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News

Press

• "Getting Past the "Bump in the Road", Options Program in the Chicago Tribune, Article Reprint, 2009
• Magic Johnson Visits SPP Program at Sinai Community Institute, Photo, 2009
• Peer Advocates Meet Rick Fox, Blog Reprint, 2009
• Connections Grant from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Press Release, 2009
• SPP Ten Year Anniversary, Press Release, 2004

Presentations

• "Illinois Subsequent Pregnancy Project: Ten-Year Evaluation", Psychosocial Workshop Presentation, 2009
• "Reaching African-American Males", Department of Health and Human Services, 2009
• "Social and Emotional Support and Delay of Subsequent Pregnancy," American Public Health Association, 2009
• "'Guys Won't Come to Group' and Other Myths," American Public Health Association, 2008

Events

Ongoing

• The Peer Advocates for Health Program has an After-school Drop-In Center at Options for Youth's Offices on Wednesdays from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

Summer 2010

• OFY will begin recruiting for 2010 Peer Advocates in March 2010. If you are a young male aged 14-19, and interested in joining the program, please contact the PAH Coordinator, Roger Shannon, via email (shannon@options4youth.org) or call 773-324-0075, for more information.

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