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CHOICE is a consumer advocacy agency, dedicated
to increasing access to reproductive and
sexual health services, especially among
populations who experience barriers to care.
Through our hotlines and community education
programs, CHOICE empowers teens, women, and
families to make informed, responsible decisions
about their sexual health, including pregnancy,
birth control, prenatal care, adoption,
sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS,
and children's health. Founded in 1971, CHOICE
has been a unique resource in Philadelphia for more than thirty years.
Contact: Susan Stockl, Interim Executive Director
1233 Locust Street, Suite 301
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-985-3355
Fax: 215-985-2838
TTY: 215-985-3309
Email: Info@choice-phila.org
Visit CHOICE online at http://www.choice-phila.org
Visit CHOICE Teen online at www.choiceteens.org
Visit 'Where to Find' online at www.wheretofind.org
- Sexual Health Hotline: 215-985-3300
- Teen Health Hotline: 1-800-84-TEENS
- Pennsylvania State AIDS Factline: 1-800-662-6080
- Children's Health Line: 215-985-3301
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Community Women's Education Project provides secondary and post-secondary
education, educational support systems, and
connections to the workplace for low income
women and their families in their community.
Community Women's Education Project also provides quality early learning
education for infants and young children.
Since the agency's founding in 1977, more
than 13,000 adults and children have benefitted
from Community Women's Education Project programs, developing the educational
skills they need to move into economic self-sufficiency.
Contact: Alexis Brown, Executive Director
2801 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Phone: 215-426-2200
Fax: 215-426-3284
E-mail: cwepmain@cwep.org
Visit Community Women's Education Project online at www.cwep.org |
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DAP provides services to nearly 5,000 victims of domestic violence and their
children residing in Delaware County each year. Free, confidential services include:
24-hour hotline, options counseling, advocacy, assistance in gaining protection from
abuse orders, legal representation, court accompaniment, emergency shelter, transitional
housing, support groups and community education.
Contact: Rita Buckley Connolly, MA, JD, Executive Director
14 West 2nd Street
Media, PA 19063
Phone: 610-565-6272
Fax: 610-565-9911
Website: www.dapdc.org |
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Supportive Older Women's Network helps women over 60, from diverse backgrounds, cope with the issues of aging by
establishing and maintaining support groups. Currently, close to 50 groups are meeting
regularly throughout the Delaware Valley. Supportive Older Women's Network also provides leadership training for local
group leaders and offers training and technical assistance to help organizations across the
country start older women's support groups.
Contact: Merle Drake, Executive Director
2805 N. 47th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 215-477-6000
Fax: 215-477-6555
E-mail: info@sown.org
Visit Supportive Older Women's Network online at www.sown.org |
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Tenant Union Representative Network provides free tenant rights classes, individual tenant
counseling, housing discrimination assistance and tenant union organizing.
Contact: Phil Lord, Executive Director
1315 Walnut Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-940-3900
Fax: 215-940-3910
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Women Organized Against Rape offers critical services for sexual assault and sexual abuse victims/survivors,
their families, and the Philadelphia community, including: counseling and information through
a 24-hour hotline; accompaniment and support in designated hospital emergency rooms;
accompaniment and advocacy at court; short-term counseling and support groups; and community
education programs, training services, public information and media appearances about sexual
assault and its prevention.
Contact: Carole Johnson, Executive Director
100 N. 17th Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-985-3315
Hotline: 215-985-3333
Fax: 215-985-9111
Visit Women Organized Against Rape online at www.woar.org |
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