
Holy Family Center/Adoption Services
227 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 800 - 854 - 7050
http://www.adoption-phl.org
Description: This center provides adoption services as an alternative to abortion or parenting for persons experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. Birth parents are supported by the counseling process while designing their individual plan for adoption.
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Contact:
The Lighthouse
152 West Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19133
Phone: 215 - 425 - 7800
http://www.lighthousephilly.org
Description: The Lighthouse offers programs for both teen mothers and teen fathers. Services are available in Spanish as well and focus on parent education and job skills training.
Education Leading to Employment & Career Training (ELECT)
Contact:
Office of Education for Employment/School District of Philadelphia
440 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215 - 875 - 3801
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us
Description: ELECT Teen Parent Centers are in each of the School District’s comprehensive high schools. A staff of case managers, educational advisors and social workers provide intensive, individual case management to pregnant and parenting students, while at the same time offering special services, academic alternatives, and career- and life-skills training which supplement the students' regular educational programs.
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Suicide Prevention Hotline
Suicide.Org
Phone: 1- 800 - 784 - 2433
www.suicide.org
Description: If you or someone you know need someone to talk with about suicidal feelings, please do not hesitate to call the National Hopeline Network for Suicide Prevention: You may call this number from anywhere in the United States, 24 hours a day.
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Teen Dating Violence Awareness
Contact: Debasri Ghosh
Women In Transition
21 S. 12th Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215 - 564 - 5301
www.womenintransitioninc.org
Description: Women In Transition educates the public through information tables and private trainings for corporations, agencies and educational institutions about the impact of teen dating violence. They also also will offer several opportunities for the public to seek additional information about this important problem.
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Social Services:
- Dealing With Death
- Runaways/Emergency Shelter
- Teen Parenting
- Teen Suicide
- Teen Violence
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