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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


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


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


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


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
Visit Tenant Union Representative Network online at: www.ourturn.net


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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