Girls Inc.’s Town Hall a Great Success in the Fight against Infant Mortality
Posted by girlsincchatt on November 17, 2009
On Saturday, November 14, 140 parents, their teens and agency health care representatives attended Girls Inc.’s Town Hall Meeting – Parents to Teens and Everything in Between. Attendees were inspired by presentations by the teens and Dr. Michael Warren, Medical Director, Governor’s Office of Children’s Care Coordination.
Following the presentations, the group broke into separate breakout sessions of parents, girls, boys and agency representatives to talk about the importance of parent and teen communication to reducing infant mortality. The sessions were held to encourage communication between parents and teens about reproductive health, risky behaviors, choices and personal safety.
Girls Inc. of Chattanooga would like to thank everyone who helped make this event a success. We are proud of our IMPACT teens for all of their hard work and are grateful to the Governor’s Office of Children’s Care Coordination for funding IMPACT for two years. Please stay tuned for a new funding announcement for the program and what’s next for the IMPACT students.
To read more about the town hall, see the article in the Times Free Press http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/nov/15/parents-teens-urged-to-talk/.
