Young Parent Support and Adolescent Sexuality Education

Supporting Young Parents in Southern Worcester County

The Young Parent Support Program (YPS) provides pregnant or parenting individuals up to the age of 23 with support and education related to childbirth and parenting, understanding healthy child development, sexual health, assistance with family planning, and case management support as needed. 

Population Served

• Individuals up to the age of 23 who are pregnant, and/or current parents who live in  Southern Worcester County (Bellingham, Blackstone, Brimfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, Franklin, Holland, Hopedale, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millville, Northbridge, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Wales, and Webster).  
• Individuals on the LGBTQ spectrum

Overview of Services

Case Managers assist participants in the Young Parent Support program with:

•   access to and support with navigating the landscape of new and current parent  challenges
•   support around preparation for the birth of their first or subsequent child(ren)
•   understanding family planning and pregnancy prevention
•   budgeting and life skills
•   support in accessing medical, housing, transportation, and educational needs
•   mental health and substance abuse issues
•   positive parenting education and coaching
•    opportunities to participate in educational and/or support groups with other young parents.

The Young Parent Support program is free, does not require insurance, and mobile – help is available to participants in school, at home, at one of our locations, or in the community.

YPS Referral Information    

Referrals can be made by participants, parents, school personnel, medical providers, mental health practitioners, and any other behavioral health professionals. For more information about the program and referral processes, please contact:

Diana Zayas, YPS Case Manager at:

DZayas@sevenhills.org

508.827.9921

5 Optical Dr, Southbridge, MA 01550

About the Adolescent Sexuality Education (ASE) Program

YOU, Inc., an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is an ASE funded agency, implementing evidence-based or evidence-informed programs that incorporate social determinants of health into program planning to achieve the overall goal of increasing life opportunities for youth. The ASE program is delivered in a variety of settings including schools, community-based organizations, young parent shelters and others.

The goal of the statewide ASE Program is to increase life opportunities for youth by:

• Decreasing the teen birth rate among key target populations in priority Massachusetts communities through increased access to evidence-based education;
• Increasing educational attainment through promoting positive youth development and prevention of unintended pregnancies; and
• Decreasing sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence among target populations in priority communities through increased access to medically-accurate, age-appropriate programming.

In FY23, more than 3,200 participated in evidence-based/evidence-informed sexuality education programming and more than 470 youth participated in youth development programming.

For inquiries about the ASE program, please contact:

Arianna Bush, ASE Instructor

ABush@sevenhills.org

508.685.4453

5 Optical Dr, Southbridge, MA 01550